The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-27
,rhe Duty thntFoIIows Victory.

l4ENlNbNRpI ANO'' ~ 49, L
To the Editors of the Herald and Mail:
After the political Waterloo we have
Just witnessed, and while the allied ar
mics are marching on Paris, let US look
TO 1t that our battalions are kept well in
hand; that our files are well closed up,
our columns in supporting distance, and
our esprit dc corps well defined and sys-
tematized. The conservative masses
must assume a high standard of Nation
ality; our future policy Open-"known and
read of all men," We cannot dOubt-we
all know-that there are fearful differ
ences in our ranks on some vital issues
before the people The platform on
which Porter fought and won crosses at
right angles the platform of 1ilden.
Bright, WhitthOrne and House will cross
swords on the first fire with Sunset Cox
and Samuel j Randall. Once
and for all time, the Democratic party
must repudiate Internationally the very
idea, thought and semblance of repudia-
lion, both State and National. We must
not deceive ourselves on this question.
We have in our ranks men of pOWer-we
have thousands covert repudIatIOnists,
who will undoubtedly give us trouble if
our actions are equivocal on State and
national finances. Here lies our greatest
danger. If the campaign of 1876 is lost
to us, it viii be on this principle. If the
ID mOcratic party attempts to lDaugurate
the teaching of some of our leaders as
proclaimed in the canvass just closed,
our failure two years hence will be as
overwhelming as our success is this.
Men must learn that there is honesty in
poIiticS-men must know and profit by
the knowledge, that parties cannot sue
II L F.,!-
must be taught to loathe demagOguery as
they would pestilence, if they would con-
tinue free and prosperous. A man can
not debate even with himself In safety the
principle of common honesty-the man
who publicly argues and announces
knowingly a false doctrine before his fell
lows is dangerous to public morals, an
enemy to his race and his country. At
Ter all, mans good name-his reputa-
tiou-is all that is worth much in this
world. So with a State. Whenever a
State stoops to argue her credit and her
faith, she is half ruined already, Some
things are aXiOmatic-they admit not
question You cannot touch the petals |
of the Magnolia GrandiflOra or Cape Jes- |
Saminc without leaving thereon dark |
stain. They are extremely sensitive. !
They IRE beautiful beyond all cOmparl |
son-they scent the Southern gales with |
an aroma that Artby never knew, and yet |
YOU must not handle them. Let the Dem |
Ocratic party, when it aScendS to power, |
that with reputation in any
form, shape or guise, its doom Is, and
ought to be, sealed, its high destiny gone.
Never had any people more hopeful tu-
ture, if We are only true to the eternal
principles of honesty in legislation, as
well as in the everyday duties of life.
The sun never shined on a more glorious
heritage than that spread out to the eyes
and the hearts of honest men all over the
South this day Under good government
il is the realized Eldorado of the poet S
Iream. Under carpetbag and scalawag
,ule it is an immense burlesque upon pop
IIar governmental disgrace to the intel
igeuce and civilization of the age--a reg
llar death warrant to all honesty and fair
lealing in political circles. Radical rule
1t the North is corruption and despousm;
1t the South it is anarchy, deSOlauon, and
robbery. We owe 1t to our own
,aCe-we owe it to the cause OF rIght-we
I'VE it to the civilized wOrld-to correct
his state of affairs. The Democratic
,arty must purify itself first and then
i've it's great strength to redeemIng the
lnklEH cause OF l-SONeluHtHl' Oui |
LANCER now lies at home. The great bat
lie is worthless if its fruits are squander-
d and wasted in efforts to advance per-
onal ends and partisan emoluments.
Ne should rise to the dignity of our great
mission. The broadcast magnanimity
With an unalterable attachment to the
.reat truths Of civil government, should
characterize our every action.
DELTA.