The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-19
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Which IL 80 freely and eutbusias'
tically o65Fcd to Jotfcrath Davis IN
thogreat Northwest, rbtwithstand'
ing the rage, lcers and SCOTS of the
ultra Republican journals, is tho
most notable event Of the times, and
will be regarded with wonder by tho
future historian when he comes to
chronicle the events Of the age in
which we live.
But n year or so ago, in all the
land where he is now 80 honorcd n
guest, there were mono $50 poor to
do him reverence" but now multi
tudcs flock to hear him, hang upon
the cloquence Of his lips, and Gov
ernors, Senators, Judges, and the
great mass Of the people unite to
show him the courtcsies OF II distin.
guished reception. Ten years ago
he was immurcd in the walls Of II
prison, under charges of treason,
rebellion, high crimes and INSIDE
meanors, and the vengeance Of
the whole North WAS threatening
his immediate and IMPLYING dcs-
truclion. The decade is past, and
the shouts of the multitude rend the
skies us he is borne along in thor
midst.
What is the lesson that we are
taught by all thisY is it II rcpct-
ton of Shakespcare's fickleness Of
the popuIace, when he says,
"Lo0iS, rs ! blow this feather from my face
And nS the mir blows IL TO me again,
Obeying with my wind when do blow,
And yielding to another when II blows,
Commanded always by the greater gpSt;
Such Is the lightness Of you common men,
or shall we deem it II magnanlm.
Gus return Of sympathy for fallen
foo In the breasts Of n noble and
generous people, Or is it in any
sense an acknowledgement by II
victorious people that the cause of
which the now honored man was
the embodiment was just cause ?
The lesson We gather from these
passing events teach us none of
this 1t is no obnlIition Of popular
fickleness--lt is no mere pity for II
vanqnlshed man or II vanqushed
people, and it il no admission
that the cause Of Davis and the
South was the cause Of right. 1t il
Il higher and II nober lesson than
all this. 1t is II beautiful NANTES.
tatlon of returning harmony. 1t
is tho blending of sweet sounds,
the returning music without jur
amongst u long .distrusted and dis.
cordant people. IT is the mingling
together Of brothers, long 0straying
under the same parental roof tho
gathering together Of patriots, long
ut variance, under the Same flag. 1t
is an earnest Of the brightness of
the coming day-the dawn of u
new hope for the long.enduring
South-the rehabilitation of this
beautiful land and it's complete res.
toratlon to its ancient place, not 80
much in the councils AZ IN the
heart of the nation. 1t is iustic,
repeating itself An Offer on the
part of the victors through the very
head and front Of the offending, to
bury all differences in an eternal
grave, and to show TO the world by
the honors paid to the chief of tho
Conlederates, in most decided and
conspicuous way, that tho past is
forgotten,
When Napoleon returned from
Elba it was only to place himself at
the head Of an army and, with the
plaudits Of tho mob, TO expel the
King Of France from his power.
When Jefferson Davis is invited
from his oxilo and to minglc again
with the people Of the North, in
whose presence it was thought he
could never again be welcomed, he
comes alone rs one of tho people,
under no hostile flag, on mission
OF peace and is greeted in all his
journey with civil honors, such as
have seldom been accorded even TO
those who come in triumph, 1t is
tho harbinger of II better day for
the whole land, tho dawning of II
brighter history in the years to
come.
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