The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-13

onr imagination we are only eeh0lng
the opinions daily eKprl8sei iu scores
ot newspapers ~ llie lRm, and lhe sort
Of stun upon which llHaimuislralOn
ID lrylngio rebuild ~ shattered lor
ulneh,
Now II j. about line lhis sort Of
thing Via stopped The Waf hus been
over for mare Chan Ton years, and We
believe tle nation IN snie ~ least run
tle south, 10 enfMlrs arc Ia Us own
household, Nnd Tho great danger now
h lllelr presence therein aud lleir inf
sldlnuHheas, Atall events tho pe0ple
have been fed on powder and whisky
long enough, The thieves arc within
anl not without, and the Watchdog
which Is 0lleneht appealed "a can DO
given u little needed rest, The fact IL
the soldiers on both sides are Ices con
eerned about the matter than the civil
lanH, II u only your loyal editor now
a-layA who employs military phrases
and marhl alb his words 90 he would u
regiment Of raw recruits, Every day
We have evidences that the men who
wore the blue aud they who were
clad IN the shabby gray, aud who
crossed swords with each other, have
forgotten The pnu6es Ut the strug.
gle In which they engaged
IN generous differentiation. ~
was Just little more than u year ago
tlnl the nuhlest pulOgy, pronounced
over tho romans Of Charles Sumner
on The ll00rh NJ congress, WIS spoken
by Colonel lamar representative
southern man aud al original seoesa-
lonlal who had Resigned his sent IN the
aune lINll fourteen years before, TO
buckle on u sword In hehal fOf what he
believed were the rights Of his people,
ana certainly against the cause Of the
union, Ia That same speech lac eXr
pressed the hope That the names ptthG
battle fields Of tho civil conflict would
forever remain on the lagH and army
records Of the republic, and declared
that the memory Of the valOr dis
played on both sides In those battles
By rebel and l0ynllstRllke was n COM
mon heritage of Tho north aud
south, aud ~ long ~ II would
survive would ho u common
bond Of uniOn-n0 the prrpelua-
ton of feeling OF cnmily. And
who doubts that the cllivnlr0us Lamar
spoke for une-tenths Of the men who,
buoyed up 10y n cause they believed
high and holy, for more than four
years opposed the advance OF our con-
quering armies2 Aud II wNs Just
about this time one year ago Tint thr
first floral tribute laid upon nIOnu-
ment raised over The confederate dead
NJ Montgomery Alabama, wns placed
there hy men who had fought for the
union, while the first salute fired IN
honor of the event cnme from the
muzlles Of the cannon of the United
States, loaned for the occasion. On
April 81, last year, The southern
fields, which bring forth flowers
earlier than ours, having bios
somed and budded, aud being ~
green and bcauiIlul rs ours were bleak
and bare, the ceremony of decorating
the graves Of the confederate dead
was celebrated, but not a tomb was
neglected In many towns, no matter
whether It's occupant had been friend
or foe. And last year, on our own
"decoration day. no distinction was
made by the grand army of the re-
public of New York In the payment of
the vernal aud Flora's tribute to the
memory of the north and south who
fell fighting for what was and Is their
commons land. And so we tell the
Bombastes Furiosos Of congress--the
great braves, who like Logan, carry
thousand scalps in THEW BELTS and the
warriors Of the editorial closet, to
cease their eilorts To renew the strife
and to force It's ugly memories upon
lis. AS Senator Ransom said few
days ago, speaking to the pres
dent of the chamhcr, but with tn
whole nation for his audience, as this
hostility hstwcen the sections never TO
cease? is the temple of Janus never
to be closed? VIII not u war which
cost so much precious blood, so much
deor-bought treasure, suffice for this
insatiate passion? Have we not had
suffering enoughM lsit not time for
peace aud reconciliation? We believe
so, as do the vast minority of the peo-
pie Of the country. 1t il not dagger
these ahrightod congressman aud tim.
id Journalists see before them--the
handle toward their hands but dag
ger OF the mind, a false creation pro
cceding from their heat-oppressed
brains. The 'Snan on horseback is
IN the white house, not the forty
fourth congress.