The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-14
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shall have u larger demand ut bet
tor prices. There is one, how
ever, situated ON tho breezy end o.
Lake Michigan, run by II cheap mo
tive power, that still continues
grinding, in order TO have large
stock on hand, and to be in gooc
practice for the presidential election
next year.
~The lntcr.Occan never fails of NJ
opportunity to point II moral, by
highly adorning its tales of blooc
and outrage in the South, especially
in Texas. In fact, tho editor seems
to bo suffering from chronic case
ToXaphobia, and never fails to sc
into II paroXysmal shudder when
evon the name of our State is men
toned. His latest spasm grows out
of II letter from one of his trusty
correspondents in Washington
county, detailing Il horn ibIc butch.
cry Of two innocent negroes, and
the breaking up Of II Republican
meeting, at IrdcpcndcTcc, in that
county.
1t would be an utter waste of
time to go into u long dis crtation ON
the hatefulncss and sin of bearing
false witness against your neigh
bors, or to show that the witness so
often borne by the editor of the In
ter-Ocean is false, for it would be
followed only by Il repetition Of the
ofiense. What would convince all
the. world except th = e-nal, and
would make Christian gentleman
apologize for his mistake, would on
ly deepen his malignity. Like the
French theorist who, when told
that his theory did not coincide
with the facts, replied, Tant pis
pour les JaitS-so much tho worse for
the facts then" His thcority Of
hate is that the South ought to be
put under martial law, with Sheri
dan rs commander, and he labored
industriously and Indignantly to
bring about that result, All last
year the columns of his paper reek
cd with the blood Of the innocent
carpet-bagers and their friends, the
negroes Of the South The perusal
ofa number of the Inter Ocean was
equal to visit to Madame Tou-
sands Observation-Disclosures of lIor-
rors. The least of tho horrid crimes
charged against the Southern pco-
pie, in his bloody catalogue, was
simple murder; the worst are too
disgusting for the ears of dcccncy.
His theory must be sustained, and
if the facts did not exist they
must be manufactured.
This has been tho persistent
course of this journal from its car
lest existence. Besides, it has been
the supporter Of all the corrupt
rings, and worst factions in tho
Republican party. IL is now the
apologist, and almost sole one, of
the Indian ring. 1t has poh -pohed
every honest attempt of Secretary
Bristow and POSTMASTER General
Jewell to reform the department of
the public service, committed to
their charge. 1t has been the steady
and faithful defender of Boss Shep.
herd and tho District ring: In Il
word whenever men have been en-
gagged in plundering the treasury,
violating the rights of the people,
or engaged in the bold attempt to
revolutionize States, this vcnal sheet
has never failed TO be their advocate
and defender.
The failure last winter of the
scheme, rs diabolical rs it was deep
laid, TO bring about the apparent
necessity for the reelection of Grant,
by adopting policy towards the
Southern States, which, it was hoped,
would throw them into anarchy,
has thrown this malignant slandcr-
er of the South into phrenzy Of
rage. The spectacle of the North
and the South forgetting and for
giving, is gall and wormwood to
this jaundiced advocate of hate. lie
could say more truthfully than did
Malcolm:
May, had power shonld
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell"
and turn . Sherman and q Sheridan
loose with fire and sword to make
the South desert.
But thank God, the day is past
when the efforts of envy, hatred
and malice and all uncharitable-
ness, can arrest the rehow of kindly
feeling, which is happily setting in,
between the northern and southern
people, and which in a few years
promises TO obliterate tho bitterness
of the past, and make of us really
one people. 1Ac time will soon
come when the slanderous work of
such journals as the Inter Ocean
will be regarded at the North even,
with the contempt it deserves.