The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-09
ST. LOUIS CONVENTIONS

Something's are always better, by rea-I
son of their taking place at one time
rather than another time IL ~ best for
IL lawyer to lose his case IN his office,
rather than in the court room Ana II
is best fora candidate TO be, beaten be,
fore II convention than before the peo-
pie.
We have few words in scoson to say
TO our delegates to the ~ Lol'is Ooh-
yention. We could say great many on
the subject but we won't here There
fore may they take heed to what we do
say,
If is no idle ceremony that is to take
ploca at s. Louis in July, The Con-
yention there to meet will come to-
gethcr ireighted with the best hopes of
the American people The responsible
ity that wiI rcstupon that Convention,
and the individual members thereof,
can not he over-estimated 10y words or
figures, One hundred years look down
through the corridors of time to behold
its action, and the condemnation or mp
proval of down.troddcn or an up-Iiitcd
people will attach u lasting significance
to the name Of every man connected
with il. The time has past for ineXcusa
bic blundcrs by the Democratic party
The country will no longer take excuses
for incapacity, whether u Convention
or an individual be the political Grim
lnal Once in hundred years Is often
enough for National Convention to
gain Immortality for itself by immor
TALKING successful blunder in the way
Of Presidential candidate. II the act
ing politicians Of either party, or oI
both, do not, in this Presidential cleo
ton, take lesson from that of 1872
they will likely find themselves minut
constituency in the future. They will
have failed to pnss with the people into
the second century Of the republic
Neither party can this year elect bac
man, if the other party nominate ~
mcXceptionably good one. Neither
party can survive defeat this year, un
der the hope of victory four year
hence. 1t is, to the Democratic party
victory or death T.
no doubt there is an advantage TO tn,
Democratic party, in that they will
name their candidate after the Rcpubli
cans have named theirs. But do moi
the Republicans have an advantage IN
this matter, which it rsay be wcll tC
consider at this timer If the Rcpubl
cans nominate good man--one IN
! whom the country have iaith--at Gin
cinnati, will they not feel, and be, as
surcd of success IN November pro
| yidod the Democratic party com
NIT II hlundcr at ST. LOUISE Anc
having been duly admonisled 10y tn,
Democratic success Of 1874, that Tn,
American people intend to have honest
rulers or do away with any party that
fails to recognize such intention, will
they not be almost certain to max,
their wisest nomination nj Cincinnati
And, having 50 made their wiscst nomi
nation. will every trick and yillauy
known to political warfare be freely
uesd to defeat the nomination ut 81
Louis, of any but II plant tool, who shall
be set up to be- knocked DOWN.
Frederick the Great said, when SOY
origins play for provinces the lives Of
men are but Ns counters So when pc.
Iiticul Generals play for the nscrndency
in u State or Nation, the veal or woe OF
the citizen, is tendorly cared for in a
"Rcsolutiou,' to be scattered to the fore
winds after the day of election.
Therefore soy we tn tho delegates of
the st, Louis Convention, be yigileut to
discern, and rs swift 10 prevent any and
all manner of danger and uickcry,
weather il attack the camp from with.
out or whether it cry ont in Bourbon
tones from within. A party that thriyes
and exists ON hate and ycngnnce,-as
does the Rcpoblicnn party.--iuds il ma
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