The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-20
DALLAS. TEX AS.


Inc question: peinlveto inc suoceS-
sorship Of senator Hamilton, OF Texas,
continues 10 excite considerable inter.
est, not only In the State, but
at the capitol, and in tho country at
large.
1t Is very evident that Morton, Conk-
ling and Blaine have Indicated, In
their late sectional speeches, the Rad
ical programme for the campaign OF
the Centennial year. They will Mt
tempt, and are already attempting by
the moot virulent attacks upon the
loyalty and sincerity ofSouthern Dem
ooratic leaders, TO provoke such i'm
prudent, bitter, sectional utterances M
will put the fidelity Of the Democratic
party to the integrity and institutions
ofthe whole country in question and
under suspicion They have very In
dustriously utilized every exhibition of
Southern temper In Congress and every
reference by the South to the causes or
merits Of the late civil strife, and are
supplementing these exertions by the
most reckless Misrepresentation OF both
the tempers and purposes Of Southern
communities.
The object Is manifest, and u Is APP
parent that they propose to offset any
damage or danger TO Republican sue
cess In the coming canvass, growing
out of the astounding rascalitles and
corruptions Of the administration, by
reviying the passions, preJudices, hates
and suspicious Of the late strife, hop
ing to show or impress the popular
mind that there Is more danger to the
country from the alleged disloyalty Of
the Democrats than the established
dishonesty OF the Republicans.
To meet this issue and fight sue
cessful battle against such tactics the
South, aud the Democrats of the South,
must make such selection OF leaders
In National politics rs shall not
only not discourage aud embarrass
their Northern Democratic allies, but
such as will strengthen their hands for
the pending fight. Men not only OF
ability and personal integrity, but men
OF experience and Of accepted fidelity
to the Union of the States, Of the in
terests Of the Union, should be sent
from the South to Washington.
We know that Southern M en- are at
heart as true to the, community Of
States as the commonwealth they re-
spectively represent. We know, how
ever, at the same time, that their hon
orable and honest vindication of their
own section in the late strife, has fur
nished occasion and, seemingly to the
prejudiced partisan mind Of the adj
verse sections, color OF ground to sus-
picion, and there Is still dormant but
living widespread suspicion in the pub
lie mind Of the North and the West,
relative to the loyalty and sincerity OF
Southern representative Democrats;
not only when they have been some
what quick tempered and imprudent
In the provocation of debate, but even
when forbearing and discreet in utter
ance. The Radical demagogues, the
GLASS already indicated, do not hesitate
to impeach the sincerity Of their ex-
pressions Of loyalty In every instance,
In which the Southern leader happens
to be a Democrat, and was once iden.
titled with the South in her struggle
for Independence. -A4- ~ '--.'-'
Now, In this period of political sus.
picions--in which many OF the best
minds of the South have, because OF
the established and bitter prejudices
existing, and encouraged against them
In other sections, lost their power to
b be useful to the country--it is mat.
ter of congratulation to find that there
are men from the Southern States,
pronouncedly conservative and Demo-
cratic In sentiment, broad and ma
tlonal in views, true as steel to their
people and their section, andye who
possess arecord ofunimpeached loyalty
to the union Of the States, and to whose
antecedents the violent demagogues OF
the Radical party cannot point with
either suspicion or censure.
Such man Ii Hon. John Hancock,
of Texas, now serving his term in the
National Congress, and very generally
by the journals Of Texas and Of the
country at large recommended as a
suitable successor to Senator Hamil-
ton. His elevation to this honorable
position by the Legislature Of Texas
would be hailed as the harbinger OF
good will and as Fastening the era
when the sections should no longer
distrust each other but, recognizing
the community Of needs and interests
belonging to all the States, should, In
friendly and honorable competition,
labor to advance the common good.
Notably among the Southern leaders In
Congress whose induence is conserva-
tive and I hberalizing upon Northern
sentiments, are Lamar Of Mississippi,
and Hancock, OF Texas. No one ques-
lions their pronounced democracy, yet
no one, even among their political adj
vsrsaries, doubts the sincerity OF either
or their devotion to the interests OF
the common country. Every extreme
man sent nom the South to the Ma
tional Oapltol,auch lathe Prevalence of
suspicion and prejudice toward them,
that the result is not only to render
unproductive the honest efforts Of this