The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-02
ESTABLISHED, 1S49
HOPING.

The tide seems To be changing and .
Tildens star more resplendant than at
any time since the memorable sth Of
November when all parties conceded I
his election.
Yet while THE Herald feels that the
chances are growing more favorable, it /
cannot very readily give the reasons for !
this faith in better future, To casual
observers the indications are opposed to
a peaceful settlement or an honest /
count. We know that Grant in his !
drunken fright is massing troops at the |
NATIONAL Capitol; we know that the |
navy is being fully supplied with coal
and ammunition and stationed along |
the Atlantic coast within easy reach of
telegraphic communication; we know
that South Carolina has been counted |
out and we have every reason for fear
ing that Florida and Louisiana will be |
treated in like manner, yet with all |
this there is deep down in our hearts a |
voice ever repeating itself" Never des-
pair of the republic" If we were forced |
to assign some definite reason for THE |
HkRllD's belief that the future is not SO |
dark as our surroundings might seem |
to indicate, the principal reason that we |
should assign would be that the great
moral sentiment Of millions Of treemen |
whose sense of honor and justice revolts
at the corruptions and open fraud /
of returning boards and their rascaliy |
abettors, is now sweeping onward, gath
ering strength from its own impetus,
and bidding fair to crush to atoms the
efforts of thieves and adyenturers TO des-
troy the government In advance of
this public feeling aud acting as its
mighty and most fearless exponent |
stands the press of the country. power
so grand in its wide sweeping influence
so outspoken in its knightly defense OF
truth and right. so persistent, able and |
untiatering in its allegiance to the peo
pie, that even venal governors, bribed |
senators, and partisan and inebriated |
president feel the potency of It's utter
ances, fearing, while yet admiring its
matchless devotion TO constitutional |
liberty and Republican government !
This great power-the press of Ameri- |
ca--now in this supreme moment of the |
nations peril, will do more to save the |
country and its institutions than armed |
legions, giistening bayonets and belch-
true, too fearless to cover before |
returning boards or to speak with bated |
breath under tho frovn of despots and
conspiritors.
There is another reason that might
be assigned for TuE HEEALp's beliefthat
the country is not lost, and for its ad
vice. never despair Of the Republic
That reason rests upon the love of lib
erty and free institution innate in the
Angio-Saxon race it rests upon the inn
mortal traditions and heroic triumphs
Of the past ages that yet live in the
hearts of all men il rests upon the
great throbbing heart of mighty ma
tion that will not and cannot permit
itself to be destroyed What steps will
be taken TO right us what course of
procedure will be determined upon by
Congress. The HEsALD will not under
take to forecast. but. in the face of all
the threatening and adverse circum-
stances that surround u it believes that
there is life in the old land yet and that
no true patriot will despair Of the
Republic"