The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-03
OUR REIOlNDER.

oar venerable and life long friend Of
the Marshall H1olI while commend
ing in manner most gratifying to Us
the industry and cucray' which has
characterized 'lnE HERALD under it,
present management, is disposed to eN-
ccpt to- and enter his solemn protest
against the following paragraph con.
tanned in Tue lIERALDs saIutaloIy Of
the 2Sth inst.
-se'rhe paper will he Democratic ut all
times, undcral circumstances, not pal-
tisun, blind to the good in opponents
and 10 the bad in asso intrs not Bou,
bon, dclying in the ashes of the Dead
PN,t for Arguments to meet the issues
Of Living Present; but Democratic.
seeking the greatest good to the great
est number ...... ....u...t..
Our Marshal friend says; owe dis
like the term Bourboni3m, 1t crate,
upon our ears, In the application used
by Tur HERALD it is exceedingly Office
tionoblc. We are among the
Bourbons that desire to forget moth
ing and, with modesty, can affirm
that, beyond the teachings of the faith
crs, have learned but little, The
DcmocrNticporty is essentially Bourbon
or it is nothing If it is not labolng to
restore the political doctrines Of ante
bcIIun days and the government to it.
prcstinc purity and patriotism, what is
its mission ........... .....
We make this commentary in no
inyidlous or ccnsorous spirit 1t would
afford us much moro pleasure to praise
TnE HERALD tllan to controvcrt its posi-
tons But when it starts out with dee,
larations that are either meaningless, or
convey Il ccnsurc upon the party to
which it processes to belong we natural
| ~ rise to question ofprivilcgc. What
does it mean? And whittier is it drift
ing, in the assumption OF "a wisdom that
diScards all the teachings OF expert
cnCcY
TuE llgMlp will state what it means,
| and will cndcayOr to couch its language
in the courteous manner, which charac.
tcrl2cs the uttcmnccs of our protesting
contemporary lmprimis THG HERALD
means that thewar is ended and that the
prciudircs and bitterness, passions and
hates brgotlen by it should end with il.
Unlike our eOntcmpary we would will
iugIy discard and forget them and IN the
presence of a broader deeper, holicr
patriotism, we would speak to silence
and to death the Bourbonm that
cvolles from the dead ashes of the past,
such dangerous and boutless rccnloc-
| tons. ..... ...
While otr venerable friend may be
dreaming sadly and respectfully over the
dead past, over old associations and
buried hopes, the younger men of Texas
are bending their energies to the task
of building up their fortunes which a
gallant but luckless war had wrecked
The younger men of Texas were not in
suumcntal in plunging this hand into
SECESSION, andatcrriblec civil war. They
went from the college to the camp and
| fought the fight rs bravo men should.
BUTT caused them iwoparahle injury.
Four years Of their life was taken from
thom. Fortunes were swept away and
thoy were hcggnred in all save honor
Hard, mtiring work was their por-
ton, and noopportunity was given them
to repair that dreadful hiatus of four
years in their education The loss was
simply incolculahlc and irrcpaablc,
save to an exceptional few, who with a
desperate energy wrl!mg from l@o$s,
after the !abe@"ot' Tie day, the outlines
Of the professions they are studying aud
practicing today. These young men
instead of laboring to "restore the po-
litical doctrines of ante bcllum days
which seem TO be 50 dear TO our Mar
shall friend, are in good faith and in all
cNrncsincss accepting the principles
cnunratcd in the, National Democratic
platform Does the editor Of the Mar,
shall Hrdhi forget that platform or does