The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-10
DALLAS. TEXAS.
SURREI0lNDER.

Napoleon = ldea OF the Bourbon Is
ours, in an intensified sense. We may
he in error in accepting definition
which the Corsioan gave, and the world
has since accepted, five are in error,
no one can correct us more happily than
the editor Of the Marshall HTdM We
may be in error in saying that however
stubbornly the Democratic party resist
ed the amendments to the Federal con
stitution, and however hcsitatngy it
acquiesccd in them, and however differ
ent may be its Interpretation of these
amendments, that that party has in Ma.
tional convention assembled ratified
them, and yielded TO these amendments
itsrccogntion and support, and that now
1t is simply matter Of supcrerogation
to argue against then, or to grutsbly at
the action Of the party.
Weare disposed to charge upon those
who participated in public affairs immc-
diately previous to secession, its inau-
guration, and to some extent the tori
bic calamities that attended it. Wiser,
calmer, cooler stHtcsmanchip might
have avertod the ruin that passionate,
thoughtlcss, hotheaded men wrought;
yet, while there may he some bitter.
ness in the hearts Of young men who
suffered 50 much by it, there can never
be reproach, They are too charitable
too manly aud forgving for that The
Marshall HcyuiFS editor mis-intcrprcts
us when he supposes that the teachings
of Jefferson are forgotten by us, or that
we donot believe that his Interpretation
of the essential principles of this govern.
ment are rs pregnant with nearing
to-day, as when uttered on the fourth
day Of March, thrcc-qunrters of II centu-
ry ago. That Interpretation, rs familiar
to our esteemed friend as it is to us, we
beg to reproduce. These are the words
Equal and exact justice to all men
OF Whatever state or persuasion, relig
ious or political peace commerce, and
honest friendship, with all nations
entangling alliances with none; the sup
port OF the State governments in all
their rights, as the most competent al
ILLUSTRATIONS for our domestic concern,
and the surcst bulwnr<s against anti
republican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government in its Who'll,
constitutional vigor, as the sheet ancho,
of our peace ut home and safety abroad
II Jealous care Of the right of election b,
the peoples; absolute acquicscenco il
the decisions Of the majority--the vita
principle of Republics, from which ther,
is no appeal but to force the vital princ
pal aud immediate parent Of despotism
the supremacy of the civil over military
authority economy in public expense,
that labor may be lightly burdcncd the
honest payment of our debts and sacred
preservation Of the public faith; en-
couragement of agriculture, and o.
commerce rs its handmade; the ditlu
sion OF iniormationand the arraignment
OF all abuses at the bar of public reason
freedom of religion; freedom of tn,
press, freedom of person under the pro
lection of the habeas corpus; and tria
by lmlcs, impartinlly selected
Our Marshall cotemporary canno
place MS in the attitude of dissnntn,
IRON these sentiments so forcibly eX
pressed, nor do we believe he really in
tends to do So .,....
In coinciding with all that this papcI
has said respecting reconciliation for
giveness, and tender lorgetiulness o
past issues, orr contemporary is far from
writing himself down such Bourbon
rs he would stubbornly have us to be
lieve he is. Bombonism, ns the tern
is acccptedto-day, has no lexicographica
definition, and each individual ma,
conshue it as he secs fit. We give GU
definition, hoping and believing tina
our contemporary may not place him
self within its meaning. 1t is rs follows
The Bourbon occupies an attitude o
eternal protest against II better order o
things and ii heis forced to accept tn
inevitable, there seems to charactcri2
that acceptance stubborn mcnto
reservation. The fire is only smothered
and but awaits the pretext to flame out
in all itspristinc fury. lilo fingers =,
grctfully and moroscly over rccollec
tions OF the past and while he ma,
affect to accept the present, there i
dissatisfaction and rebellion in hi
heart because the old regime cannot en-
dure Forever. He cannot discriminate
between the grain and the chat in tn,
writings OF Jefferson, Monroe, Jnckso,
and Clay and he often intorprets then
as they never meant to be construed
Forgetting the duties of the presen
hour, he prefers to dream over the un
fulfilled Vaccinations of the past. Tn,
exemplar OF sob s1a.H'
"Those pseudo privy counselors of God,
Who write down judgments with a DO,
hard nibbed," ~
his heart knows no charity for oppos
ing opinions no sympathy for the cr.
ing or the broken.hearted. ha