The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-14

hardships, death, sorrow, pain and de-
Vastat ion, and no IL unworthy 10 be
considered Statesman, looking 10 the
paClllcaticn OF the country, who VIII
parade the horrors insepRrable from
war for the purpose OF keeping up the
strife which produced those horrors.
My message TO the gentleman from
Maine is this, There are no ConIeder-
ates in tthis House; there Is no Con-
federates' ambitions, desires or pur-
poses in this House the South Is here,
and here she intends TO remain,
Enthusiastic demonstrations on the
Democratic side aud In the galleries,
Let fanatioism do its worst let II pass
its multiplying acts, trample on the Con-
stitution, abrogate the pledges OF its
fathers, incite raids ON our people,
multiply intidelities until they shall he
like the stars of heaven or sands Of the
sea.shore, without number; but know
this, for all your iniquities, the South
will never again seek an remedy IN
the madness of another secession.
Renewed applause We are here we
are in our fathers house; our brothers
are our companions, and we are ut
home, thank God. Enthusiastic APP
plause. We come to crafty no ven
geance to retaliate no wrongs, to re"
sent to no past insults, no strife; we
come with Il patriotic purpose to do
whatever in our political power shall
be to restore an honest, economical
aud constitutional administration of
the Government; we come charg-
ing on the Union no wrong to us. The
Union has been an unmiXed blessing
to every section, TO every State, to
every man of every color in America
We charge oil OF our wrongs to that
higher law, fanaticism, which never
| kept u pledge or obeyed law. We
sought TO leave the association ofthose
who would not keep fidelity to the
covenant. We sought to go by our
selves, but so far from having lost our
| fidelity to the Constitution we Rugged
| it to our bosom and carried it with us.
Brave Union men of the North, fol-
! lowers of Webster and Fillmore, OF
! Cass and Douglas, you who fought for
| the Union for the sake OF the Union,
you who ceased to fight when the bat
| lie was ended and the sword was
sheathed, with you we have no quar-
rels. We felt your heavy arm in the
midst of the struggle, but above the
roar of the cannon we henrd your voice
of kindness calling: brothers, come
back" we are here to cooperate wi III
YOU, to do whatever we can do in spite
of all our sorrows to rebuild the Union,
to restore it to peace, to be q blessing
to the country, to make the American
Union what our fathers intended IL
should be-the glory of America and
blessing of humanity. But YOU gen
tlemen, who prosecuted us by your in
oddities until you drove us out of the
Union; you who then claimed to be the
only friends Of the Union which yot
had before denounced as league VIII
death and covenant hell, you who
followed up the war when the soldiers
who fought it have made peace aud
gone to their homes; to you we have ne
concessions to make. Martyrs owe NJ
apology to tyrants; and while we are
ready to make every sacrifice for TIE
Union, secession, however defeated
and oppressed, will confess no sin t.
fanaticism, however bigoted and eX
acting
Yet while we make to you no con
cession, we say this. We come even tt
Won in no spirit of revenge. We have
but one ambition, aud that's to ado
our political power to the patriotic
Union men of the North in order t.
compel fanaticism to obey the laws
and live in the Union according to TIN
Constitution. We do not propose II
compel YOU by oaths, for you neve
kent them. The South did the Uniol
one great wrong, and we come, as ia
as we can, to repair it. We wronge'
the Union grievously when we LETT i
to be seized and rent and torn by Tn
men who hid denounced 1t as
, "league with death and a covenan
with hel.n We ask you, gentlemen
of the Republican party, to rise aoov
all your animosities and to forget you
old sin. Let us unite to repair tn
wrongs that distract and Cypress tn
country let us turn our backs on til
past, and let it be said in the futnr
that he shall be the greatest PATROL
the truest patriot, the ablest patriot
, who shall do most to repair the wrong
: of the past and promote the tories
, the future. Loud and sustained al
[ plsuse on the Democratic side of tn
D House and in the crowded galleries
|, i, afNnnnh