The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-14
THE OCTOBER SESSION OF CONGRESS.

THE OCTOBER SESSION or CONGRESS-
II Is perfectly plain, as the time APP
proachos for the meeting OF congress,
that the chief work TO be done will be
the questions underlying and relating
TO the dIstrosses Of the laborlng classes,
out Of which the recent grave disorders
have come, Mere sectional questions
will not come mp, orif they are obtru-
ded, will be made to give place 10 the
subject of all others which now inter
esis and affects all classes of people in
all tho states Of Tho union, Indeed
the life Of the nation depends upon the
intelligent action of congress at it's
coming session The policies out OF
which has grown the widespread pow
erty of the masses must be abandoned
The repeal of the resumption act the
reconciliation OF silver, the tarlli, com
merce manufactured, all need congress
sonnl attention, and rs all matters OF n
sectional character have been settled
and disposed OF these grave subjects
will possibly receive tho attention they
should have had six years ago.
IT is too late in the day for any one
to deny that the passage OF the re"
sumption act was n great blunder, rs
well as it il the prime cause of all the
woes which have produced such wide
distress in the country, nor that it has
placed burden upon the shoulders Of
the poor too intoleroble to be borne, 1t
is true that under the goOdngs of this
distress the laborers proceeded to I'M
warranted and criminal lengths, but il
congress fails to remove the cause at
once and eilectually it will, by such
failure, become equally guilty, and such
omission will come up from the depths
of the pale, starving despairing masses
against it forever They have bread
and 10y such failure will assume the
attitude of refusing it to the starving
poor. This question presents n field to
the American statesman such as has
rarely come in his way since the gov
eminent was established, and not
only our own land, but the world
will stand wrapped in an I'M
terest too profound for expression, unN
til the verdict is made. That the
whole question is capable of speedy,
satisfactory and complete solution, is
only too plain. The whole question
hinges upon the fact, as to whether the
bondholders have power still to stamp
their suicidal policy upon the present
congress, as they have upon every one
which has assembled since the rictori>
Gus armies of the union returned from
the triumphant conquest of the south,
We have now, from our section, thank
God, once again fair southern repre-.
sentaton The woes of these laborers
and the causes under them, were
no work of southern statesmen. Let.
the task of tiudmg the remedy be con-
fded to them, Let the simple dignity
and tho oldNtime, unalloyed purity of
southern craftsmanship now intcrposc
an ellectual barrier between the rapaci.
ty of the bondholders and the starva-
ton Of the people by Withdrawing tho
resumption act, the prime cause of the
wealth OF the one, us it is Of the power
ty of the other, and by this sim
pie act alone they will not only com.
pletely rohabiitOte our section, but
will win for themsclve the gratitude of
humanity and the starving millions,
whose distress moved them to ioolishly
raise the puny arm OF rebellion against
the majesty of the government.
The tariff question MS underlying the
commercial policy of the nation and
internal improvements, as joining that
in furnishing facilities for safe trade
and the profitable employment of the
laborers of America, are questions of
scarcely less import
We are proud that the settlement of
these grave questions has been deferred
until the worth Of the south finds again
its representatives in the halls of the
national legislature, and with good old
Elihu Burrit we will stake our head
upon the wisdom Of their action in this
grave junction of our national affairs.