The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-08
OUR BIG MAJORITY.


aye and In tho Democratic ranks here
nj that, who honestly believe II would
be better for all the various interests OF
the State, were the two national parties
in Texas more evenly balanced in num-
bers, intelligence and property II
intelligence and property were made
the basis of the proposition with the
single added quality of virtue, We
should never contest II, But at this
time, and considering all tho clrcum-
stances surrounding Texas and the
Union, we regard II ~ peculiarly for
tunate circumstance that We have a
large, healthy, and efficient majority
The condition of the State, when com
pared with other States Of the Union,
bears us out in the conclusion that II IL
indeed very fortunate circumstance
that the oounsols. of our Lone Star State
arc not divided, but that WHOM tho poo
plo move, they do y unanimously 80
TO speak, s
This simple circumstance saved Texas
all tho bitterer and more disastrous
experiences of reconstruction winch
plunged ovory other Southern State
into woes uniathomOblc, and from
which South Carolina and Louisiana
have not yet fully emerged Contrast
our condition with theirs and the util'
ity of over one hundred and twenty
thousand Democratic majority Is lmme-
diately apparent to the most obtuso OBJ
sorvatlon,
Majol tiles are fearful tyrannies whom
they do not serve the interests Of all
tho people, including and embracing
the minority, In Texas, the Democrats
can proudly boast that, under the
benelicent sway Of its glorious Demo-
cratic majority, the weak minority OF
negroes, carpet.baggers and decent Re
publicans are cared for as well as the
majority, No single act of oppressive
distinction can be pointed TO- The
State has steadily advanced, going on
prospecting and to prosper, Men of all
shades of political and religious belief,
coming from all parts of the world, here
find peace security and promise No
honest man Of any kind, who has
sought an asylum here, and who has
been honest and industrious, but has
made living, and in the large majority
of cases, has accumulated money,
The object Of government is care OF
the people. Our democratic State gov
eminent has accomplished this, and in
II way and to n degree which we find in
the history of no other American State,
Unlike New England, Texas com
menced the struggle with utter poverty
after the close Of war, with not n single
dollar of capital and with the flower OF
her manhood put tenderly away under
the sod. New England commenced the
struggle with her Golfers full to run.
ming over with money. and in men
her war losses ,were perfectly insigniii
cant in comparison with ours. Not
outstanding this apparent insur-
mountable difference Texas has out.
stripped her in tho race. We proudly
point to the fact that no man ever
suffered in our State for bread, and sor>
rowiully we say it, they have often
starved in New England, or have been
compelled to put themselves into the
hands of British emigrant agents to
find bare subsistence at the antipodes,
thousands upon thousands of dreary
miles away from the loved homes OF
childhood.
This disparity of situation is due only
to two leading causes. The majority
we speak of, and our peerless climate
and rich soil. AS long as such results
can be pointed proudly to, lot no man
say it would be better if the parties
were more evenly balanced in Texas
This prosperity did not prevail when
carpet-bag reconstructionists held power
in the State, and could not were they
again restored to the government We
stand, aud proudly too, upon our glo-
rious majority.