The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-19
SOUTHERN INFLUENCE IN NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT,

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with tho satisfactory 70 adjustment
Of the South Carolina and Louisiana a.
fairs, passes away forever, or should do
so, the penitentisl probation Of the
south, md tho whole domain Of nation
al politics lies open TO merit, lot II come
from where II will Presidents, cabi-
nets aud public servants Of all grades
and conditions are not In the future as
in the past 10 DO chosen or rejected be-,
cause they came from the north or
south side Of the arbitrarily drawn i'm
aginary line, rs has been the CAGE ever
since the evil days Of sectional bitter
ness dawned upon our unhappy coun'
try When the south was fully and
fairly represented In the national coun'
ellis, and when her reyiled ohlyalry OK,
crcised potent influence in national 0f-
fairs, national disgrace was unknown.
So IL will DO ia the future Whatever
may be urged against the hot headed
ness and impctuouslty Of the southern
leaders, they are and have always been
honest, clcan.handed men, and cor
rect sentiment of national fcalty has
always distinguished them, With our
section happily restored TO It's wonted
privileges, nothing is left to be cOviled
at, and no other work will be found lol
tho southern Statesman than vieinl
with his northern compeor NJ 10 how
the best results may be secured in the
shortest time for all the country, and
its every interest.
This happy and complete restoration
cannot come too soon. The nation
needs IL, civilization needs it, and his
tory can never be complete without it
IL will never be secured to us again /
we of the south wait for the dominant
or republican, party TO invite us TO steI
in and possess the land, The fruit /,
ripe, but our own hand must pluck II
not in greedy unreasonable way; no
selfshly iormero gain, but only because
we have the proper men for the dis
charge of specific duty, These mel
must not be the choosers themselves
but let the representatives from The
south determine who il is, who IL mos
capable aud worthy to fill position
and then urge him with earnestnes
and decency. Mr., Hayes, rs the rep
resentative man and official head o
the republican party, by his COURSE
with regard to the two states named
practically comedies the restored equal
ty of the southern states. Any reserv,
or disposition to concede all to on
northern democratic brethren vii
smack of n modesty essentially ials'
and mischievous, and will do us in6n
itely more harm than, u frank, manly
and at the same time, temperate advo
cacy of our own claims to recognition
as integers in the sum total Of nationl
political influences. ...f
/ TO this end we suggest that south
ern man of broad views, undoubte,
fealty to the national government, an,
at the same time truly representative
man of our section, be chosen and urge,
Tor speaker at the extra session whicl
occurs ia June. This is fitting tim
to test the temper of not only tn
northern wing of the democracy, bu
the entire republican party. If we ar
| to 90 on to the end of time in abjec
Difference to the policy of the northern
wing of our party and with no bette
results than we have had in the past, i
is high time that some other policy b.
adopted, The enemy calculate too Ger
tainly on both our mistakes and on
weakness. Let us give them harde
game to beat in the future. Let u
nominate md elect as the next speaker
sound southern national democrat, n
tile trump card of changed democrat
ic policy with regard to the south.