The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-23
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The republican party was founded
upon great ideas, II struggled for gl-
gantio prize, II worked in the line OF
human freedom, and the elevation and
advancement OF man. 80 long us II did
so unselAshly It's career was a great one,
and nodeleat ordlsappolntment marked
its history, II went on from conquer,
Ing TO conquer, and its banners were
triumphantly and VIGOROUSLY Haunted
in the face Of tyranny over the entire
globe,
New England, the home and birth
place of republicanism, grew rich and
powerful because the south, the home
of slavery, could not or rather would
not, manufacture her own productions,
especially cotton, In forcing the eman'
oipation Of the slaves she made great
sacrifice and at the same time exacted
one from us, Hers, we suspect, was an
unwelcome one, as well ~ m unwilling
one, II was one OF those disagreeable
circumstances which are sometimes
hidden from the keenest ken. While
riyen slavery was a beautiful sentiment
and worthy the blood and treasure ii
cost yet there was some drawbacks to
il, and sentimental New England re
publicanism is realizing that fact to-day
Thus in the way Of mere dollars and
cents from their own standpoint it was
u grave mistake. Their management of
republican forces since the war has been
mistake, 1t was all well enough to
invest the negro with beautiful traits
and clothe him with virtues and qualis
ties of superhuman excellence in order
to arouse the sympathy Of the world,
and gathera power sufficient to break
his chains. But IL should have been
content with that result. The hons
est masses Of republicanism could
see only hero Of patience and
virtue as well as deeply wronged
man and brother in the negro.
They were not content therefore, with
the riven links They must force social
as well as legal and political equality,
and the mistake was too grave for even
the strength OF the worlds abolition
ism. When these enthusiastic republi.
cans came south AT the close OF the war
and found the negro ms he is, it took
but few years TO gather sufficient dis
gust to cause them to go quietly home
and leave him to himself while they
sat down and mourned the death of an
idol which had grown very dear to
them, by reason of the blood and treas
ure it had cost
But, behold new revelation broke
in upon them and one which touches
the New Highlander in very tender
place Her skilled mechanics no Ions
ger object to coming south, and now we
have our own mills spinning our own
cotton on the ground from which it
grew, and where it is worn and used,
New England has not only lost the
profit upon the goods sold us, but we
are able to beat her in the markets of
the world
The negro has gone just as far as hu>
man power can drive him, and in plac-
ing him there brave, devoted, but de.
cieved, New England has unwittingly
forged chains of another kind for her
own fair limbs. In breaking the ne.
gro's chains she broke also the power
OF the republican party, and also the
monster manufacturing monopoly which
had made herself rich and great, and
which sent her fame out to the utter.
most bounds of the earth. No. Ruth.
erford B. Hayes did not do the deed, it
was New England that gave birth to the
republican party, and it was her also
who dug its grave.