The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-16
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The managers of the liberal wing Of
the republican party went out for
wool and have come back shorn."
The liberal southern policy Of Mr.
Hayes was willy bid for democratic
dsntegraton, II was thought that
concessions Of the character Of those
made TO South Carolina and Louisiana
would have the effect TO blunt the edge
Of democratic opposition, and tend TO
develop the feeling in the party that
II doesn't much matter about the name
so We enjoy the substance Of success,
The democrats promptly accepted the
theory, taking "the bird in hand" but
now that grand old party organization
utterly refuses 10 carry out the balance
Of the contract and disintegrato, ~
was expected by liberal republicans
they have come TO grief in conse'
quence, and thus 1t turns out that they
went out for wool and came back
shorn,P because the disintegration ism /
democratic, and because ii Is republic
can, The old wings in the south have
been acting in body with the demo.
Gratis ever since that party lost its or
ganiaation those of the north with the
republican party, asarule. Mr., Hayes
move was made with the vain hope of
dctachlng the southern wings from the
democratic party, and fusing them with
the liberal wing.of the republicans, of
course, carrying with the move the
northern wings.
This would have constituted a third
party, which would also have been the
first, so far as power in mere weight OF
numbers is concerned, and it would
have possessed the prestige of success,
because its sole and leading influence
had the advantage of an absolute con-
troll of the federal administration for the
time being, and our later party leaders
all know the immense advantage OF
having an army of paid partizans to
vote and pay assessments for party
purposes. This was unquestionably a
well laid scheme, and one which would
have been entirely successful had il not
been for the unbroken and unabashed
front maintained by the democracy, in
Guiding the large and respectable ele>
ment known AS the wing wing in the
south,
1t is plain that unless some fearful
mistake is made in our party manage
mcnt, between now and 1880 that year
will witness solid south" sure enough,
and just enough western and north.
western states to give practical work
ing majority in the government in both
the upper and lower houses.
Now, the only question for us to de-
termine is, if the last twenty years, with
their lessons of defeat, disaster and mis-
government, are to be needed. Is ex>
perionce to bring wisdom or, are we
to 90 on from mistakes to blunders to
the end of timer
1t is not concession and compromise
which is needed now; it is not defer>
ence TO the bonded wealth of the coun,
try which is needed it is not the pan
dering to the leveling ideas of red or
black republicanism, but firm, manly
consistent adherence to the tried and
true principles of government which up
to the good year 1860, were, under dem
ocratic handling, equal to the task Of
planting developing and guarding the
best government which has marked the
history of organized societies since the
world was made. True success lies in
getting back by the shortest and most
direct routes to tho ground occupied
then, and in this endcavor the demo>
cratic party will have the sympathy of
wings and honest republicans alike, SO
Mr.. Hayes little game will have n little
result, and of this we have not tho
slightest shadow of u doubt