The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-05
THE NEW ALIGNMENT.

conkliDgs crusade against Hayes will
not only force a new alignment of the
republican hosts, but will induce tho
democracy TO conform IN some sense TO
the new conditions, The orthodox res
publloana Of the old radical stamp will
gather under Conkling's banner but
they will not be able 10 meet tho liberal
men, especially when II Is a matter
where the democracy can consistently
come TO the support OF the president or
his measures Az the republicans are
now organized under tho new align
ment the democracy can only have
choice between Hayes and Conkling,
between ultra, bloodyshirt shrioking,
untOmed radicalism, or the liberal, cons
seryatyc, tolerant wing led by Mr.
Hayes, All the more active elements
of the conservative masses Of the doN
mocrNcy will elect between these very
promptly and in tho end Mr.
Conkling will be crushed and Mr. Hayes
triumphant
In this light people will look for the
forthcoming message with grave inter,
est The positions taken by the presi-
dent will he such, we imagine, rs will
bring these contrasts sharply out, no
that the first battle will not only be in.
tcresting, but will be- in some
sense decisive of the general result of
not only the present session. but the en-
tire administration of Mr. Hayes,
In looking nj tho probabilities, it
would DO well to remember that there
has been n vast change within the last
few years, The people of the lately
hostile sections have met and intermin,
gled too intimately to be longer led, OF
rather misled, by the utros. The
Iusing Of populations has been follow.
ed by the iusing Of ideas, hopes and
ambitions, The Nccessions TO our south.
ern populations for the last two years
diller materially from those who drift
ed here from the north in tho wake OF
the victorious armies of the
union, the mere yultures, who
came only to feed upon the dead chr,
cass OF liberty. We have now those
who came attracted 10y the charms Of
our fair southland, and they have erect.
ed their family affairs, and viii not con.
sent that they be desecrated and en-.
dangcred by the bloody lanatcism
which should have died when the con,
federacy laid down its arms at the feet
OF that natiSnalism which it never was
its purpose really to destroy Conkling
leads forlorn hope against the inn,
pHcgnable essence of national union,
the larger and better element OF which
is, undoub teddy, u thoroughly reunited
and pacied people, II is much to the
credit OF Mr.. Hayes good sense that he
estimated at its proper value the weight
of the feeling which animated the con
servative people of both sections Of the
country. ii is much to tho credit of
his lirmness and nerve rs man
that, to secure this great boon
to the country, he braved the
turbulent and ultra of his own party
and pursued the even tenor of his way,
amid the successes and obloquy of the
democrats This course argues the
possession of faculties and characters,
tics from which the country has a right
to expect the most gratifying results.
While the democracy can never
change its verdict as to the chamcter of
his claim yet under all the circumstan.
ces it will render him an honest support
whenever and wherever it can do so,
without doing violence to those great
principles which have animated it alike
IN the prosperous, as well as the dark
days otour history. The new align>
ment will not hurt, but will rather
strengthen Hayes; but it will destroy
and the ultras, so surely as
that tolerance and good feeling are
gaining ground in this nation.