The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-21
IAE DAWN OF nRlGnIER DAYS.

II cannot hayo escaped the ego Of
the philosophio observer that the final
restoration Of peace, good order aud
lust government 10 all OF the southern
states has had tho happy effect Of sub
dung the passions, and calling forth
some Of the worry best oomonta Of our
human nature. Tho ombers Of hato
and strife which were induslriously |
kept alive during twelve years Of re-
construction, are rapidly dying out, and
the arch agItators Morton, Blaine y
Co., are becoming NJ helpless ~ work
man deprived Of his tools or an mo
mato Just after debouch, These
ll8hy celebrities only lloatcd to the sur
face whom MI the bad bile Of the nation
was stirred, and now that the troubled
waters are gubsiding, they 20 TO the
bottom with other foul dreRs whose
tue place is eternal separation from
cleanliness and light The awakened
energies and cheerful oounlcuanoos of
our people ARE yisibly manifest in all
the cities, towns and villages of the
land, and oloquontly bcspcak not only
increasing prosperity, but n now era Of
good feeling between all classes and
sections, alike crcditable TO the head
and heart of the entire nation Tho
low, narrow bigoted prCudices, which
estsangod and diyidOd many portions
Of our country in the past, arc rapidly
melting away, and broad, liberal
cOthoic spirit OF enlightened patriot
ism has already begun to take then
place In proof of this we refer TO tn,
recent and almost simultaneous move
mcnt in our own state To celebrate, il
u suitable and appropriate manner, on
national holiday, the Fourth of July
| No spirit Of this kind was manifested
and no movement of this sort wa
made during any Of the dark nm,
hightlul years of reconstruction, an'
all this was natural but now, when tn
oppressed have triumphod over the op
prcssor, and when every state in tn
Union is breathing the air of liberty
and when peace md plenty are agar
beginning to smile over happy nm,
prosperous land, it is meet and prope
that we should assemble aroun
the altar OF our common countr,
and with single heart offer up ON
united prayer for the safety and glor
of the republic, and for the perpetuit
of those eternal principles of truth, .iu'
ticc and enlightened liberty, whic
; were bcquoathed to us as o rich lcgac
by our fathers. The battles OF Bunkc
Hill and Yorktown may still iurnis
lessons of wisdom and instruction, am
the revolution Of l77G will ever renal
the brightest chapter in American hi
tory. just as New York is the pmpir
state of tho north, SO is Texas the en-
pirc state of the south Sretchin
through ten degrees of latitude she hp
an area of territory greater than thu
of France, and her population, which
rapidly swelling into millions, is pei
= hNps the most cosmopolitan, the mo,
energetic, the most daring, the MOI
/. entcprising, the most intelligent an
best informed, take it all in all, to |
| found upon the surface of the earth. |
I Wow of these facts, it is peculiarly AZ
, proprate that this great state of IL,
south should take the initiative an
by her own example, show to her sistC
states that to do honor to the memoir
. of the illustrious dead is among til
r noblest impulses of the human hear
O and the sacred duty of Nn enlightene
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