The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-14
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onr dispatches yesterday morning
gave toe glrasi' (. iHtellisrnce that in
COZ soqueucs 81 the withdrawal Of the
troops from the capitol Of South Carroll
ma, the cl9,chns Of the republican psrty
upon thst commonwealth had rcla sod.
and Chamberlain PathcticaIly resigns
his forced government aud siuks back
Into his native insjeni6c4ncc With bat
little chance of ever being restored to
his bri,f consequence on the scene
~ here great questions determining
tho tate Of the states are and have been
deciled in au hour This bitter cha
lice has been removed from the pale
lips Of our sister stale. and the Other
state. Of the union extend their con
CALCULATIONS with the added prayer
that she may uoy, again be made to
taste the bitter cup Of the late recon
stfuction. lter destinies are nov foT
the trst time since The war. contiled t,
the care oa her own sons, those WHO
love her best, and who best understand
her needs aud hopes The result cannot
be doubtful.
Her present government viii be fully
in Accorl with the people, win be a
government for honest men and ter
ror 20 kuaycs Of either race or condi-
ton. White people viii not DC 70
pressed nor the negro oppressed. Al
Will be peace, aud let rs record the a 70
dent hope, that prosperity will sigpa!He
/ the coming years. AS adversely has those
Of the past. Her woes are over. Let
her feet be guided by her terrible ex-
pcrieuce OF the past, and let the future
be free from haste, undue self-suiiieiency
aad intolerance; andpvevery blessiup
which can come in the train of good
government viii surely be hers. !
While We rejoice thus in the accom-
plished salvation of South Carolina, lei
as not forget that one other state o.
the union is still out of the pale is still
staggering under her well~nigh crush
ing burdens, is still struggling 10 drive
of the vampires who are sucking Ia,
life blood from her veins. The mos
ielicitous rejection which aecompanie q
the disonthrallment of South CAROLYN,
is, the almost absolute certainty liza
It but preeedes and prepares the wa,
for the redemption and restoration 0
the state we allude to, Louisiana. |
will DC impossible now 10 defer thi
event long Ii is true that by som,
hook or crook Packard may be retained
but even this event seems now to b,
highly improbable, but the time is nea
at hand when he too must sink baci
into that obscurity from which he onl,
emerged to lend his all to the oppres
sion Of the people Of Louisiana, and 4
fetard the day of her restoration to tina
prosperity which marked all the pre-
yious years Of her history.
Louisiana must be redeemed, and tn
redemption Of South Carolina il bn
the harbinger of this. Let Mr. Haye
withdraw the soldiers from the capito
Of louisiana, and at once the govern
ment of Packard will show how uttcrl,
foreign it is to the genius and hopes o
the people of that state In twelv
hours after that event, if it does TAX
place, peace and quiet will reir,
throughout the borders of the state
and the entire south will feel agaii
that she has - common interest with til
north, in perpetuating the government
planted here one hundred years sine
by our common ancestors. Every cor
sideration of sound policy, right. trut
and justice, a. well as expediency d,
mands this recognition by the presiden
Call off the troops. and the south wi
be responsible for the behavior of tn
Nichols government