The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-11
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Wa publish in another column this morn
inc an article on "lndopondontlam," o'or lh'
signature !. A. A., aud from tho pom OF
trenchant wrItOr who has evidently wat hoC
closely tho signs of tho tunes Ills outline
of tho history Of tho political parties IN lh'
State Ia accurate, according to our rooolloc
ton, and serves M good basis for tho orsu
ment he makes from hla standpoint ING
sentiments of this communication aro b1
the oulcroppinCs Of sentiment That SEEM
10 be gaining ground throughout
tho State M indication Of coming move
mcnl. Tho HERALD from tho first perceived
the little cloud, no bigger lhon mans hand
and hcnrd and needed the rumblog pre-
monitory Of an eruption TINT somowonld mol
harkon To, and, TINT II might not grow lhl'
AN overwhelming disaster, has time and ogN0
raIeod Ia voice in warning md urged lhhl
tho Democracy everywhere align itself Oh
progrosslvo principles and kocp pace with
lho tImos. We have done no 30 repeatedly IN
such plain terms that II has been ut the I''''
Of our Democracy being questioned
nv somo who wcrc, md many Of
hom Mas, who aro still blinded TO The
rOol condition and interests Of tho party and
oi tho State We have been In u position u
read Alright tho signs va saw about ua We
bovo sranned closely and studied diligently
tho State pross, coming TO us from every Soc
top. and wo hayo noted tho tono and temper
Of tho people IA reflected by that prcss, and
,bus wo have been nblo 10 perceive all the
agencies that have been AT work, all
tbe currents of opinion that hovo been
forming, and urge that tho Democratic
marty of Texas should place itself solidly
and unmistakably upon platform of prin-
cioos that shall accord with tho cnlightcn-
ment and progressive tendencies of tho day
that shall bo above and beyond tho views,
idoas and requirements of decade or two
decades ago. In tho supposed plcntitudc of
its mower, IL will not do to assume that the
Democracy or its representatives can safely
y, counter TO its own principles and policy
by forcing upon tho people mon inefficient
ar measures bicctlonHblo, A monopoly,
whatever may DO its nature, begcts oppos-
Ii on and ultimately It's own downfall, es'
pecialy when IL becomes unwicldy by massive
ovcrgrowth, by disrcgording the circumstan'
ccs that brought ii into existence orsustnlned
it in power, Hence we have urged the party
TO bring forward men for Office from the
highest to the lowest, who are themselves
in accord with such principles, men
of advanced aud comprehensive views
mon of broad and liberal
idoas whose thoughts and intelligence are
not narrowed down to the grooves of prcju-
dice and bias, looking not beyond to-day, re
Numbering only tho past, scarcely compre-
bending the present, Texas is too great n
State in her possibilities, her interests are
too diversified, her wants too numerous, her
future too necessitous, and indeed her intcg'
rity as a satisfied unit too serious for any but
Rrst-class men to shape aud sway her
destinies. The State administration of the
past fifteen months has gained no credit fol
Texas, but has certainly placed her far II
tho rear Of others that have been equal to thu
conditions Of the time Sho can never nd
vance ordevclop under such rule, under sucl
apolcy rs now obtains, orif she do ii will bt
despite of it and not rs consequence, and /
she does not advance in this day Of progress
when the other States of the Union arc nj
progressing and making giant stride
to the full frnition o
their capabilities, she must ret
rocrado. In this unitarian age she can
not stand still. A State is Ikea city or 81
individual or anything of life and is gov
erned by unaltcrablo laws formulated into
phiosophic expression. In inertia are germi
GATED the seeds of decay. Tho argument
advanced in the communication on "lnde
pendentism" are strong ones to the people tt
10 active themselves and take from any ant
al incompetent politicians the self-imposc'
task of making up county and State conVen
lions. If the Democratic masses will tuIl
out in a body to tho primaries and max
known their will and thon selec
from their own number delegates to tb,
county and State conventions who will en-
body and promulgate their views and will il
splatform OF principles, and place upon tina
platform candidates who are in harmon,
with them and who are men OF intellectual
strength and vigor and honest, genuine De
mocracy will live and flourish.
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