The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-14
,cRREsLACK ON GARFIELD.
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not mere fOuy dul uleVuc9st " -. Ell
.S MI much worse. We could not but feel {
t .I wa were deeply wrouged. There was
VIA" .o,,oe3, for the dire calamities with which
rU we're threatened except in bringing we
socedea states back into their places IN lhe
Union. our conviction: of legal Duty our
ayssnerated sense of injury and q proper
core for our best interests, all impelieu Us 70
io;n in the new administration III the use ol
5mch forces AS might be found necessary 10
execute the laws in every part OF 'he
country.
THE WAR OF THE PHARlsEE'
Rrt tbe Aboltionists wanted war for the
aoatrn, tion of the Union, for the overthrow,
of he constitution, for the suoverslon OF
free government, and for the subJugatCn OF
the Whole country to that "mgner law
which imposes no restraint and malice o! Ihe
rnIinu mower. To such war the nauohal
conscience was opposed. The soul OF every
resnectable officer in the army ana navy re-
roIted ut II. and every virtuous man IN pri-
waite life felt it TO be an unspeakaole outrage:
70 those who doubted before, the disaster OF
Rnll Run madeit plain that the war couIu
not ne successfully carried on unless ~ was
mt upon principles consistent WIN 'ne
rrsa,es Of Cnristendom and the safety OF our
~ ;nstitu,ions Therefore it was that on the
08d of ,July, 1861, congress with almost per-
fact unanimity passed resolution through
both houses, declaring in the most eXpneI
words that the war shout be conducted 10
preserve the constitution, and not TO revotu-
ionize il. | give you here the words OF tpe
resolution itself from the CohsreisiohAi
Globe, p. 223' .,..u
Resolved. That the preselt de ploraote ciVll
war has been coed upon inc eonnt! ~ IN IN
80, ,,F In Cnuth
arms AGAINST the constitutional soVunlhttn,
AMI in arms around tue capital; tltI III Nm, tLl9
national emergency congress VIII $3.50 tei "a
only its duty to the wnoie country .n"s y, If
war IL not Waged on their part IN any spit SPIT,
of oppression o; for any purpose OF conques.
or suOjugatiDn or purplss q Over ,tV n
interfering with the rights OF es oI fa"T and
situations of those states, put 10 ieiu an. .n
MAINTAIN the Suprema " of the cOustltutlnn
and preserve the union with an the utsni ~
equality and rights Ut the several slal ~
innaired and That as 5 on AS 'lese opJeS''
are accomplished the war ought TO Case
Confaing in this assurance, Democrats
from every northern state rushed 10 the
front by the hundred thousands the porder
states of the south gave in their formal adhe-
sion to the government; and your great NIL
itarv leaders drew their swords with alacrity
in silpport of the free institutions 10 when
thew had shown their fidelity SO often be-
With what base perfdity this solemn
n,adge was broken | need not tell you, fol
his sneech shows that you know it we'll. YOU
expressly declare that so far from SUSTAINING
the government you revolutonlzed u. In
stead of war for the union, you claim tina
it nut the states out Of the union, ana you
had right to keep them out as long Us you
pleased, or admit them to their places on an,
Terms, however degrading, which you chos
to dictate. Iastead Of restoring the supreni
acv of the constitution all your polltlclan
held and so far rs know from their puoh
declarations, still hold, that the victory.
the federal forces abolished the constructor
not only in the south, but In the north, an
therefore they were not bound to observe II
limitations either in their Legislative, Judlci'
or executive measure. Instead OF prihS
back the states with their llghts uhlmpare'
according tosyour promise you crippieu, ei
shaved. .ubiugated and DISTINGUISHED then
Instead ofusipg the war power to which go
were pledged, you converted 1t into a oisc
Republican, lob to put the rights of the PEI
nile permanently under the foot OF an VI
principled party.
submit this part of the case to your col
sideration. | ask you to say whether you CT
find in the history of the whole human RAJ
another instance Of humsn perhiy on sea
so large. The baseness of the Massachuset
authorities in selling the surrendered 1
o,,ods into slavery after solemn promise
the contrary, was but the "germ of an ides
ON which YOU acted in the fullness OF
growth Their act was ia its nature and cha
scter nearly as bad IS it could be; but on
eight score of helpless people suffered by
the victims of your treachery are counter
the millions.
THE CORRUPTION OF THE PHARIsEE.
The offences which you are now engag
in committing upon the public treasury
the natural sequence of your crimes aka
nopular liberty. Universal experience pro
that power usurped will always be dish
estly used Seeing that the Aboitlon'sts "
led nv A man whom no oath could hoid
the constitution and TO whom no pie
could bind to in observance OF
principles, we had no right to expect
cent regard for justice in their admnis'
tion of their national finances. do not m
that the masses of your party were, or
now. destitute of common integrity.
that was over-ruled by the political doctr
Of their leaders. Having once set aside
established law Of the land, they had
standard by which they could measure
moral conduct Ct themselves or others,
thew became incapable of seeing the oil
ence between right and wrong IN pu
affairs. The "hig her law threw the r
loose on the neck of all evil passions, IL
only abrogated the constitution but the d'
lorue as WE'LL and the eighth commander
was uullifed with the rest,
You have, consequently, made ours
corruptest government on this SIDE OF !
stsntnople. Perhaps you will say this
general assertion. But am ready to m
tain the truth of it against all opposers'
NAV take the rottenest monarch, IN Eur
20 over lis history for hundred years:
produce the worst act you can lind OF II
ulept spoliation upon lis people, ana u
not show something worse committed
under the auspices of the party now In
err I will give up the case.
am speaking of the governmept-o
officials who rule us for their pleasure
plumber us for their personal protit-a,l
is no answer to quote Mr.. Lords spec en-
fore tn senate on the trial Of Belknap'
eulogy was on the virtue and intelllgenc
the people, and he argued from that the
of their servants to behave with int;
He certainly did not mean to whitewasl
administration. If he had meant to DO
/ could not have succeeded, for there was
wash enough in his bucket to so owe
,wcnty-,housandth part OF the job.