The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-23
POLL los AND pnLIrIcs.

generally, it rises above mere party ophRa,
tilns and strives 10 further the r'ghs VI si
things. Nevertheless, tho HERALD sounuS
no uncertain note on any political measure
or principle, but discusses all With tS'Fhe's,
with a strict fidelity TO truth sad wilA coz
serya!ism. The wounding OF Prcs'oeh'
Garfield BY a would-be ASSASSIN, Shu
his ntar approach to death tnere-
from, on the bnder o. which, aiSs!
he stiil fingers with no certainty as to What
a day may bring forth, has created O SUI
and turmoil, 10 say no more of it, IN the
politics of the country. There ia uncer's'h-
", doubt aud fear. Suppose the president
should die and ice.president Arthur sue
COED to his place, what will be ths result =
says ono. "rhe south has Cothing to nope
and oil to fear from Arthur" says Nnothe''
Arthur, If he should become pre- sidenl' VII
bring stsiwaniam TO tho front aud the bloody
ehrt q i'll be the main fao,or in republican
isrl" says third man. with Arthur Hs
president, Conklrg will bo the power behind
tho throne, the brains of his administration
sd then look ont for squalls
ia the south" is the oraculr
'uggas.ion Of elil smother poii''e5l qua
nunc IF Arthur takes the presidential
chair Me-, Conlsling IS too wise end prudent
a politician to have anything 70 DO win bl6
administration" another philosopher OK
claims. We 90 about aGd silently listen &c
these expressions Of opinion, now and then
quietly drawing out some enc of theso talk
ers who has intelligence and intotmeN n
enough TO give a reason for the faith that ia
in him. We are not profoundly impressed
with the wisdom, or the sLatesmansEip, or
the political sAgscity Of any Of these opinions,
still they go for what they ara worth
sad help 10 MAXI up the
sum total of opinion bere
aud to give an indication Of the public mind.
Tho trouble with mankind has ever been,
and we pseaune it ever will be, to meet anu
combat troubles before they come why
cross bridge until you got to I" IS en- 90
A1ege aud there ia world oil wisdom AKA
true philosophy 10 it. We take !! 'het Vac
south HIS no more reason TO tesr itoU MI
Arthur than from President Qerdeld, nod
that ii had no more TO expect from G.nd1
Hancock had ha been elected Than trcH
General Gdrasld Tho man who is eiec!Cd
to the chief magistracy is president OF tho
entire country, no matter Whas his individual
opinions may be, no matter
OF whs! political party ha. may have boon
he nominee The people elect him md
It's tie people not political party that he
serves. The limo was some J cars ago wbgn
tho south might reasonably have had appre-
tensions NJ to how IL would fare If this man
OF that man occupied the white house, hut
that tune has past. The civil War with lis
bitterness, its hearnches, lis anguishes, ITS
prsdudices is over, and the poliLios..of thv
nation has assumed proper equilibrium
and sec!onalism no longer or ought not
longer to weigh hairs Avoirdupois in the
balance. The southern states have been
rehsbilitstcd; ,hsy have 70 ssumed
their station 10 tho uuion Of states
tbs, make up This American
republic Of ours, They have proven by their
works, their Il leli,y, their sincerity, snd when
tde president was wounded, and nov hat be
|, hoveri between time and eternity, sick
nigh unto death, it is truth that the national
heart, embracing the enst and tOe west, TIE
north aud tho south embracing every MN.
woman and child ia tho entire country, tho
men who wore the blue and the men who
wore tho gray, the women who weep fer
the loved aod lost who died for the union,
a ID tho wom-n who w5p for the loved aud
lost who diol for secession, all rs though
their hearts we're one heart are distressed,
are anxious, arc prayerful arr
hopeful by turns and arc sojdened
by turns MS the news in tho
daily bullNia, lnsy be. The soutl
being rebab.ii.a,ed then, being zach siste
p r, of tho union, why should there b. ia.
OF Mf. Arthur IL GOO, 10 dis wisdom, sEoui
tskc too president unto HIMSELF Nj
Ar,hur ia a gentleman Of ability, lie uuto,-
sands End appreciates the duties thai viii
ba incumbent Gp1n HIM as president, should
Preaidont Garfield die, aud has any men
Reason TO believe or right to cay that he via
not b. president Of the entire country Tue
cry of "sislwarti1m 10 thu front +" we take H..
is uooalled for md unreasonable. Wh,n
Guiteau after firing bis cruel shot excla,nec,
81 am "A stalssrt OF tho stslwarla," he 8ouec.
ed tho death 'kuell Of s,Gl@arlsm
in It's, popular Interpretation and sisnid
cameo and smlwar.ism, then modbuud g
dssd to-day, rs for the nations good 10
should be. AS for Mr.. OoutllBg, no ia q
gentleman OF pre-eminent ability, demo
erals and republicans all agree. Ho ia unc
of the few great leaders of the republican
party against whom no charge OF cor.
raplioo, of fraud, Of private or public
wrong doing hSs ever been made, ard
with his great gonius, his great learning, he
cannot DO kept down, although defeat has
recently given him hactset. There is n
change taking place 10 the politics of the
country. The currents are forming new Is