The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-11

peal pays Senator Thurman tho following
just and meri,ed tribute
The democratic party will certainly feel
the loss of Allen q. Thurman, rs he has in
all probability retired from public life for
ever. Ills rotiracy Is great and irrepsrablo
loss, hs in Nh impromptu debate be WAS
match for Conkling Edmunls, Bnino or any
OF the republican leaders. There has never
been purer, better specimen of an Ameri.
can, there has never been higher type of An
incorrutible statesman in tho senate since lie
foundation than A. Il. Thurman. Tho fatal
mistake OF his life was his temporary ahsn-
donrnenl Of hard money Just ~ a time when
the business of the country was greatly dc.
pressed, This mistake was tho result of
patriotic desire TO do something 10 alleviate
THO distrels that filled the land. That SOna-
torathurman was persuaded against his will
TO edopt Tho policy Tint more money was
needed W gisesn impetus 30 business, is APP
parent from the fact thst no abandoned his
views 30 coon Nc there WAS ohSnce for tho
better 10 tho condition Of the country. But
hs mistake on the hnauCal question caused
MIN defeat for the democratic nomination
for president 10 1875. That was greater
misforiuno to his party thsn 90 him, for the
presidency would have added nothing TO
his fame while II no had boon elected, MS he
would have been, he would not have permit
ted the republicans 10 steal the office to
which he had been elected.
The New Orleans Democrat abiding TO
the apparent rapid increase in the, . a. .ro
population OF the south, says: nc
The discovery that tho gacrs,o noru,s,;o,
had Increased moro rariAG1v tban tho p ,oh;,. IN
tho south ia tho past rayo ono " of ~
papers an opportr nity of predietjpp that hat
Afr;car;,aJ m, ~ the country might become
fasr ,bia - acre is scarcely any reason to
iRho how, H. eisnce at the census figures of
~ ,be onY Nv. 'n two races 10 have increased
~ my, nar p na s1enty years as follows: whites
Il ,bs, ,eht negroes 4S per cent. The fact
in ,b' ,.fthe apparent increase Of the negroes
MOI ! past decsde is dua to tho Incomplete.
of the radical census of 1870.
4 There seems 10 DO little doubt but that the
Genius in the southern states in 1870 was ss
fraudulent rs could bo the object being TO
exalt the importance Of tho negro in 1880,
and charge the south with wrong.
The Now York World thinks the new
cabinet very weak one, and ia disposed to
bslittle It's members to The lowest degree o.
intellectual strength, excepting in qusis
way Measrs. Blaine and james. What II
says IL partisan beyond question, but We give
tho following extract
Two mon alone Of positive strength and
weight should DO excepted from this verdict,
MIR. Blaine |. tho first Of republican politi.
clans, and MIR. James has been by fur the
pEs' ;p, sssi'm.er thn. 'hls Guy mas ever had
n.i' ni".l'o mas WIN, onsrey ana ABILITY
o;huusn W niske nis MARI on vigorous Tor,
o'sn poluy anu unuer MI james lne postal
Sa I h.o v, "e wnoie country ~lil DOUBTLESS
W. oroush. W sone'nlhg nke inc same ell
S ;n,n any Iuo sa'i'o euohony whien no mas
;,. M ,.o .uo pos.al service OF i's chief
ciy, ne is 70 control the department. His
which tho vhols cou Un r %o s';. upon
graduated IL the general complexion of tho
cabinet gave less color TO the apprehon.
y, $40" s .nI. NJ nas neon put INTO his Office
hoaanJ !, j.; wy Sata,i EugelM WINE others
should bo secretary of ths treasury rather
than of Tho interior: why Mr.. K;rkw" 1870
should DO secretary of tho interior rs,ner
than. of tha navy: why. indeed either If
them should appear in tho interior rather
than on the exterior of tho cabinet tself-
those are questions to which nobody has
offered and nobody Is likely TO oNsr apv
answer which will chow that the nublic
interests and tho actual despatch Of public
business have had ANYTHING really to do with
their selection. Politically, The cabinet ia SO
weak, with tho oxception Of Mr.. Blaine nc il
IL enthusiastically weak. with In, eycen,;on
of Mr.. James, and Nj. Blainos nol;tiral
strength Is likely TO proyo an element ci
political weakness. Mr. Bl.ipe,s ousli,is, NJ NJ
readiness and courage d him ycrv wall tn tn
DO tho leader Of BODY ike tho bonsn Of
representatives, hut If hs had anv coniid,n co
In the presidents control of hi, own cobino,
II Is not likely that he would have EXCHANGED
his seat in tue senate for thu porlTolio of Iho
state department.
Tho Cbicnyo Jr,o,-o,,,, ,,,,, "a.
,..;,,,. - 9''"' WIN ss on"'"o
'0,'s"o su'h' grows msome over Illinois one
: CABINET lamb, tho adolescent and: callow
Robert T. Lincoln, aud saws Of the sop of his
father
There arc few young mon who would
ho.V o'Vuu III tuc plnco OF Robert Lincoln,