The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-13
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ssTHE SOLID SOUTH,v

Under this caption the fnlllueipnld
Evening Bulletin, a republican journal, as
sumes to castigate the democracy OF the
north and the southern people for the re-
cent selection Of Mr. CARLISLE ns speaker
1t says: "The election by the democrati
party ola sonthen speaker, upon strictly
southern lines, with distinctly southern
sectional policy and platform, is move
which is full Of the deepest sig
nificance. To the country at large.
outside of the infatuated leaders who
bave rushed their party over this precipice
OF political folly, the issue that was thrown
down by the congressional caucus on Sa.ur'
daylight is simple and plain. 1t declares for a
total overthrow of the tariff, it .repudiates
every proposition for even an incidental
protection, and it arrays the south solidly
against the rest of the country, Units old at
titude of arrogant dictation, declaring its
determination. as Of old, to rule the desti-
MES of the nation from southern point OF
view and by a consolidation of southern
forces. ut inaugurstes another season OF
commercial agitation and depression. and it
rekindles, with southern hands, the old
flames OF sectionslism that northern patri-
otism, generosity and goodwill have la
bored for twenty years to extinguish ard
to forget"
Further along it says: "The-country gets
one more stunning lesson of the danger Of
permitting democratic domination. 1t
ought not to have needed 1t, after all the
tremendous experiences Of the past. But
it did need It and has got It. II Mr.. CAR
LrsLs is anything like the man that he lie
said TO be, be will no more shrink from the
issue upon which be har been elected than
did the men who rallied the solid south in
1861. The duty that is laid upon the re-
publican party is plain one and will not
be misunderstood or avoided. If there are
still sectional issues to be settled, as Mr..
CARLIsLE's victory seems to assert, the great
underlying spirit of American republican.
ism, that hes done 30 much TO
remove them, will rise up once
more and settle them at the pollf.
The guns OF Besuregard's batteries, as
they opened upon Fort sumptrr, did not
send more powerful electric shock
through the nations nerves than did the
voice OF the democratic party on lest Satur-
day night, as it shouted its defiant declsra-
ton Of war by a solid South upon the
mighty. interests OF American Industry.
The democracy has given TO republicanism
a fresh mission. II has summoned II once
more to arms in defence Of the working
masses ofths country; and the call will be
responded to, on the peaceful field Of polit-
zeal contest, with the same patriotic en-
thusissm that carried its colors to victory
over the bloody fields Of the rebellion.
To this struggle for the pre-
lection Of American industry the
solid South Lac deliberately in
vitsd the country, and there will be
no more hesitation in taking mp the gsEe
Of battle now than there was tventy-odd
years ago. As then, 20 now, the demo
cratic party Of the north must divide Itself
and be lost"
From -all which II would appear that
these republicans have become 20 used 10
power and privilege that they talk ss II this
government actually belonged 70 them
slone, ss II they had q patent right upon all
its Department.. and that Il IL outrsgeously
arrogant and unpsrdoDsbly impairment. II
not criminal, for some one else 10 lin up
voice 90 70 ne standardization
In any psrticulsr. This paper
urged . course that vas Opposed 70 en-
trems-measurss and has tlvnys 20 d0ns.
but it cannot quietly brook such srrrnt
prssumptlon on TIRE pan o political oppo-
meats whose righfs 10 honest sgccsss are
not one whit fssbIsr or FEVER than iboss On
n. otbsr ode q the line. Rsbuk.s Of hat