The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-06

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Ca the lih az March, lssi ~ nTfstic lal
"A chief mazistfata OF tire United hiAes
10 BE- iusururaied. The .sns plriend thu
| tue Intervening wear Il 10 DO tyunlinl arc
l M of popular passion ana zeal Ia mali
psits Of the union, ihough o. Teasln o
IcompaTaiiys nnsn.mily IA most ~ lls
southern sisiss, IN them but liills eommo'
ton aud strife are % be expected. Toe
two eTeat national parties aIa % have each.
Ia this is oWn ranks aud amorg aspiring
men aud plice hunters, u NIT And unslFa'
su0us war Of tte,ies, and wire pulling,
aud ring forming, and leEedsImair, u
hrheTy and sale, aud iTeAehefous promises,
Then each iu the states, as we'll as aEFfs-
Rsied by delegates in national convention,
1, 10 assemble aud Wfangle aud put ioFih
candidates aId form platforms, Aud
then the so "a, at f1uleldiIF hu % afs O.
confront each other Ia the desperate sifus-
II. OF .hr wager Of the ballu', The qlAi'
rsnnial recurrence % sue1 unavoidable
ulIl as Increases their volume and mag
pfluia, d, the country rr We oder, ana Va
creases iH PEG, "a sni srslil ana alytr HES
ia enterprtes and material ifirrssit,
and president, a r'rrtinn NOW Is al move
consequences 10 taa eiyi isatlou Of Ne Fsii'd
aud the peace 81 Tie confident, than our
islGrTs Who framed the government prof.
ably conceived ~.
ihs south Was republican as tke word
Yves understood IN the formation of the
government aud IN the early divisions ih,t
led 10 and kept w. the republican Ard led
eFGl psrlies. She remained ~ az 10 the
lat. war, and since the route u carpet bag
government, has been tiEca tho war, aud
such she now -, Oar snIt-Har divisions
and parties we're a. 10 the true republican
uripoiplea and tbs best methods % carry.
q 40 ma 4 A "a
ing the general grocth and Development Of
the country, aud promoting the interest
and welfare OF the people.
Republican now hss the opposite mean
ing, and We cleave 20 the same principles
under the more modern name OF democFa'
cy. We profess TO BE- the party base on
Ia, true principles OF constitutional govern
ment, and 10 make war on mod
ern rspuplicsnism as our fathers
is not so bpttomed. bu, is in opposition TO
tsnte principles.
Up 10 the accession OF the present repub-
lican party TO power, n departure from
the republican principles brought the par
~ So departing into nst,onal disfsvor. JEFF
erson had Hsrcalean task 10 hurl the
Fedsrils from power on principle alone,
bat when obtained, the power was held by
his party twaT " -four yesrs. The younger
publican in principle, bnt four years deyel-
oppd his opposition, and he had To give
rlace 10 Andrew jackson. Van Buren,
went in as a republican, then called demo
Graf. Four years 'csoksd his goose" and
under cry al departure from principle aud
extrsvagant abuses, he gave place 20 Harri'
soa, un0er the name o. rhig. The power
was so 4iched from that party ~ ths end oi
four yeats. undar the hue and cry OF depart
,,,a ,r,,,, ,,rifpif.la Mud Dnn1giliOn
ritorill extension, by the annexation oi
Texas. The party lost power again in 1915
by having brought on
war and developing hero, ard
by nominating u man sssailable upOu prin
ciple, as il related 10 constitutional slayery.
1t was regained in 1852 under the lead
Of Franklin Pesice, upon sSqusrc fight up
on principle, and finally lost i. 1860, by. ad,
herlDg to the constitution of the United
St.tes that protectsd the, rights OF tlve-
holders, after slavery Itself mad 4 own into
such disfavOr AS 30 array triumphant
party against it. That party became the
war party, and later the northern sectional
party, and has held power by the cohesive
attraction of sectional hatred on the part
of the majority section.
We are about to make the fifth struggle
since the close OF hostilities to regain II.
Shall we make the fight on principle, or
by the use OF deceptive policy? This js o
question grave enough, and complicated
enough when al the surroundings are
taken in, to puzzle statesmen, much less
private citizen, such as your correspondent.
We don't wish to fight and be the fifth time
beaten. To 60 into battle on grounds
upon which our party is divided
seems discoursging as to success; and sue
cess without principle is barren victory.
II seems 10 me there rs a solution of the
problem in the light OF historic experiences:
Principles do not change, but the material
of which parties are composed change
often. And that is the SAVIOR OF llf. TO con-
stitutiOnal Cover ment: and men OF pfin-
ciuls have had to follow their principles
from one party organization to another.
II the National party Mt ChiCsg, plants
itself on sound principles, it will drive oil
the dry rot fellows who. are opposed to
those principles: but il is inherent in pop
ular government, in the laws oil decay and
gro WITH, that the waste places Will be filed
by other men who adhere so those princi-
piles. If there are not sound men in the
Union to win a victory on that ha'
sis, victory is not worth winning.
and power should be left In the
hands OF the foes of constitutional govern
ment, until its citizens or SUBJECTS, BY sx.
periencs, learn the value of its true princi-
piles. If we have northern democrats and
fail to gain northern republicans enough to
win victory, then our condition will be no
worse than it has been. and is. And If WIN
ming a victory by the sacrifice OF our princl-
pies is the best we can do. then the best Is
no better than the worst. +.
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