Show HARRISON AND DAKOTA According to a Washington correspondent corres-pondent Presidcntelect Harrison has promised to call the Fiftyfirst Congress Con-gress together immediately if the Democrats Dem-ocrats in the present Congress persist I in keeping Dakota out of the union It can hardly be believed that General Harrison has made any such promise but whether he has or not we hope he will do as the correspondent says be will It will be a merited rebuke to the Democrats who have without reason or excuse of any kind stood in the way of the emancipation of a great and progressive community Dakota has aeen treated shamefully and for no jther reason than that the majority f her people are members of the Re sublican party as if that were a thing demanding punishment at the hands of Congress Toe course of the Demo I I ratic majority in the House in this Very case has transformed many Demo rats into Republicans and we are I not certain that it was not a principj1 f I factor in turning the two Demo ratio Territories of Montana and Washington over to the Republicans Wd do not assert that the Republicans would have done difierently if the circumstances cir-cumstances and conditions had been reversed but we do know that the Democrats have been inexcusably partisan par-tisan unjust and wrong That the Republicans Re-publicans would have done the same or I Norse furnishes no excuse The Dem jcrats are responsible for the fact th the t-he great community of Dakota with ts empire of territory and its > ODCO people is a United iJat 3 s colony its inhaUtants denied the rights of citizenship refused local 4 Ifclfgovernment its officer sent from broad and its people not even permit I ed a representative in Congress That Republican refuse to release Democratic Demo-cratic colonies from their enslavement juts no figure in the case of Dakota If i Republican official robs the treasury 10000 his Democratic successor is lot licensed to stealanother 10000 Democratic Representative say they will let Dakota into the Union if Democratic New Mexico can go in r JL at the same time New Mexico is entitled en-titled to Statehood but where is found the justification for keeping Dakota under oppreson because some other section has to suffer It this role were to be followed the Territories would be admitted in pairs irrespective of their rights partisan politics and not justice governing Ifthe Democrats have not yet comprehended com-prehended the great blander they committed com-mitted opposing Dakotas admission they must be stupid as men as politicians ticians and as statesmen and if they have seen the unwisdom of their course the best thing they can do is to confess their error and make such reparation as lies in their power The longer they hold back the greater will be their blunder and the more injurious consequences con-sequences THE HERALD believes in the doctrines and principles of democracy and the Democratic party ard because it does believe in them it will applaud General Harrison for hastening the emancipation emancipa-tion of Dakota or any other of the oppressed colonies and will denounce any Democrat who interferes to delay or prevent such emancipation It is Democratic to relieve the Territories from the load which the infamous system of government imposes upon them and it is cowardly vicious un republican and inhuman to contInue the burden |