Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-07-08

I generous people wili not permit 'he s"lNl'l
whose courage aud suiier'ngs has crowned
his country with imperishable glory and
secured for Il a seperaie, national existence,
TO beg Tor bread or linger on, miserable
existence in penury aud want.
These consideration show n judo Qua aud
economical expenditure and use Vt the ra-
sources Of the State ~ be an abinnlte neces-
sity. The Treasury Is empty, the public
domain greatly diminished in amount and
value. Thore Ia loft to the State the tax 10
DO drawn from the pockets Of tho people
and the public lands, whatever they may
be worth. This domain siill numbers from
eight to one hundred millions Of acres,
Much Of this may be comparatively worth
less, still Ia il there must b, great value if
properly guarded aud husbaudel, with re-
ference 10 the increasing burdens upon the
people Why should it be uselessly squnnd-
cred, and friltcred away, even In advance
of knowing the extent of the obligations
that ill be neccs sariy imposed upon the
resources of the country Every deiii;a.r'
that il yields viii he so munh saved to the
pockets Of the tax ns.Ters, and 80 much will
the ability :ie State be increased to meet
hHn Constantly accumulating burdens.
The general duties Of the executive are
clearly defined by the constitution and the
laws. While the war continues, however,
emergencies may arise that wonld require
of the executive soundness of judgement,
and discrectness and resolution in action.
With the Conf dorate authorities is con-
fded the power to ctntrol all tho means
and men necessary to the prosecution OF
the war, and the protection of the whole
country. But should those authorities
fail, from the pressure of the war, to pro-,
tect the State at any time, against inya-
sion, or require aid for that purpose, self
preservation would devolvo upon her auth
critics the duty TO employ all the means
necessary to that end, promptly emerge
tically, and .judciously. To her is still
left the militia, her credit, and the resour-
( ces which she might, in time Of need, con
troll by the authority of her laws. The test
/ of sound discretion in the executive, would
be the prompt and judicious employment
of those means, when the occasion arose, -
the reservation of them until danger
threatens The State might be crippled
and weakened, and rendered less able to
meet actual danger, by an expenditure of
her resources, under misrepresentation, and
by Withdrawing, when no necessity exist
I ed, the militia from the industrial pursuits,
that result at once, in feeding the country,
! and supplying the armies, made up in paat,
of her own sons, and nrreyed, for the com
mon defence beneath the stars and bars.
The constitution authorizes all the prepara
tion necessary, to enable the State, in the
| most efficient manner to put forth her
whole strength, to meet the emergencies
contemplated, and to act in concert. with
the Confederate authorities, in her own
I defence, without violation of any of IFS
! pros isions or restrictions.
am numbered amongst those who be-
lieve that it is as important that the State
! govern ment should be we'll and ably nd
ministered, as it is the Confederate gov
ernment to be so administered. The pros
perity and welfare of the people, so far as
| influenced by legislation at all, depend
! fully as much upon It, The sphere Of ac-
| tion allotted to each, is very different
The subjects of legislation entrusted to the
discretion Of the Confederate authorities,
are general in character, and limited in
humber, while those assigned to the auth
or.ties of the State embrace all the legisla
tion of local concern. These two organiza-
tions, compose the government over the
people. The boundaries between the auth
ority Of each, should, therefore, be we'll un-
derstood and rigidly observed and thus
sphere, and harmony and strength be Sc
cured. This cannot be expected, if the
State government is dwarfed into insight
fcance in the estimntion of the people, and
men, with out capacity, without intel
lectual training, and without Independence
in thought, office>seekers by profession, and !
fine servers in practice, are selected to il |
lustrate its Office, and to discharge the |
trusts pertaining to them, while the talent
ed and Intelligent are employed in the |
management of the affairs Of the Con- I
federate government.
| have alluded to these things because {
we are setting out upon q new political |
career The history the past is full of |
warning and instruction. We are strug- |
Cling upon the battle field, and in the |
conncil chambers, to preserve the heritage I
received from our forefathers, and its pre-
seryation and perpetuity depend quite rs
much upon the wisdom of our counsels as |
upon the sword,
Our system Of government is the most |
complicated and refined upon earth. Its
very existence implies the necessity of in
telligence of high order in tho people, I
and capacity, intellectual training, and
stern, Roman virtue, in those who would
aspire to the glittering prizes, and TO the
honors of its offices. The means by which
those prizes and honors are obtained, exert
a most powerful political and moral in
fuence over the people and over the as
pirant. If the means resorted to are tricky,
cunning, dishonesty, false pretenson, and
all the arts Of the demagogue, they degrade
not only him that employs them, but the
constituency who will tolerate and reward
them Such practices discourage those la
bors and that rigid discipline of mind and
character. which can alone fit men for the
control of government and conduct Of
the affairs Of State.
Tho deeds of the country, in this res
pect, can alone be secured by those who
control its suffrage. If the voters, one and
All, in casting their ballots for the public
servant, sternly and resolutely discard
very other consideration, however per- Q
Iuasive and seductive, and however near a
he heart than country, not only for the c
present, but for all time 10 come, all will :
,e we'll, and honesty and competency Sc
ured in Office.
For these political institutions and for
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