Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-02

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~ Are the people u the State % dsgrsd'
"a ia nind ani iTusaleHl in disposition as
10 TTsftT such iisms 20 ,Less u aTgTeaisT
impenanee and more EsTnsns 10 their in
lrrssls, lies, thea il musi be conceded
iLsy they are Gully half si'iliIsd, aud the
pres which 10 The great lever ef si'iiiIa'
iiea should at Gree be applied 10 slsVa'lng
lhsm from 80 dsbAsei = coalition, IL can
not 10 e0nIsh,lsi that the people are 80
mach drawer lhan those Of other countries
that their bsllisoss passions must be pau
dsTsd Io--lhs evidence proves the reverse
for il is an indispulahls fact that more men
are the victims % eo-arlies, than revenge
for inapPsasibls ipjaTy'
One cannot complain Of the Radicals
declaring that the laws arc not snfSreed,
aud that life 10 unsafe in this State. The
most Impartial judge upon the evidence
furnished by the. journals would unhssi-
Iaieingly render such opinion. As Jour
naiisIs TO = great or less sIlenl mould and
influence the minds Of the people, II Is
,heir duty to reflect asio misunderstanding
will have the greatest influence In produce
ing love for virtue, respect for the laws,
adherence 20 crime, and indignation for
lawlsssness. Would any one aeknoW ledge
himself 30 ignorant Of human nature rs to
argue tho reading Of such works as the
Life aud Adventures Of Ohm A. Murrell
aud Alexander Tardy, does not reconcile
the youthful mind to murder and crime,
exeites In adventurous disposition an ad'
miration for these enemies to the human
family, and a desire TO emulate their hOl.
lish deeds a.? Can Il be denied, the best In.
dex TO a mans mind aud disposition is his
library; cannot any shrewd observer tel
the character OF man AFTER hearing the
enumeration Of the works no has read
most assuredly. by degrading Journals
into Police GaIettes and records Of crimes,
the public mind becomes 70 accustomed TO
such that il ceases TO regard with horror
even crimes the most heinous; and when
once thought has become friendly and
habitual to the mind, but slight occasion
Is required for its execution. Would any
one argue il is more injurious to the mind
and morals Of women TO poruse the corrup-
ting novels of the French or the more OBJ
scurc ones of the Northern press, than it
is TO tho mind and morals Of men to be
continuously reading diabolical scene of
blood and horror Have not men virtue
and morals to preserve rs we'll as women
Ifso, why then be SO vigilnnt and careful
of the one, why so liberal in patronage to
foster IL ose journals so uniiring in efforts
10 destroy the other? The female members
of most families read the recital Of all
these tales of blood and outrage, and is it to
be supposed they havo not great tcnden-
CIV to hebitate the finer sensibilitics and
corrupt the mind? A discreet father would
forbid the introduction into his house hold
of more than two-thirls of the papers in the
United States, for they but narrate circum-
stances as horrifying us any in the life Of
the most cruel bandit or as vulgar as the
tale of Daphne. The corruption and crime
so prevalent in the United States, and of
which the journals so loudly complain, is
to the intimate acquaintance
and continual forced association Of tho
public mind with those things by those
very journals. 1t is to be hoped the mem
beers of the press will but observe TO what
an alarming extent this practice is carried
and that items of q more useful and i'm
proving character will be substituted.