Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-02
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taiions ~ sane time srTs laldfa lesd,-
luT oHh markeis have isli The sssll, and
salts ~ 20, Eeld, ioT god oTiinaTy, have
lasn made Ihis, il gill h. Sea, Is abo7s
shat l. called the shipping poini; in ether
aoT,ls, say the Mes York and LFeFFoei
markets Trmain Stationary, hugeTs Nlll in-
r,iiabiy lo.s hEs 10 tea dollars per bile
The spirit 0f sPrvulalieH has caused this,
The eauniry is ihTangei with bayeTs, Load
"a lawn With gold aud crazy for eaiion,-
Hryan has besn the chief scat ~ the excite
meni, and the price IT c0iiah there has far
the NEST part rulel shave the Houston aud
GalVesion markets, iusamurh that many
have SPOKEN seriously u taking their sam-
Plies from those eilies aud offering them in
he Rryan market, Tie amount o. money
these operators 80 looss in The euuniry Is
enormous. 80 great has been the demand
for gold that for a month OF iSo the prier
has ruled from 10 : cents above the New
York markets, large inspirations have
however reduced the drmahd,
What bscomss Of all the silver that goes
10 the inlerierf Net a day passes that the
cars on the Central roa do not TAXA up
thousands Of dollars, and very rarely does
il ever hnl its Nay hack again m any
quantity. Who gets ~ Aud what is done
With ~ L. IL possible that the newspaper
editors are getting Il all, aud with their
Motel caution aud secreiiyehess, saying no.
ding about ~ | can't conceive where
else il goes, for certainly the newspaper
business looks To me 10 he the best business
in iht State. ~ not, why is IL, Swindells.
that everybody !, engaging in III And
/, Il that our state has such aeropOf news
papers, so.callel, the great bulk Of which,
II eOneen rated Into une, would hardly
furnish interesting reading for an hours
soiourn In country iaVernf This silver
problem nnd ;his newspaper problem are
puIEling me, aud | propose prize for the
first satisfactory solution Of them. | be-
Iieve the editors Of all the one.horse news
papers IN Texas are getting rich on silver,
aud hope for the comfort OF the balance
Of the world they may be made TO disgorge
their ill.goiten gains. Why should they
flourish so when all the land is going to
wreck aud ruin? What advantage is there
In their footing their puny trumpets at the
funeral Of Liberly2 Why should they
print the news Of the world for people who
have more than their hands full in minding
their own nifnirs2 Thomas Carlyle "Oh'd W
for an age of silence. The present gener-
alton would oh debt Of gratitude TO any
body that would relieve them fro the ne
cessity OF Dining for rewspape-s. Every
body please take notice that | will pay for
no "noiicesn of these suggestions. They
are gratuitous, and so Will be any remark
that may he made about them.
think | mentioned some disposition to
improve the passing moment in building in
Houston. The amount Of building now
going on is considerable. | count some ten
or twelve brick stores now going up, and
friend who has been riding about the town
before break fast these fine mornings of
late, reports one or two hundi cd houses in
process of construction. Another Street
railroad has been opened, and now in two
directions the citizens are carried half way
across the city for dime. These roads
are but beginning, and several more are
needed and will be put in operation ere
long in other portions Of the iowa.
observe your people were in quite an
excitement The other day, expecting the
Job up tie river to Dallas. 1t is ulfortu-
nate for The nrrang mcnt that the Three
Forks are SO high up tho river. AS it is,
You will be obliged to look ac' oss the conn
try for the steamboat. trust il will 60 to
you on wheels ere two ycais more IRE gone.
II is some satisfaction to know that the
best efforts of our best railroad men are
being put for ward to push the construction
of the Central Road ahead.
The Convention to max, q constitution
for Texas has been called to meet the 18th
of June. The political character of this
Convention was of course, GU and dried
beforehand. 1t was required to be strongly
Radical, and so it is. BIT it would have
looked rather bad to have unanimous
thing of it, and so eight or ten Conserva-
tives were permitted to be elected. OF
course it will be just as Radical rs the
controlling powers of that party chose to
make it. But looking over the list think
| see, outside of political IDEAS, a large if
not a controlling element Of good sense,
and have considerable hope that this ele-
mcnt will make itself felt in moulding the
fundamental LAW of the State. l am not of
those, Sv;ndells, who make it point o
butt their brains against destiny. On the
contrary, | believe it is much better to
guide food than to attempt TO stop it.
And accordingly, while haven't particle
of political feeling in the matter, and while
[ know that tho deep-scated feeling and
intention of the people of the North is to
humiliate us with Radical rule and that
they will sustain the Radical party in re-
construction, it seems to me be ster to take
the punishment with dignity and calmness
than to howl at each bow and point with
loud indignation to the welt it has raised.
You may consider one thing as fixed as
fate, and that is that the constitution this
will make will be the funda-
mental law of the State Tor years. 1t mat
tiers rot whether this will be accomplished
by fair or foul means. 1t will be accom-
plished some way, and il is part of the
surrender of 1865. Now what shall we do2
1t is very little we can do. | see no good
in making faces at the schoolmaster. 1t
would be better to conciliate him, in my
opinion. l think by evincing a fair dispo-
sition towards him that he may be led to
make more temperate and accommodating
rules than otherwise. | believe that by
working upon inc sensiole elebeht vi 'He
Convention, the best men of the country
can exercise q restraining conservative
influence upon il that shall at second
hands rule the Convention. Such an intlu-
ence will secure more moderate outcrop-
ping OF Radicalism than the Louisiana con-
stitution exhibits and that, considering the
wild element in that Convention of adven-
turers and carpet-baggers, is marvel of
moderation, though still unreasonable In
many of its features. There are also
points in which all men, even extreme Rad
icals and extreme anti-Radicals are agreed,
and among them are the necessity Of lib
eral assistance to railroads: the necessity
of liberal provisions in regard to building,
that will invite capital from abroad; The
importance Of great and systematic effort
TO attract immigration TO our shores from
the North and from Europe; the impor-
lance Of liberal provisions for education,
etc. Now, on these points all efforts
should be made TO secure action that shall
1 II upon our future welfare. And il seems
10 me they present a basis OF common feel
ing on which both parties might meet and
forget their bitternesses- So meeting, IL
would be found that the yoke we are obliged