The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-01
THURSDAY. MAY |, 1878.
THE DEMAND OF THE HOUR.

LIE DGmhNU Vr Afhc AA~S~
To the least observing of men,
it must be apparent that the Amer
lean nation has arrived at that
iuncture when IL must choose be-
tween q government Of politicians
or u government OF patriots. After
fifteen years of dominion, domin-
ion which has been notable only
for it's weakness Of head and its
strength in knavery, when themost
responsible offices have been jobbed
off to the heaviest purse; when the
public moneys have been used as
mischievous fancy or INSCRIPTIONS
principle may have dictatcd;m hen
personal liberty has been vomiting
ly abridged to promote the better
security Of some MaChivclian pol
icy, and when States have been
carried off in the carpet bag Of
some wandering Arab, and the
pearl of their beauty furnished, and
the heavenly mir OF their liberty
clouded in cropping darkness, the
startling fact should be blazed be-
fore our eyes with all the vividness
of occtrial fire, that our only sal
walton, our only hope ofperpetuity,
rests alone in shifting from their
lofty state, these statues in Office,
who
"Sod set and moulded In coll ossal calm
simply represent authority, without
tho brain or the nerve to execut Q
it.
A fatal mistake has been that VIC
have looked too slightly at the char
actor and capacity of those who
govern us. We have, in monstrous
blindness, surrendered the conduct
of public affairs to mon who, rs we
say, have nothing else to do, but
govern. Tried in every other posi-.
ton in life, they have failed. I'm.
fitted for the more practical require.
mcnts Of existence, we turn over to
them what we are pleased to term
the mere theoretical, when, if we
would take moment TO consider,
we would DO appalled, at II
step which q moro enlightened
glance would have satisfied us, will
oventuato in tho complete destruc.
ton of an intelligent commercial
system, a thorough extinguisAmcnt
Of all civil rights, if not the alb.
solute overthrow of the government
itself.
And when we reflect at what cost
our republic was bought, when we
reflect how much priceless blood
was shed to secure il, and what toll
and sedulous vigilance it required
to maintain it, and looking over its
mighty growth to-day, a growth
which has advanced through sue
cessive stages ofgrandeur in spite OF
an ignorant direction of affairs, and
the blessings all this growth is
bringing upon us, are we prepared
to longer risk in the hands Of an
irresponsible class Of Adventures,
n charge so tremendous in its ma
ture, and which dempnds the clear
est mind, the most intelligent feel
ing, and the most unimpeachable
honor to exercise and guide it to
the honor and glory of the nation?
Every sound patriot and careful
citizen must answer, no And il
bchooves us, then, as lovers of our
country, jealous Of her standing
among the nations of tho earth,
watchful of her honor and proud Of
her peerless fame, that we commit
her only to such hands as will
strengthen her position, preserve
her oscutcheon, and add yet bright
err garlands to her fame, all of
which can be attained by ignoring
the claims of the mere office seeker
and the professional politician, and
placing the reins Of government in
the hands of the solid element Of
the country.
ENTTnpTATf Observation-Disclosures