The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-03
coon WITH IMpEnFEUTIONs.

While one Of the Chiclest goods ofre-
publican government Is the enlighten-
ment of the masses of the people,
whereby liberty may be more certainly
preserved, an evil arises in fostering,
through temptation, an undue desire
for office and power. When we find
for every Office in the land, however
small numerous anxious applicants,
II Is evident that some other useful
branch of industry Is deficient. In
other words, If every man had II useful
and paying occupation, II would bc diff
licult to ill the minor offices with COM
petcnt men. No prosperous mechanic
would abandon his business to fill n
small local Office. our towns become
nurseries of men without such fixed oc-
equations, and when periodical cleo
lions come round, are flooded with as
pirants for place, 1t is an evil Incl
dent TO our peculiar condition and in
siitutions-not an evil by any means
in every sense, but perhaps, to speak
moro strictly, the evidence of an inn
perfectly organized society,
Could matters be 80 arranged rs that
the people would have to look out in
good faith for suitable men TO fiji pub
lie stations-to select them somewhat
in the way Of drafting them on ac-
count of their fltness-a great step
would be gained nrcpublican progress.
But this in our day, is impracticable,
But the mode of correcting the real
evil, though not the work of II day or a
yCar--nor indeed of Il decade of years
is worthy of sober thought by the peo-
pie, Ii has occurred to us that the
only practicable remedy is for parents
to educate their sons literally, and
teach them or have them taught thor
oughly some useful occupation of agri-
cultural, mechanical, scientific, artistic
or other branch of useful and honora-
BILE industry. Such men, properly
trained, will not abandon their voca-
tons for the wild hunt for office, yet,
when called out by the popular will,
they would be qualified
The south is lamentably deficient in
mechanical skill, as was too pain fully
manifest during the late war. The de-
liciency was one of the greatest, per-
hapS the greatest, clement of our weak
ness, We had brave and hardy sol
diers, but not the wherewith to sustain
them ON equal terms with the more
fortunate section. The diversified la
Dor of the north, with so much mechan-
zeal genius and skilled labor won the
admiration of the world and enabled
them finally to triumph. While we
trust time will never more see our land
enveloped in the flames of civil war,
we may still draw wisdom from the
lessons taught through blood. Let
ihNAN VI WI ii'hiV lputii bt
thoroughly educated and taught
mechanical pursuits, engineering,
manufacturing, etc. Our climate
and productions are eminently favora-
BILE. It can only be done through the
young. All the preaching and writing
conceivable cannot operate upon the
fixed habits of matured age in these re-
CARDS no more than you can reform
the character of the adult wild Indian.
The work must be done through the
youth of the land, and to succeed with
our southern boys, with inherited no.
lions on the general subject, they must
be literally educated in connection
with their occupations. vocations
must be made attractive. Blend the
two thoughts practically together, and
within ten years revolution can be
effected in the south whose happy eff
fects will be seen in the increased pow
er ana grandeur of our portion of the
union.