The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-29

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to publish this letter in tull, and ask
every other paper IN the State to do so.
Let every man IN Texas have II chance
to read this letter. 1T has the ring OF
the true metal. y. y. X.
EDS NEWs-l infer from the favor
with which you have received and
commented to attention the several
communications of Pnblius, ON the
subject of judicial salaries, that you
endorse his sentiments. | believe,
indeed, that you have said ~ much
editorally, and have thus given to
these articles their chief importance.
Your statement that Publius was II
lawyer WAS scarcely necessary. Ills
articles contain internal evidence of
that fact. There is no other class OF
men now-a-days who always prefer
old ideas and antiquated opinions and
who generally regard opinions not
sanctioned by time as hcterodox.
The stereotype common places and
platitudes of Publus, about surround
ing public station with dignity and re-.
sppctability, by high salaries to public
officers, have been the favorite dogmas
of n certain class of men in all ages.
They have been the parent, in all
times, of II splendid and paternal gov
erlment, oillciously and selhshly as.
suming mischicvouS functions. Wher-
ever these ideas have been reduced IL
practice they have accomplished the
ruin OF the people. They had their
birth in the remote East, where the
pomp and splendor OF royalty and its
progeny OF parasites are maintained at
the cost of ruin and degradation to all
beneath them. They passed through
Persia and Turkey into Greece and
Italy, aud along the Mediterranean IN
to Spain, reducing, wherever they
were accepted, the masses OF the peo'
ple into ueplorable condition OF pow
erty ana vice, That must always exist
where industry Is subject to heavy ex'
actions. THESE ldeas, 80 old and SO
trite are OF recent acceptance among
Us. They constitute the yreast curse
brought upon ~ hy the advent OF the
carpet-Doagser
Simpncity OF TASTE, OF manners, of
habits, OF life, We're the worthy charac-
terlstic OF the Southern gentleman-in
fact, OF the gentleman the world over.
The man who has sprung from amean
condition Is always the advocate OF
large pecuhiary compensation to the
0illce-holder when he has acquired in
iluence, and hopes for proferment. lie
thinks that n large retinue of servants,
luxurious living and II costly equpage
constitute the gentleman. The carpet
Dagger brought this sentiment among
liz, and, unfortunately, has planted it
outside his own despictable class. II
has been too readily accepted by the
once sturdy and self-roliant people of
the South, who disdained the base
thought Of profit from public service.
AZ n part of the system of thought in
tr0duced among us by the carpet-bag-
gers, we have II revival Of ideas COM
mon among the Chinese and lIindoos
four thousand of years. They believe
that government must take u special
guardianship over the people-must
plan and build for the public, and.
especially, must exert all the resources
of II possible. taxation In public i'm
provements. Witha surprising au-
dacity in self-assertion, these men
style themselves progressive, and de-
n0unce rs fossils, Bourb0ns, and reao-
tiondry, all who oppose them. Neces-
sarhy including In their incorporate
denunciation every eminent thinker
of the last hundred years, and csppc.
tally suah men as Adam Smith
Buckle, Stuart Mill, and JeflarsonD
Publius. Paschal (G. WY md man al