The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-09-04
sOiIIR HIrii.CTiONs.

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SOBER REFLECTIONS.
During tho late war and since, the
= old ship of State-as built, manned
and sailed by our revolutionary
lnthors-hns been at sea without
commander or pilot. a piratica|
crew, having politically murdered
the old pilot, has been for ten years
> in possession Of the noble old craft,
governed only by dcsirc to enrich
themselves, regardless of the ruin
brought upon others. 10 carry out
the figure: there were thirty-odd
ships in the confederation, each, in
Il certain sense, distinct from the
other; yet all having an interest in
common in some respects; they ere
atcd an extra craft, common to them
all; named it tho "United
Statcs;" by joint vote, selected its
captain and crew; and from 1883 to
about 1850, the whole fleet roamed
tho seas Of commerce, liberty and
progress, in common, each vessel
attending TO its own business, or
management, and all paying the
stipulated respect TO tho craft owned
in common. This little allegory
represents the governments Of the
States, and their common agent, the
government of the United States.
Tho late war upset and turned
topsy tur,oy all the old land marks.
The old tried navigators were
thrown overheard, and not onl y the
common ship, but some Of the sop
aratc ones were seized upon and
sailed by ignorant mutineers-land
lubbcrs, so to speak-who had no
knowledge of sea taring life, but
were actuated by tho most unblush-
ing feelings Of self and gain.
For n time they rcigncd su
premc, and were hailed by all
the low and selfish and mean of the
land us superior beings. Tho foul
est scum came to tho surface and
WAS hailed by many dcbauched men
as genuine. Some sons Of approved
parents, dazzled by the Peter Funk
spIcndors Of brass iewelry, fell by
the waysidc and worshipped at the
shrine of this iIlegitimate crew of
bandits.
Out Of all this pandemonium,
while the great multitude remained
uncontaminated, there sprang up u
new political philosophy which,
whilc engulphing many in its ca
pacious roscrvois, moro or less de-
mcntod others yet restrained by the
teachings Of better days. From all
which has grown many poisonous
ideas about The affairs of men and
governments.
But the timc has como for de-
cisivc battle between the straight
forward honesty Of the old crew
and the piratical cunning and
trcachery of the new. The crew
of the old ship "TeXas" have select.
ed, of their own free will and ac-
cord, body of men clothed with
authority to overhaul, remodel, put
anout and man the old craft, with
instructions to throw overheard all
the pirates, scrapo off all the barna-
clos, cork all the leaks, and put a
crew on board of tried and approx
ed men, honest toward one another
and honest toward all the world
n crew who believe that every man,
of whatever faith or occupation, so
he be decent and well.behaved,
should have equal rights IN the
common ship and the just reward
of his own labor--a crew who
will turn their backs on all
wildcat, owl-crcck, bogus and shod-
dy schemers, whereby n few cum
ming knavcs plunder the multitude
oc honest men under legal forms and
devices. For this grand and bonefi-
cent purpose, the people of Texas,
through delegates of their own
choice, will assemble in convention
at the city of Austin, on Monday,
the 9th of September next, only
seven davs hence. The eyes of a
million and half of enlightened
and Jealous freemen will be upon
them. May the spirit of truth and
honor and patriotism guide their
actions from day to day, till their
labor shall crown the glory Of Tex
as.
The Grecnback Convention, re-