The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-02
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him personally, and We have thus
tir treated the whole matter Just an We
should have done had John Smith been
tbs man instead Of our venerable friend
Burleson. II iaa discussion between
Tng DALLAS llERALn aud the agent Of
tho Peabody fund in loyas, and there
isn't the slphtest room for personalities
We should have said "thal last letter
Of" john Smith's was just little too
long for the papers capitalization that
II what We meant--only John did not
write II, and Dr. Burcson did, We
will endeayor 10 answer the doctors
objections Just IN they occur
Fint.-"lt will not cost the city OF
Dallas, or any Other city in tho state
one cont to handle tho Peabody fund
only this, she will have TO raise by
taxation two dollars in order 10 secure
one from the fund,
Sooond--Ils own chosen agents (thOt
Ia, the city applying for the fund.- mu
be such M the agents OF tho fund mp
prove. The books and plans of teach
ing must be of tho kind endorsed by
those who control the fund II IL true
We may select tho Ogonts or teachers,
but under the above conditions, The
doctors nice distinction is surely with
out difference. Ia not this in some
way giving up TO Others the care Of the
education Of our youth ?
Third-Whon II man who il able 10
earn on buy his own bread accepts or
bogs bread from another, he parts with
his sclf respect II he over had
any, aud "licking the boots" of the dead
Peabody and his live agents, ia simply
complying with their demand for this
active surveillance of our schools, in
consideration OF tho pittanco they con.
tribute, aud in the Qualification of the
agents and Almoners of the "benelho-
ton" The doctor jumps to the con
clusion that it was the subject matter
of his letter, instead OF its extreme
length TO which we referred, Let us
frankly confess that we did not read all
of that document. We were deferred
solely by its length, and not by its pos
sitions, 1t il the practice of the papers
in publishing those lengthy produc.
tons and the prompt acceptance of
their positions and conditions by the
cities and towns, which is the "boot-
licking" referred to-
FouIth-rhe Peabody trustees do
rot dictate to the cities accepting, and
yet the agent must approve of the plans
pursued before the money can he
touched People may call such condi.
ton what they will, but to us it is pure
dictatlon We presume that no city
and no individual who is sufficiently
advanced to desire the establishment of
II system of public free schools, would
wish to see "a poor and worthless" one
established What they might deem
excellent in this way, might impress
the said agent unfWoWbly, or IT might
be arranged according to his ideas in
order to secure the money In either
case tho influence of the agent is potent
either to mould the character of the
schools and, per force, the children, or
to withhold the fund, This is all we
claimed, and out of the mout1 of the
funds own chozon agent, is our charge
abundantly established.
Fifth-We had no especial reference
to Dallas. We have treated the cues.
ton broadly ms one affecting the wei.
fare of all the towns and cities of Texas
alike. BY Dr. Burleson's argument,
because Tom Paine Rousseau and Vol.
taire were iniidels, Others may be with
safety, Because Richmond Petersburg
and other places have accepted the de-
grading conditions, it follows that Gal
weston, Dallas and Austin should That
may be u good argument in the system
OF schools which the Peabody agents
seek to establish, but it would not do
out in the world these hard practical
days where both logic and letters are
chopped oil short and close. Dallas, if
we may be allow ed to select her MS an
instance, docs need the $4,000, and not
only that, but $4,000 would not be too
much, but MS long as she waits on the
$1,000 from the Peabody, she will never
get it.
We do not yield to DR.. b. in respect
to the memory of the illustrious names
of early Texans which he calls up, but
they, like Peabody, are dead, and can
not DO made available in the establish
ment of such system of public schools
as Texas needs to-day. We would
rather invoke the aid of the young and
intelligent living men, who are stepping
to the front to the music of the new
age-to profit by the experience of
those states which have public free
school systems which are the pride of
the old and the boon of the young, and
which have never handled dollar of
the Peabody dole.
THE STATE OVER.
Harrison County.-The court sent five