The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-15
MONEY IN LEGISLATION.

ilon which marks the present age, so
lar ~ morals are concerned, IL the
marked potency Of money In the ma
Iional az well rs state legislation, When
Oakcs Ames put the shares Of the Cred
IL Moblier "whero they would do the
most good IN congress he was only do,
ing what every representative OF eor'
poration which has sought aid from the
government has done, and tho people
regard the crime az not consisting In
the passing Of the money, but in the
bungling which exposes the transNc-
ton TO the public gaze, Money has
been used without stint in shaping the
financial policy and laws of the country
Black Friday is o monument TO n very
black crino, Money has been used to
procure protective leglslaton-ask the
mill people of Massachusetts and the
iron masters of Pennsylvania Money
has been used TO open our mars
kets to the competition Of the
world - ask the large consumers
of the nonSmOnulacturing states
Money has located navy yards and
forts for defense light houses, etc,
Money has procured appropriations for
internal improvements, for the location
of minis, customhouscs, postoillces,
federal courts and the like, Money
has been shOmerully used in procuring
appointments to the civil service of the
country, and again those civil servants
have spent money without stint in the
effort to hold on to position by continu-
ing the party they have served in pow
err, Their chiefs make an assessment
and the money is cheerlully paid. So
much u matter of course has all this
grown to be, that it hardly excites n
passing comment when an expose is
made.
These are terribly humiliating facts
we have been stating, and not only
that but they are exceedingly dangerN
Gus. When money arrives NJ that degree
of potency that it shapes governmental
policy, both public and private morals
procures acquittals rs well as convic'
tons in our courts, it is high time that
crusade should be made, not against
money itself, but those who put il tc
these bose uses. Can any one wonder
} at the corruption which is fast becom
ing general, when money procures 81
many advantages ? Money in thes,
modern days does away with the disad
vantages Of low origin, want of culture
and total lack of principle. The COLDER
calf yields the sceptre in government
and rules society. Even the pulp
trembles when the dol lars clink, ant
money often violates the sancttes ant
virtues of the domestic circle Money
has often sent the red car Of war crash
ing through the nations, and blood
tears and groans attest its potency as
) destroying principle but it has beer
reserved for the United States to furnish
the example of its extreme corruptin
, power, Belknap, Babcock and BIOS
:, Shepherd have been its official almoners
1t is now time for congress, the senat
$ and the president, to interpose som
barrier to its further progress,
In the bills now before congress 70
transcontinental communication thu
, wonderful money power of the Unior
and Central Pacific route is quite sutli
cient to obstruct and retard one of TIN
most important public enterprise
which has been projected during tn
century past. Huntingdon, securel,
entrenched behind the hundreds o
, millions of that huge monopoly, laugh
. to scorn any attempt to furnish hin
, with honest competition. Let him anC
the power of his millions be rebuked b,
, the passage of the Texas and Pacif,
, bill Let it be said that, the power o
money to shape the legislation of tn,
, country has been lost. Let Oake
Ames' school of legislation be destroy
ed, and let purity and patriotism agar
obtain voice in the national councils.