The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-08-04
POWER 70 CONTROL.

The late occurrences III the | nst I'd /
; tss.as rs ErgaFtiinls the rights 81 san-
pipyer- sud employee, has IN vea
st,lb ~ say illus,ratei "A graf fuE,la
men 81 weakness IN onr plan Of gov
ernulesit sflie powcr or organized mos !
whore any eonsiderabie body Of men
act together. is altogether stronger than
any force the government can at the
moment bring 20 bear on IT, During
the interval between popular out
brcsk and the time the government can
concentrate force sufficient for its e,,s,.
mol, antold injary 70 both life and
property may be done. The deed nav
be avenged but She injury can never be
made good in other respects, Aiser
long delay great expense. sud an age
of litigation, the community Or munici
rnlity where BE OUTRAGE Is committed
may be rosde TO restore the property
destroyed What We need is some
power sufficiently strong. and at the
ssme time sufficiently difiused 70 meet
hwlessness on it's own chosen field
wherever that may be. aud protect 10th
lite and property frotn the suddenly
aroused passions OF the mob
Il has been the policy of the repubii
ean party IA the past 90 place such
power in the hands of the general GOV,
eminent This. in the opinion OF our
wisest and deepest thinkers. would be
a dangerous concentration so it would
prove has indeed. for without doubt
General Grant used the military under
his control TO influence state govern
ments. as we'll as 10 influence and di-
rect elections. This sort of power is but
little safer than mob rule, and far more
selfish.
We recognize the pressing necessity
Tor the establishment of some power
sufficiently strong 20 deal with OUT
breaks similar TO that which occurred
at Pittsburg, Chicago, and other places.
II men will not, they must be forced To
respect the law. 1t would be better in
all respects if they did that of their
own volltion but at all events and at
( all hazards the law must be mainta n ed
How, is the only question to be decided
Clearly the state and local an
thosties must do it. They musi
have their own local military or
gaulzStIons. Not regular standin.
army, but the organized, disciplined
armed and trained militia; the GOV
ernor being the commandef-in,chiel
having his divisions, brigades. regiment.
| and companies so distributed as To pro
vide a force az any moment adequate to
tue task OF maintaining order, protect
lie and property, and to enforce re
! spect for legal authority. Every mar
Of certain age should be made 20 do
duty, and volunteer companies repre-
senting the different arms of military
power--eavalry, artillery and infan try
I should be formed at every county seat
These should be armed and equ pped
at the expense OF the state. and should
be paid literally for time spent in nctiyt
service. Such an organization in al
the states, and another outbreak SINH
lar to that at Pittsburg would be an
! Impossibility Added to this we woult
have these misguided men pursuin the
only reasonable and proper course foI
the redressing OF real or. imaginary
wrongS-peution, memorial and other
modes OF representation.
Thus is it most clearly seen, that for
all the purposes Of liberal, and at tht
same time effective government, demo
cratic theories are best States rights
as well as slate authority and power
can only correct the weakness out oil
! which the recent labor revolution and
its attendant evils spraug. Doubtless
these considerations will engage tire mt.
tentiun Of congress, Mt its next session
| While the rights of the laborer are a.
dear TO him IS the proudest in the land
and while the power of the government
must be rs freely used in their ds Tense
as for the richest, vet be the mob rich
or poor, 1t must be Taught that the law
| must lie oheyed, authority respected
as well as the rights of persons and
property of others. II other means
tsGl then the strong arm Of military
power must he invoked, no matter how
much the mob may deserve the sym.
patty OF the public in the OF gjnal
| grievance