The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-22
MONEY IN ltelsLATlON.

I One OF the surest signs OF retrogres-
/ sion which marks the present age, so
far as moral. ere concerned is the
marked potency Of money in the ma,
I tioual as woll,'-. state legislation. When
Oskes Amesp put the shares OF the Cred
/ 70 Nobtiier where they would do the
most good IN congress he was only do,
ins-N hat every representative Of cor>
. puration which has sought aid from the
/ government has done. and the people
/ regard the cyime ps not Consisting in
/ tine passing Of the money, bat in the
hurrtrg which exposes The transac-
tau TO the public n1e. Money has
been used without stint in shaping the
fuaue.rl policy and laws oT the country.
Black Friday Is % monument toa very
utyk cTise Money hos been used 20
procure protective leFislJtion--n-k the
uui people OF Massachusetts and the
iron masters OF Peunsy ylvanR Money
hss hesn used to open our mar
isrts 10 "the competition Of the
world -- ASK the large consumers
Of the nou>msnuiactuTing states
Money has located navy yards and
forts for defense. light houses, etc
Money has procured appropriations for
internal Improvements for the location
~ miuts. customhouses, postotiiccs
federal courts aud the ike. Money
has been shamefully used in procuring
appointments to the civil service Of the
country, and again those civil servants
have pent 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 il cheerfIlly paid. So
much a matter Of course has all this
grown 20 be- that it hardly excites
passing comment when an oppose is
mrde
These are terribly humiliatiug facts
we have been stating, and not only
that bat they are exceedingly danger
Gus When money arrives at that degree
of potency that it shapes governmental
policy, both public aud private morals,
pIocures acquittals rs well as conyic-
tions in our courts, it "a high time that
% crusade should Je made, not against
money itself, but those who put It TO
these base uses. Can any one wonder
at the corruption which is fast becom-
ing general, when money pIocures so
many advantages Money in these
modern days does away with the disad
yantsges OF low origin, want of culture
and total lack principle. The golden
calf wields the seeptre IN government
and rules society. Even the pulpit
trembies when the dollars olink, and
money often violates the sanctities and
/ virtues of the domestic circle Money
has often sent the red cur Of war crash
/ ing through the nations, and blood.
tears and groaus attest its potency as q
destroying principle. but it has been
reserved for the United States 10 furnish
the example Of its extreme corrupting
power Eeiknap, Babcock and Boss
Shepherd have been its official almoners.
10 Is now time for congress, the senate
and the president, to interpose some
barrier 10 its further progress.
/ In the bills now before congress for
tfauscontinentai communication the
wonderful money power OF tn, Union
AVID Central Paeiic route, is quite suiH,
rJcnt to ob-truct and retard one Of the
most important Fubljc enterprises
which has been projected during the
century past Huntingdon, securely
"ntrenohei behind the hundreds Of
millions Of that huge monopoly, laughs
20 scorn any attempt to furnish him
| with honest competition. Let him and
the power Of bis millions be rebuked by
the passage Of the Texas and Pacific
bill Let il he said tHat,tbe power of
money 20 shape the legislation of the
country has been lost. Let Cakes
AmeS school Of legislation be destroy
ed, and let purity and patriotism again
obtain avoice in the national councils.