The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-12
THE AMENITIES AND AsPfRlTlfs or
ItkA6 POLITICS.

ItAAo fUllIlUos
In many respects, Texas Is study Of
eooentrioilies With many
admirable aualities her people combine
some very marked as they are both
good and bad traits. When a man, by
reason of his talents or Wv some lonuli, |
Gus combination Of circumstances, rises
above the surface, in politics On public |
life, lao Immediately becomes the model
of all tho christian graees and social
virtues 10 one,half tho people, aud 10
tho other tho embodiment Of all the
hideous vices known 10 man. Ito II al
once. NOUS, honest, patriotic, statesman,
like and sell.saeri6eina ar he isa mon,
sior of wiokedness dishonest a traitor
a mere trlokster, and a very bundle Of
sellshness and qreed. There ia nomid
die around between these extremes A
man who asplres Ia lead In politles may
not have any of these virtues or vices in
a moderate degree. lie has them all 10
an exaggerated extent and beoause the
list IA not vastly extended beyond this
enumeration. IL because the English
has bean exhausted of ia str0nuer terms
and will bear mo- mora.
A man aspiring TO politlcal poslllon,
taking the ordinary sleps ia secure his
ends beoomes AT once "A dark schemer.
land arabber. "A patronaqe merchant.
blll sbayer n trader in and betrayer of
publlc trnss. and Lls frlenda ara his
aceompllcea Reeords ara dlstorled ar
aubyerted black IA made whIte but the
reyerse IA oltener true This MAN of
prooeduro. while IL NAV be lntoresiInp
and very oxoltlnp has one ,xooedlnglv
had effect H. deter, modest ouiet
man from enteriny lho nronn and do,
nrlye. tho state of the ssrvices of some
Of her very heat man and mosl oxcellent
mlnds Tia manila Gnnllv nav ho
nennlty Of thla ma of all oiher lalllcs or
A sImilar nalure and lendoncv. Part
of this characteristics IA du, 10 tho fact
Tint Toxos IA ana Of lhe nowesl If our
harder sta,os Tho residents or tw,nty.
nye voars standing comnrIs, Inn n
small numbcr and bonr hut n moagre
comparison 10 tho nav neoulo or lhoso
vho b,vo CANA h,re sinre u,, wnr
rboro hns bcon but nm, ch,nco lor
lhal intimato ncnunlnionc, yhich wonld
rob politic, of thi,e,tromoly unnloo,out
Icntur, Tho va.t maioritv oC H., nco.
nj. nro new com.rs and a hroo, If
.u.nIcio, o,oinn ana or than soon
,uow. IN ma A vary hurric,no If di.irn.i
and Ina n damon or crimo A ,onil,.
man would roscnt uch occn.o,ions If
anv roasonoblo chonce oi,,rod hu who
could ainple handed and nlono Fish, mr.
contend with ,ho moa.or thoso ,.ho liC
far with him, in n noli,icol moo.uro m
as TO A man. Tho result IL hc ci,hor
triumnbs bv sheer rorco or ,,l,,, or
numbers or rocs undcr bo,ow onv mas.
aihlo reaurrociio, T,n Wanna s,,,,
! there stood At tho heod Of our stoto
government n number If brilliant and
able men Where ore thov ,o.doy .
If the Rocky maintains Ind Guo, ~.
ON them lhev could not ho nav woro
securely hidden fran no mara Gam.
pletely Loaf 10 nublic si,h, tho, Ma,
are IL il true the northumberland,
of the people lost the stoto 10 the r.di.
Gals, and thus the most reasonable ox.
nlanntion comos hnt IN tho anna u,,.
many illustrious domocrots bovo .h,i.
larly dsoppcored
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