The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-03

iocTty " II wn.ch the haudholder b, :
came oil .vru tc - worse than Ro =
tian stupidity Of the ctIil,ir,n Of the
SUP, sni h"~ h. ~ idtuiy loved N e
lair tame at I. H1s and how worthless.
IN his bleared aud wa,eTy eyes, became
the wet weather SCHOOLS OF Texa4.
Members Of the L gisIatnrs, bEsaght
face to face with the fac s, f. u1d thai
there is m re demagogi m aud gan =
mon and Robbery and wong AMI III
morality in the public fctoJi y-t,U as
it operates, not only here bui IT
Boston, than in any nunsIuIal al
Junot OF grasping government. /
vas concluded by most people that v 4
must have staSe-msir med church
il We hsVe s sl1-.nsintsined schOo $,
Il the State must guard the i, t llGcs,
wen so ii must the morals of the
youths OF the Safe. The reason is
that il men he educated Intellectually
and not morally, II has been found IA
We manufac' uTe The splendid giilaim
that SSaTtwout governments an
Beecherize the church aud dissolve the
marriage relation, thus destroying al
civil Institutions. These conc.us Oas
we're forced upon the Intelligence OF
the country, which also saw how griev-
Gus is this departure from pure democ.
racy in government, which is only per-
feet when It governs least. II adopts
IN this decentralization the theories
of communism, and forces one man I
give up his private property, because
the legislator fanc'es there is SOM
indirect advantage to himself, for n,
education OF the children OF anothei
man. All these processes of thinking
we're practiced as soon as the people
were brought 10 round turn by thu
thuuders of this new Vatican. A.
we anticipated, it is the beginning
Of revolution which cannot 90 back
wards. In each Safe the very discus
sions are begun, fir fairly iuaugurated
when Governor Il lberts declared thai
we must begin new life in Texas,
and when he forced the whole country
TO contemplate the necessity, by involv
ing the potent bOndholdeTs in t re same
with the miserable schools.
His excellency did not act hastily. I
was time that the people who pay
taxes had revolted against those
who absorb and squanier' taxes.
The Princeton Recie,o for the
current month says that the increase
of municipal debts in the Unit ID States
from 1866 to 1876 was 200 per cent.
of taxation, SO per cent Of valuations,
10 per cent, aud of population, only
30 per cent. The total local debt, ex-
elusive of State debts, at TIE close OF
1873 was 81 O51, 1O6, 1le. These are
indeed, startling figures; and, assum-
seems 30 be no donht - they are CerTi-
bly, suggestive. A iding /, the local.
debt the 5 ate and national debts, we
have sum total which shows
that We are carrying a heavier
financial load than any other people
in the world. BIT the Rsoi6,o's sta
tistics are sufficiently formidable with
out the summing up, for they prove !
that the local debt is increasing far |
more rapidly than the means of pay
ment. Though in the ten years men
toned taxation has advanced SO per
cent, valuation 80 per cent, aud pop- |
ulation % per cent, the debt has |
grown 200 per cent. The merchant
whose books furnished such an exhib-
it would consider himself bankrupt be-
yond all redemption. Ii, as pohticsl
economists claim, the same financial
laws govern nations aud individuals,
our outlook is certainly di;m4l enough
TO dismay the stoute,t heart. Evil
IDENTIFY the time has come, as Governor
Roberts and Senator Coke can assert
when national, S ate and local politics |
should be mainly, If not exclusively,
devoted to the reconstruction of the
public pockeE.