The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-05
THE DALLAS HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, $50

uaclos Of 30 or 40 years oileo'holdlng
addh, II y Democrat succeed hayes
more than 100000 strong men wohnld
be mthlealy sent into eKlle, vi
course thoy would lght They only need
some Yanoy aud Davis TO "lrN tho puplle
mind and preopilale revolution 10 organize
and Ia lend aud tho North produces men Of
ayey grade Of morals and Intelligence Nld
patriotism and virtue are mol ArA OF lAAIuau
or longitude,
LAST Ndllr'
pissed along tho silent streets lnhl Nlshl
nj twelve o'clock, enGounlerng now ana lhrh
hay policeman, whose brass buttons guy
tered Iuzlly bcnunth tho belonged, dull,
heavy arensy-ooklug gas humps ! heard
now and then tho Ochplng Footsteps Of run
women, hurrying ~ appointments ol VICE
stood and listened while two sons of rich
Eastern Senators nnd u youthful Congress
man went roelng by, They cuma out Of
Welohers restaurant IN which splendid
women III NJ tables lurdened Win VINO
md edbles that intoSenlo nnd delight
went along streets whose crossings hra
adorned with equestrian statutes, tho s.rr Va
themselves M smoothly paved 40 II covered
with ROmnn cement, Hero Senators and
Congrssmpn aud great soldiers occupy
splonlld abodcs aud silence ind simulated
donlh Ind entered Oy0ry household, Lights
within we're oNtngushed pnd drcnmlll nm,
bllon md lust for power were doNd, ana
those were their tombs. Beauty, That rhona
during tho day In the gallorii OF tho capitol
md Ind been hul.druuken NJ some roQt or
NJ Welckol b, rested, bat not we'll, on pillows
of doRn. Ton thousand bodies Of men and
women, IN parallel rows, with white sheets
instend of The green turf above them, were
all ldignlng dcHlh in these grrnl ccnolAphs
of ambition and splendor md Misery
CONTRASTS
Such arc striking contrasts presented IN
tho conditions OF mon and women aud their
modes Of lia In ihis ftupcnlous Capital
Tho rich md powerful encounter the mean
and lovely md miserable NJ every step,
Odorous md wrctchcd' ovorcrowdod dons of
negroes offend by their immediate presence
gorgeous palaces of "grcnt statesmen aud
dispensers Of spoils aud honoH, Christopher
Columbus, us everybody remembers stands
half bent upon tho back steps of the Capitol
in the net oi casting ball down the broad
nine-pin alley, and Pop's raven, ~ Il liberty
cap, OlpuuH pNtI lllp HllNubl'oN lHN va INV
toned out marble that was ever crushed be-
meath domc.like mountain Of iron,
And them think Of II, Such Hro
the morals of this mulliMrlous mob gathered
here by NIL those forces Of opulencc, poverty
and ambition and greed for Office and gold,
that tho people nrc bGroIt by law OF the right
of suffrage, and Congrcs nj officers
aud masters Of the capital. Property bold
crs and taxpayers protest against any future
inyestituro OF the multitude with the the right
to select rulers for Washington. Congress
asscnts, and thus the Federal Government
itself asserts the necessity for the restriction
of suffrage in cities TO taxpayers. Bat the
Congress does not make nyldous class dis
tinctIons, and thus the government of the
city. in all its mnutest details, administered
by Congressional committees. II is atcrrlble
commentary on certain constitutional
amendments. Dallas and towns of Texas
might learn something from facts affecting
Washington. H. j. ID.