The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-10
GENERAL PRESS REVIEW.

New York Herald.

New York Herald.
There was "once upon a time" as fair,
stories say, little German town whore in
habitants reioiced in the possession Of VIVA
seemed TO them remarkably neat and use
full Continuance to tell them from what direc
tion the wind blew nothing less than 1
prodigious and magnificent weathercock sur
mounting the s,eeple of their church. Fol
years and time out of mind this faithful in
dex veered with every changing breeze, and
kept the townspeople accurately informed
but all sublunary things fall into old age and
disrepair, so in the course of time the village
weathercock became the prey of rust, and
one day ceased to turn with tho wind. 1t be
came fixed on its pintels, pointing due
south. That their weathercock should cease
to tell the truth did not occur to the simple
townsmen. Tho wind yeerpd all about the
compass--it blew north, west and east-but
they looked up ut their vane and we're salts
fed that it set still steady in the south. A
few of the older men remarked upon the
singular phenomenon of 50 long con
tnued south wind; half dlzen young
students asserted that it was not south
wind at all but still northeastern, ora dry
ing west wind, or u northerly gale; but thy
were summarily put down by the burgomss.
tiers, who ono by one admonished the people
TO pay no attention to these social dis0rgan-
izers "Look ut our weathercock; that tells
you that the wind is still in the south, md no
honest citizen would DOUBT its word" But
the young dOubters would not be silent. They
began to shout in the market places that the
wind was not from the south; they evOu spoke
AiataepantGtlltt Of shn ,h.,,,,,ls
quiet little town was presently split into fac
tions on this question. Experts were sum.
moned, but they were not of one mind -ex-
perls seldom sre. AT last some one beth0ught
him to fetch acompass from the neighboring
city, and, behold though the aged weather
cock continued to asscrt n southerly wind, the
compass declared 1t to DO due north. $50
much the worse for the compass" cried the
burgomasters, in great fury. "What is a
compass, anyhow, bat veritable, dancing
shiveriDg needle, which veers whenever the
holder turns aboutg Look at our glorious
old weathercock, now proudly il stands I'M
moved upon itspintels." And SO, being the
rulers tho party in power, so to speak, in
the little town. they issued a proclamation
that the wind still held in the south,
and that anyone who should
declare to the contrary was no better
than thief, dsorgGnizer Of society and II
dangerous member Of the community, per-
son to DO avoided by all honest people, nialc
and female. The Herald, recalling this
German tale, is reminded that there is great
deal Of human nature in mankind every
where even in this country. Ourpoliticians,
like the rulers Of the little German town,
Harlara thut thn ,,,lit,n.l
the south, and however they may disagreoo on
other points denouuco with increasing acri
mony any one who proiends to doubt it. The
party organs naturally follow in the samn
direction; they bubble over into assertions of
asoutherly gale they are Mortified to think
that there should be two opinions on the sub.
Ject. Thoir wetthercoci--that prodigious
creature t. which they look for what they
shall believe 10 atsort--still points south Il
has pointed south for many years: there IL,
indeed, the best reason to believe that il will
never point IN any other direction until il il
taken down and repaired 1t is fixed solidly
on It's pintels; and SO the weathercock Jour
nails require us oil TO believe that the wind
remains IN the south, aud denounce anyone
as no better thnu IN inHdel who ventures TO
declare that the wind has changed We oh
serve that the Herald is sometimes spoken Of
as political weathercock. 1t changes
about, the party organs and politicians CON.
plain; they can never tell to-day what il ia
goin to say tomorrow. II is not what they
call "safe" or "rcliable" journal and that
istu>. Neither political party can depend
on tho Herald. We prefer that cur journal
shall be the organ Of tho people at large, and
not OF any political party. II we assert that
the wind is ilom the south it must be because
1t is there, and not because a rusty weather
cock continues to 'polnt in that direction,
What the people Of FREQ country want Is,
the truth and She whole truth, and th&t the
Herald does us bast to give them. Brightly
instructed in tho facts, tho people will al
ways vote wisely" said Mr.. Lincoln, md
II is the HerSld's sim 10 give TO its great pub.
lie access TO all the facts to enable voters TO
make up their minds Naturally the Herald
Is dsagrteable, yexudous journal to the
politicians Of both parties. lis aim is to sub.
stitute common sense for prejudice, and that
Is rulnous TO their plans. IL tries to give all
the facts on both sides, but they want only
one side thor side shown up. 1t takes a
living shot ut the follirs of both parties; il
exp ses oir mis3tstemeuls and distortmant
OF facts; u tries TO maintain Just perspect-
i've in public discussions, and 10 enable the
public to have access to the truth, so that
whoever wants may make up his own mind
lntelligently. That seems to us the true of
nee OF iounN.Ism--to declare the truth, no
matter whom it may iujurc. But the weath.
ercock journals only continue TO cry out
that the wind still remains in the SOUTH