The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-19

i'm patient with the laws that society liads it
necessary to impose, and or the other hand
foolish enough to impose laws impolitic, IN
jus! and unwarrsnted, As aFulS it may be
concluded that mems sections and sentiments
have their foundation on some conscientious
principle, and it is u wrong view, perhaps
tps honestly entertained, that induces in
congruties of conduct TO which quite
often erroneous motives arc imputed.
II is this onesidodness that made the coua
trymen of the tyrant Gesser see nothing but
wrong ia the rising Of his oppressed people,
nothing but crime in tho efforts OF th g Hin
dus in tier rebellion against the grossest in
justice; which made thereligious fanatics put
to death the astronomer Bruno, an d to ims
prison Tycho Brahe and to put on the rack
Calico, all because they announced new the
cries concerning the heavenly bodies and
which seemed at war with biblical accounts
80 disincl.ned is the general mind to give i'm
partial ear to developments at variance with
preconcieyed opinions. Il is the spirit of y
broad catholic individualsm that is correct
ing all this, the freedom of every mind
to think and act for itself, the
impress Of belief that each man
has right to the largest amount of liberty
so long rs he inlrnges on no one else's rights
and liberties. 1t is this view that bcgeis
charity and liberslity and makes the human
mind not only tolerant Of what it may
consider evils, but patient in the treatment
of them to tho end Of proper evolution in
the due order of events. II has been said
that light falling upon crystals capable of
altering its molecular arrangements, hut it
eau do this only by y repetition of impulses
almost innumersble, and that before unit
of pondersblo matter can have lis rythmcal
uSovoments so increased by successive ether,
ial waves as TO DO detached from its comb.
nation md arranged in another way, nil
lions Of such etterial waves must tucecssiy rs
make infnitesimal additions 10 its motto.
And Just SO there can DO no short cut from
ona social condition to radically now one.
And hence the radically constructive tendsn.
cyisas injurious as the radically destructive.
To the fplGllmenL of this theory OF progress
We know nothing better than the disssmina-
ton oftruth3 and facts rs they develop, and
accurately related, regardless as to what spe.
cial interest they affect And his is the
grand and glorious province Of the newspa-
per Of to-day. There is a sacred duty inCum-
bent upon those who control its columns
that ought to stand before every other ill.,
Guoncing motive, Gndtho conscientious iourn-
alis!, who is supposed to be moved in the de-
ia Is of his work only as correlated TO the gan
eral outline of the good Of the whole, should
never be sweryed from his course. 1t is the
spread of facts, ofevents, of occurrences that
men of to-day desire and require They
wish to do their own thinking IS to tho meth.
DDS of their actions or the distribution Of
their properties and to the efficient attain
ment of this they ask for light and look for
the conscientious newspaper to afford it to
them. Then let no man seek to control this
great civilizing agent otherwise than in the
interest ef truth and equity and Justice.