The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-27
THE RUSS AND the eovxRNo.
Com anche Chief.

Comanche Chief.
Governo. Roberts has again put himself
10 Q queer position. This time he arrSigas
himself in one Of two very unenvisbls posi-
~ an enemy TO the church, or
\ foe TO the state. His reasons for refusal
to proclaim day Of thanksgiving in unison
with other governors Of the union upon
the recovery Of the president, are too trans
parent. A governor who would set his
sanction upon Law that actually perse- |
cute1 some creeds (.he Sunday law under
Off ,ial authority If the state. can't
be opposed to its union with the
church. Men who have observed
Governor Roberts utterances heretofore will
be apt TO think, upon reading his document,
that he did not lay down his sword or mus
ket, II he ever wore one, at the same time 10
did the gallant Lee IbA lels will not BE-
pleased with tue paper, because they see no
objection TO thanking the Great Unknown
Toe church will reverberAte the governors
utterances at every camp meeting and In
every religious paper, and huIl them back nj
his head with the stamp Of their indignation.
In fact the Chief cannot see anything in the
document but what the Texian, of Breckin-
ridge, says in regard to the presldent-"He
is only one man, ard radical at that" We
thank God that Governor Roberts is not q
reflector of public opinion in Texas.
Georgetown Record.
II eeelns TO US that the governor in bis
reply to Gov. Foster, OF Ohio, goeo on-
tirely too far, and is unduly spprehensive
and uneasy 10 regard to mixture Of "church
and state" We believe IS strongly in keep
ing them separate as any man on earth, and
have written and spoken on the subject va
rious times. 1t WAS one Of our arguments in
the Last campaign. There is such u thing us
''straining at n nat and swallowing an ele.
phant," AnG this seems to be the trouble
with our very pious old governor. We have
been accustomed all our lives to see pro-
clamatiJns from the executives of states,
calling, and requesting-nOt ordering-the
people to meet In their respective places of
worship on a given day, and return thanks
to the giver of all good, for his many
msrcies. We see no mixture of .'church
and state" in all this, but a simple desire to
return thanks for mercies shown, which Is
nothing more than our bounden duty.
There is another phase of the question
President Garfield, as president, represents
the whole country, and, when he WAS strick.
en- down BY the hand Of the assassin, the
whole country, in one sense, WAS go stricken.
Not only the life OF tho president but the life
of the nation. 80 to speak. was sought to be
destroyed. Now, that q kind and benetcent
Providence is restoring him to health and to
the country, 1t is but meet and proper That
our people shoal1, with one accord, render
devout praise to the Almighty in thus bles,
sing this people. Again, there seems to be u
tone of defiance in the message, which does
not ut all, in our opinion, comport with the
high dignity Of the chief executive
of great and prosperous state. All
the other governors responded to
the very polite request Of Governor Charles
Foster, save and except the governor of
Texas. And it does seem strange to US that
in this hour of the nations distress he
should have been tho only one who refused
to perform what would seem to US pleas.
ant and noble act. People will be slow to
believe that he had any conscientious scru-
piles in regard TO the mixing of "cburch aud
state" but that his refusal grew out OF the
fact that the man who is shot WAS a repuhli.
can, willie the governor is democrat. Wac
suppcses for a moment, for instance, that
had that noble son Of Pennsylvania, Gen
Hancock, been elected president and had
been assassinated that Governor Roberts
would for u moment have gone OIL into q
spasm of conscientious scruples" on the
subject of"church aud sts.t?" We can hut
believe that he has outraged the christian
sense, not only of Texas, but Of the entire
union, and that his course will tend to in
jure the state Of Texas abroad.
Richmond Nation.
Gov Roberts is the only governor Of the
United States that refuses 10 join in call
tor q day of thanksgiving, His reasons are
that it tends to u u1ion of church and state,
We presume if the president had belonged
to that ancient order of mossbacks, heated
by Col. Demetrius. he would have risked the
union and Joined in the call. Shame on
such nonsense. Some one In each state must
suggest or name day for such meetings
and it has always dsvolved upon the COVER,
nor. Even Gov. Roberts has exercised this
before and never thought Of consolidation
Of church and state until the president of tho
nation, belonging TO An Opposing political
party WAS assassinated and then his nimsy
excuse Ia brought 10 to use TO help blind the
ewes of the people Gov. Roberts We ad-
mire in mspy respects, but this is too small
for the governor of great state TO in
dulge In.
Austin Statesman.
While the course pursued by Governor
Roberts WAS shaped upon the plain dsfni ion
of bis auty rs laid down in tho constitution,
which he has sworn to obey, and while his
motive in refusing to join Governor Foster
10 neither personal or political, but purely
9 atesmsnlike, the Statesman deems 1t not
inappropriate 70 reflect on this proposed
thanksgiving from other standpoints
The Statesman is disposed 10 60 little
further than Governor Roberts in refusing to
agree upon q day ''for Thanksgiving aud
praise to Almighty God for the blessed de-
liverance of our president and for this great
evidence of His goodness to this nation"
IL there not blasphemy in this expression,
and, II there be not blasphemy in It, would
II not be wise for some of the other Cover
nots to amend the reasons by adding, land
for His great goodness 10 seeing that be was
elected president Of these United Ststes,n
If the great Director of the universe has had
anything 10 do with saving the life Of the
president he bad all to do with the the sssss-
sins bullet, and the pain and trouble al the
white house, including these Bliss.fu
press kilograms, and the rivalry between
alopaths and home paths was ordained, and
Guiteau and Garfield are both victims Of an
irresistible intent; and II this thing DO n
matter Of divine direction may not the
influences that elected Mr.. Gar.
field, even 70 bis trading with
Conklipg and taking tie benefit of Brady's
gains In the canvass. DO charged TO the same