The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-24
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ono 1, look forwsrd with bright hopes tor the
fu,,rs of the south. And confning oursell
10 Texas, We say that when she learns tospin
her enormous and yearly increasing cotton
crop instead of shipping it oti, and learns too,
10 dig her own coal, to melt her own copper
and iron, and TO card and weave her own
wool, she will indeed to powerful ard rich:
From its cotton manufacturing industries,
An,usts. Georgia, has bcen styled she
IoSell of the south" 1t may serve to i'll
form those VINO do not know Augusta, to
borrow a title for IL; but its judicious friends
would rather have it styled on its own in,
Siv,3uali,y "lhe spindle city Of the south, ]"
which il lie. 1t should have no secondary
Mace: il is fairly entitled to pre- em;nence in
',s line. as I DWELL is for prints or Baltimore
for cotton duck. Augusta milli fabrics are
az distinctive in the markets MS any manu-
features of cotton, and its name on piece OF
Goods is of q vslue which should not be sur
rnsndered. la and around Augusta are some
of the largest cotton factories in the United
States. Among the chief Of them arc the
Auousts, the Enterprise, the Langley,
Granitevile and Vancluse factories, all large
establishments in full operation. To these
,sy be added also tho Summerville Is. C)
mills, which have pads, check goods ana
cottcnsdes from 1000 spindles and $50 looms
of new and improved machinery. There is
also the Sibley mills, cotton factory with
"a 900 spindies, which is nearly finished, and
when put in operation will add over $4,000
souls to the population OF Augusta. Th s
latest enterprise is due TO MIR. William U.
Sibley, president Of the compapy,a northern
man, whose capital and energy have been
in other manufacturing enterprises OF Aus
custa, and who in the Slbley mills Is backed
by stock subscriptions in the north.
The New York Evening Express is the
organ of Mr.. John Kelley of Tammsny
odor, but for all tina. it talks good doc
trine and sends forth sound counsel some.
times. 1t says:
Were the democrats of the senate to fol-
low republican precedents they would take
advantage of their present democratic m jur-
ity in the senate, and undo what WAS done
BY the purchased vote of Malone. 1t is to be
hoped that no such sharp practices will be
resorted to. The present demoralized con-
dtion of the republican party, however,
gives the democratic party a magnificent
opportunity Of recovering all it has lost
and placing itself before the country on
ground Of commanding advantage. The
republican fight last fall wss wsged solely
for patronage. MIR. Flanagan, OF Texas,
stated tho position interrogstively, when he
said ut Chicago, "Wnst are we here for but
TO get the ofiicesY" Ever since the election
the distribution of spoils has been
the chief concern of the republican
Administration. The fight with Conklipg and
PIatt was solely over II matter of patronage.
Public business has been neglected, great
interests have been pushed into the back
ground. The secretary Of the treasury
places a new loan al 81 per cent. without
Law or authority, when it could have been
placed Just rs we'll at 3 por cent, because
the president did not dare to cali an extra
session of congress lest it should upset all his
plans. The time has coms when the people
Of the country, Disguised with the republi-
can leaders of both factions, demand a new
devotion to their interests, attention to pub
lie affairs, measures calculated to advance
the public good. The democratic leaders in
the senate are able, patriotic, experienced
statesmen. There are able and competent
democrats in every state who despise this
whole fight for plumber, snd are ready TO
join in a new movement for the advance
ment of the legitimate public business Now
is the time for the democracy every where to
rally and reorgsnize to protect the Interests
of the country from the spoilers. Such a
course would place the democracy in the
ascendency in every state in the Union.
Tho X. NJ. l. News, q handsome weekly
paper published by the students at the
Kentucky Military Institute, near Frank
fort, advances the following views and ideas
A representative system where the minori.
ty have voice, is the desiderstum in church
and state. Can such a system DO devised!
We fail to SEQ why it would not work if the
districts were doubled in size and two repre-.
sentatives sent each with vote in the rep
resentative body proportional to his con-
sltuency. 1t is the presumption that there
is come fatal obj action to this idea, since our
statesmen must have though! of the plan
and yet not have proposed it. Possibly
politicians would prefer the minority should
have no voice In order that the whole system
Of representative government may become a
sort of lottery. 1t would be very prosy to
run race for numbers and ignore the ma
jority idea. Tho fac, is that the lottery is SO
perfect under the present System that the
majority are not represented as often az
people imsgine. 1t is tho majority of ma
jorty which is represented 30 far as the per-
son Of the representative is concerned. This
majority is more often than otherwise a
minority of the people. 1t is the notions OF
majority: of the people whi.h is repro
sen,ed by our present system. But however
1t may be in the state, the minori', g. ould
have voice in church cr"N ions. In q
conference or synod ami $40 ikn, tho min
orty if numbering only ,uc should have o
voice. It's difficult to SEQ how this end is tc
DO reached, II seems ,mpracticable yet Il
Undoubtedly desirable, If human liberty i.
valuable.
What the republican papers say about TIC
Conkling emeute is interesting reading tc
democrats, and ought to DO to oil fail
minded, homes. rebublcsns. Tho New Yorl
Evening Mail is ono of the stslwar,gst of tn,
stalwar!, and i!ssys:
The doctrine of tho "cour,esy Of III,
seaa'e'--as we have frequently insisted-
tho worst form OF tho most viciou. species o.
state rights" doctrines. II originated IN thu
senatorial lust for power. 1t has been uset
for tho most selfish purposes. 1t is In viola
ton oflhe letter and spirit OF the constitution
and in dercge,ion Of tho rights Of tho peopl,
M larre. Ii will be a serious mistske 1