The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-04
TIE PLUx OF PALsEHOODS.

Thursday. Chicago Times, shave all boom
Just now, 10 the matter of Investigations and
castigstions." Well, this is only another
phase Of those various frauds OF commerce
10 the great industrial disthesis, akin to all
the other species Of frauds, of the same
family with those whose vampire rootles are
ssppiug the internal man and sucking up his
better nature to add 10 the external appear
ances. In other words, it is the reckless
ride, the hot haste of men TO substitute the
seeming for the real, the artificial for the
genuine, and through the "fux Of false
hoods" quickly aoss toward the haven
Of pecunisry position and prominence.
| The desire 10 become rich is laudable
desire, and SO Of the effort. There is Ares
pectability attached to wealth which after
all has its foundation upon Just apprecia'
ton of things. As u rule the man who has
accumulated riches must have some merits
and traits about him that are to be admired,
however many collstersl d:sgreeable or
even Questionable ones with which they may
b. CO. associated. The sur of the poor man,
however good or intellectual he may be, the
thunders Of the pulpit, howsvtr much Sc
cro!ly endorsed by tho masses, amounts to but
little when the money king can pass by and
through the latter who will Keep quiet at his
approach, tip their hats to his bow, AMI not
oppose him in his arguments snd views when
he condescends TO express himself on the
street corners. They fear the logic
that silences opposition by the single
sentence, my $1,000 bill says so, now put
up or shut up" So, to Moneybsgs it makes
but slight difference what is said in his ab.
sencs as long as his presence commands
assent from those who dread 70 offend lest
they may some day need bis assistance. And
indeed, as q rule, the man with means to
invest, is really in position to be better posted
than those who eternally think they could
double thei: money or make fortune If they
had only few thousand or hundred dollars
to Aart with. Hence the formers opinions
are entitled to weight,they come labeled with
the wArrsn!ee Of past success, and who should
say that they are not ofequal value for future
returns? But, yet, when the worship Of the
almighty dollar goes so far as 10 desden
every other instinct and take precedence
over every thing, the influence becomes 40
evil that merits, and should receive, censure,
There Ia something more manly than the sole
pursuit or the sole possession of riches,
something higher, something nobler; and 70:
in all tho departments Of life we find the
"tricksries Of trade" too frequently usurping
the power aud place that conscience ough.
TO WELD In the councils of the intellect
We find them only too often bullying into
sile nee the whisperings OF that "still small
voics" that had its genesis at mothers
knee, and its ''levitcu," at the family hearth.
We first make pinhole through principle
resolving never to do so sgalu, and excusing
the act as in III, list of exceptional causes
but tho demand comes again and again unit
after while wa can drive wagon through
the trightful infrsci ion. In our esgerness &c
accomplish an object, we 60 beyond the
truthful, and like tho child chasing tn,
butterfly, we soon lose ourselves ip decep'
tion's wilderness of weeds.
We are all, more or less. guilty, by carry
ing proper thing to an extreme. In pos
session Of all the possible convenioDces, ant
even luxuries Of life. the wealthy indulge il
it, as well as him in penury seeking for it
comforts and necessities. The trickery Of
the vendor by the ton or by the bale Is JUS
as reprehensible, and perhaps more SO, thar
the duplicity dealer In yards or pounds. TIL,
ons Is a pickpocket 10 one form, ana thu
other Is the same In another. A man has ne
more right TO overcome an innocent or Gun
Ading mind by the strength Of his design
than has another ono by brute force to over
throw the weaker by the power Of his arm
And this Is applicable to all tho occupations
and conditions Of life. Changing the venu
does not alter the verdict. The lawyer /
alike guilty when he misrepresents his cas-,
to client TO obtain fee; or when he dis
to.ts the law to seek success or when h
mislesds the judge or jury BY missta,emen
OF facts; or conceals those things that h,
ought to reveal. The doctor Is alike guilt,
when being only quscR, he msgniaes th,
seriousness and importance Of case conadet
10 him, so " TO swell the number OF hi
visits or make large profits on his prescrip
tions; organ reputation for skill in curing
what bread pills might have effected MS we'll
Tho banker Is alike guilty when no justiae
bis extortion under the gsuzy plea that he |,
''losniug out some widows or orphan
funds;" or secretly sells and buys III Al
suspicious figure, a property no had prev
iously loaned on with Just such view. Tn,
railway msgnato is alike guilty whea h,
decoives the people and extracts from them
their hsrd-osrned funds by false representa-.
tons Of the business In prospective or actual
ity of his liue; or Of tho value Of It's fran,
cai,es, its lands, etc. or combines with CO.
operators and by extraordinary advantages
conceded, swindles "in ways that arc dark,
the other patrons he has induced to pat.
ronizs him by promise of impartial and fail