The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-27

agsmehi, promotion and protection Of ph
vs,s interests through liz courts, 70 make oit
lzens and officers Of states obey tho laws 0
their own slsses. Eyon write Of nsndams
and Injunction have been issued ~ reqtiir,
governors and other executive officer, 70 OF
ocuts state lava IN the discharge Of their du
tics according 10 tho construction Of distric
federal judges, and even further than that
state judges have been indicted and impris
oned by tho federal courts for deciding &C
cording 10 their convictions Of right in mat
ters coming up before them under state laws
Alfred the Great was in the hsbi! Of hanging
or beheAding his judges, and that Is an Eng
lish precedent of1vory ancient authority
Many and various are the ways and construo
tions by which the federal courts have OK
tended their control over the private and pub
lie affairs Of the state and it
citizens, arising under the laws O
the state. A.. law has even been passed
to authorize federal court to decides con
tested election bstween state officers, anc
that is to protsct the right to vote Of a class
of the citizens of the state in state election
held within = state. Thus, every depart
ment of the general government is, and ma
been, step by step, extending its assumption
VI w tObhUi huu prUlAOt'
thc privats rights and interests of the PEG
Pile of the state, which must necessarily re-
suit in complete centrAlism if it should con-
tinue to increase. We need not look fol
that to be accomplished by the assumption
of supreme power By military dictator, bu'
it is hsins accomplished by the gradual pro
cess undcr the operation of the general gov
ernment in abHorbiBs snd spproprising &c
itss1f r%n-xrs and drt;n. al
belonging t. tbs states. Thus, too, il viii
be seen that the state government has ceny
petition within our swn territory for deyd-
oping the private interests and protecting
the rights of the people of Texas.
l believe, as did the founders of TITS sys.
tom of associated government under which
We live, that these local, private and public
rights and interests of the people Of thi.
state can bsst be protected md promoted by
the local state authorities, and that
the means now left US to msin-
tain q state government 10 stable
and so powerful in its capacity
to fulfill its legitimate objects as TO exclude
the necessity of interference with or the sup
plementing of them by the action Of the
general government, and 10 give encourage
ment to those pursuits that will place sur
own citizens, as far as practicable, on an
equality with the favored classes elsewhere,
SO long rs suck fRvoritism shell continue to
be exercised in the government Of this
country.
One point in good government has been
gained: The ezpanses hnua be- brought
s0vsdue, and our public credit has
been established. Let us hold on to that
which will now as ever be found no easy
matter. Every great Interest Of the state will
now appeal to the legislature for advance.
ment and enlargement Right now at this
session of the legislature is the turning psint
of its continuance and establishment. Let
us hold Oh to it with settled resolution that
admits Of no failure, and strike for another
splendid point, not negIecting other
great interests in the meantime. That
other essential point is, IN improvement in
the execution of the laws for the protection
of life and property in their expedition and
force. That is the imperious necessity rest
ing on US now. And while giving epscisl at.
tention TO that, we may msintain our public
free schools and enlarge our means fer their
future improvement by the more rapid sale
Of its lands, lay the foundation Of univer-
sity, encourage our agricutural.and mechan-
zeal college, establish additional normal
schools, and thereby give gu impetus TO our
interests generally. The public
heslth may be extended by the organization
Of . state board of health and an amend
ment Of our quarantine laws. Our railroad
construction may still be encouraged and
ireights and fare justly regulated by our own
legislature. 1t is useless to further
the ether great interests al
ready under our charge, none of which
need be allowed to suffer abatement.
In addition to all these we may now
lake steps, by an amendment Of the constitu-
lion, exempting from taxation, for ten years.
property invested In the manufacture of our
own cotton, wool, and other raw materials,
IN utilizing our water power, In mining our
coal, iron, copper and ether metals, by which
we may invite capital and labor to develop
our dormant or hidden resources, which d
geological and agricultural reconnaissance
IF tina state would make known to the world.
Thus, safely and securely, one by one our
great governmental interests may be ad-
vanced in succession and chrysiallized on q
bssis for their perpetustion, not
Allowing any Of them to recede in the mean
limo until they shall all have been raised to N
standard Of efficiency, resulting IN - enYe
rood government for Texas.
Texas will than DO great state indy IN |
umpire in It's natural and vericd csIcities,
uailod. ~ lias Ass IN ~ ~ I
association ofststes, and capable y ste ling |
slone in the wreck Of Gi,integr/ion, 'ioulo |
t come, with the Lone STAY 'whe' Aer as
ISOLATED with the gslsxy o1star., or again
1oisted above, tho emblH Of Texas sew
lreignty, to be siill the az ration OF united
people,"
:. This eccupied ope.klf hour from Ills to
Il;45 O'Clock. Ayr this, Lieutenant
governor Storey arose and judge !
Walk sdninDysred the oath Of ofice
. him, wlsfeupon he proceeded
% deliver hi address, occupying about
hree-ouarlsI Of an hour. Then, on motion,
he ioint gesion a3journel, and on subse-
,uent rposs5n, the seHsiors retired 70 tbe SON
ite cb<nber In this latter, on being called
. oylor, ex-Lieuienani5Eoverror Ssyer- IN
40 fmpromptu address, delivered a few brief
va eloquent, manly and most impressive
smarts. bis farewell to his brother SEN
ltort. Just after these ceremonies the two
,pnches adjourned uutl tomorrow NOM
~, - AZ 70 allow the members opportunity
% rrrpsre for the governors -leve8" this
.vrrinr 81 the executive marfion, The bali
'ay'ag been postponed until Friday nexs
he 2lst. inst.
THE MESSAGE.
The ke7-note, TIE true inwardness, Of the
message in il entirely. is struck in thi' ex-
precision Of The governor, w.; Il believe