The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-04

an act Of state policy 70 have Issued IN,
pfoolsnaiitn, aud done ne other stat. bay'
done, askiik no questions About tho fgnl
or tho WRONG. la other words, make PEI ri,
believe youl ara sincere, whether you are OF
not. But what 10 oil this fuss about, any
wgJf Why so excessively anxious 10 prgy thu
wounded man back 10 fife, when thousands
Of others are In tho came pre-
dlcameEt throughout the worldY
| Why | make u national appeal 10 the
Almighty to raise one citizen from sicl,
| bed when untold numbers are sulIerit alikei
Ii " because James A. Garfield, a simple,
| plain Ohio farmer, by accident, and not by
your votes, became president of the United
States, and who WAS shot almost 10 death by
Il lunatic after that title had been conferred
upon him? Is it because the wheels of a
free government are in danger of rusting on
their sxles. and utter ruin to our republican
institutions following If this one man dies
Ii this man is worthy of your prayers now
because he bears the name of presi lent of
the United States, cid he deserve your
curses when he was candidate for that of
fee? Was he not liar, thief, a periurer
and monster of political vlllainy and reach
cry before be became president, and instead
OF praying TO save him from
death, would you not have inv, ks
all the gods and demi-gods of i'm.
agitation to have destroyed the life you now
so sychophantically seek to preserve? Has
the hole made by the bullet of the assassin
cleaned this mans political character from
every stain that made him, during the cans
vass, black and purifying sore on the body
polite? Ask yourselves these questions. ys
prayiny mudslipgers. anu see if the verdict
is not one of hypocrisy, and not sincerity?
Were James A. Garfield again candidate
for the Office he now holds you would not
"crook the pregnant hinges of the knee" to
pray for bis success! Oh, no, not you; but
you would search the world from end to end
to and the semblance of a cha &c, that you
might crush him, and blast his name and
fame, so that blinded psrtyism might DO the
victor. Shame on such consistency! Shame
on such sincerity! Governor Roberts action
is honest, consistent and constitutional, and
the less said about it the better for Texas.
Terrell Times.
Governor Roberts refused to set apart a
day for thanksgiving and prayer. He wJuld
refuse to kneel down and pray, also, If any
earthly tribunal we're to ask him, The
papers abused him roundy, as they did be. :
fore bis nomination as democratic candidate
for governor of Texas. The old man stuck
to his policy of 'pay as you CO." with a
Jealous faith that enthused his friends and
subdued his enemies. When somebody else
thought the people of Texas ought to pray, |
and most of the Texas newspapers endorsed
the position, the governor entertained diff
fsrent WE'VE. He would not pray himself.
nor would he ask the people to pray. Of
course he gets the usual round of abuse,
which makes az little impression on his
honest old heart as rain poured upon ducks
back.
Corsicana Observer-Index.
There is no good excuse for Governor
Roberts for refusing to join with the other
states of the Union in this ACT of christian
respect TO the chief executive of our nation.
The fine. spun theories regarding "church
and s.ate'' have no right to representation
at a time when the president of the United
States lies bleeding, and at the point of
death, stricken down by the asssssin's bullet
On such an occasion he whose acts are
warped out of the straight line of duty and
humanity to man by religious or politi-
cal difference of opinion, needs reform and
reconstruction, and is not fit person to rep
resent the intererts and the dignity of the
great empire state of the southwest
When the mantle of brief authority, in
which Governor Roberts is at present clothed
shall have fallen from his unortnodox sbcul-
ders; we hope, and trust, and fervently pray,
that he meY be permitted to quietly retire to
that oblivion where the shadow of his dis
honor will not reach ACROSS the whole
continent and where he may in
dulge in his ecccr'''r ror-ines and paleozoic
principles on IT, .n.se-s .u".- tanks of obs
security, without bemeaning the reputation
or Texas or blocking tho wheels of progress
and reform in her future advance as state.
1t is high time for the Daniels of the lone
star state to come forward and say to this
man Roberts-who has been pulling away at
the teat Of the Texas cow and wrestling at
the public crib for forty years last past-in
the Language of the writing on the wall OF
Belshszzsr's palace, "Thou art weighed in
the balances, and art found wanting"