The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-02

the Teacher is not the duty Of the state; il
develops upon each school community. II
| 1t elects that the school shall DO taught by
an inildel, Christian, jew or hea!hen, tina. Is
their concern. They may elect TO retain the
bible, and TO have even "sectarian religion
taught in tho pubic schools, or to exclude
them. This is the only rule which Will com
port with republican government.
Tho Galveston News is never anything
unless didac,ic and electric-that is to say,
hardly ever, and sometimes 1t is inconoclas-
tic. In an article "About Reics--Revolu-
tionary and Others" it is peculiarly SO. 1t
says:
There seems to bs o disposition on the
| par, of the United States to 20 into the relic
| business. The man who owns tho house in
| which Lincoln died can be induced TO part
with i. al ihrice ia value in case the United
States needs it very badly az L relioso he,
the owner, intimates rather strongly. Them
there is another kind hearted patriot in
Vermont who ogns an original portrait of
Washington, which could be wreEchei from
him for $4,000 or $4,000, if congress is, or
rather tho people are, willing TO stand the
wrenchiDg. And now, Mr.. Napier, of Balti.
more wants to be knocked down and robbed
BY the United States of Wsshington's
sword, the price being $4,000 for tho
sword. II is high time that stop was put to
this relic business, as IL is liable TO take so
much money out of the treasury that tho
members of congress will have TO wait Cor
their salaries, for il it is not checked there is
no telling where IL will end. 1t is liable TO
become y regular profession. There will BE-
private srsenas built for tho manufacture
and storage Of original swords and other
weapous belonging TO Washington. Enter
prising mechanics will take To building
original furniture that was used by Wash.
iugton, Jefferson and other original patriots
Ii congress really needs anything in that
line, let the venerable articles DO
mado at tho goyarnm5nt workshops
at but little cost over Che material. The
revolutionary fithers never showed tds
slightest anxiety TO pay largo sums for ary
rellcs OF thu heroes of our days, Why, then,
should We nineteenth century people allow
ourselves TO DO mulcted TO buy no .hoir second
hand articles OF furniture, which are no
longer fashionable, and which vii in most
cases cost moro for repairs than they are
worth? The proper way to do when some
obscure man, with speculation in bis eye and
Washington sword In hs hand, comes and
asks congress for enough money to pu!
deep water on Galveston bar, Is to lock bin
up for trying to obtain money under false
pretenses. Tho trouble is that historically
speaking, relics, like secondhand mustard
plssters, do not draw, Ia religious circles i!
is claimed thai relics have real virtue in them
that they are good things TO have lying
about handy-but no such claim has ever
been made for any other kind of relics II
the original wgiLing-desk OF Jefferson can
make statesmen out Of the members of tho
present congress, then by all means furnish
each one with an original Jeilersonisn writing.
desk. If the sword of Washington can imbuN
our soldiers, with tho military qualities of
Washington, then let every cadet have m
original Wsshingtonian sword, IL it bank
rupts the nation but rs no such virtue ia
claimed for tho relics, 1t is ridiculous to pay
fancy prices for them.
Tho San Antonio Express gives uttersnce
to the following sound sense:
Tho visit Of the Charleston Cadets and
National Lancers of Boston, At'ss., t, New
Orleans, and tho enthusiastic rec option thoy
have received in that city, Nc well rs AZ vari-
ous southern points during their entire "Trip,
is an event which is to be hailed with Joy by
tho entire country, When there shall DO
more of these friendly visits between tho W..
rious civil AMI military organa ,tioas of bo'h
sections Of The country We will hear less Of
tn scnacless rantiug of radical politicians.
The whole tendency Of such visits Is toward
an era Of peace and good feeling Had such
excursions been more frequent in The ante
boium days there would have been no civil
war. In n country Of such magnificent dis-
tances and diversified interests IL is impossi-
Bile that any num0er of the people residing
in one section and knowing nothing of tho
needs and surrounding of their countrymen
residing in another section, perhaps two OF
three thousand miles away, should feel that
interest in their distant countrymen which
they would feol if they had visited thcm and
been visited by them frequently. Such visits
are potent educators of tho people of both
sections, aad as such they should DO cncour-
aged.