The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-29

science, and with an infallible authority I'D
hitting of no appeal. The assertion Of the
theory in high public places is no new
thing. President Jackson gave ii implied
couotenspoe in one of lis veto messages
when be said: Each public officer who
takes an oath to support the constitution
swesrs that he will support il IS he under
stands it, and not Ms It Is understood by oth-
ers." Like Governor RJberts with respect
to. thanksgiving proclamasions, President
jackson set up bis personal opinions when
ever it suited his personal inclinstions, in
opposition TO precedent, to long established
ussges, and TO the practice Of preceding ads
ministrations for nearly half century.
While thus defying precedent, he was un-
consciously introducing one which gave
sanction to the higher lswism of the anti
slavery revolutionists, who never rested until
they had broken through all the limits Of the
federal constitution and plunged the country
into the unutterable horrors cf civil war.
Every abolition governor, every abolition
Judge, and every abolition juror 10 the north
eagerly bettered the instru zion of jackson
by making rags ofthe fedetsl i, .titution, or
by twisting and wrenchirs y conform to
their individual impulses.
The Waco Telephone has long wondered
why it was that the cooperative system Of
life insurance never originated in Texas.
The reason ia very manifest on reflection.
Texas is young state and the surplus CAPT.
tai is not here to justify such an attempt.
They will come in due time-in ten or twenty
years, when there is not the demand here for
spare money in other and more lucrative
channels. The Telephone says:
For years the Telephone has watched
order after order come into this state and
introduce and operate what is known as the
benevolent and cooperative system of life
assurance. First came the Odd Fellows and
Knights Of PytLiss, with their endowment
ranks. and then in quick succession, the
Knights of Honor, Catholic Kn gifts of Amer
lea, Legion of Honor, Ancient Order of
United Workmen and Knights of the Golden
Rule-all benevolent institutions, composed
of men who band together and mutually
agree to unite in making provision for the
widows and orphans of members who are
overtaken by death. These orgsnizs-
tons have conferred untold benefit
upon the state, and they should
continue to flourish. But during these
years we have often wondered why it was
that all these organizations originated in
other states-why Texas did not have
benevolent institutions of home growth,
operated under her own laws, framed in the
interest OF charity and benevolence. We re-.
Elected that the system commended itself to
prudent and sagacious msn-that 1t had
proven itself to be the true system for the
masses, who are unable to bear the burdens
imposed by the old and costly style of life
assurance-and we have often INDUCED the
hope that Texans would sooner or later
come to see the propriety and advantage of
establishing their own benevolent institutions
or organizations, which would, without in-
terferepce with or hostility to the excellent
institute ns mentioned above, enter upon
career OF practical and permanent benevo-
lence in the way Of aiding men of moderate
means to make snte-mortem provision for
their wives and children.