The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-18

with A suitable DuildinH LOT Pfesefvink w
records. The veterans Of the later asfuggle'
for liberty are yet with us, but they art
growing Old and will soon be. called TO eros.
that bourne whence no traveller returns, end
with them will perish much Of the knowl'
edge Of the heroic sufierings OF The pioneer
Of our present civilization. Records arc
also now accessible which time and decay
will soon obliterate. These should DO gath.
cred and republished In an authoritative
form. Many relics Of the past can also now
be gathered which will otherwise be scat
teredsand forgotten, The march. Of prog
ress, the demands of our constantly and rap.
idly increasing trade, are wiping out the old
landmarks and soon they also will be forgot.
ton. Photographs and paintings of old
buildings can now be obtained which are
yearly being torn down and replaced by the
modern emporiums of trade. These, OF
themselves, would form an art gallery OF the
greatest interest to visitors as well as to the
survivors of the struggle which makes our
CITY the Mecca of the modern tourists.
Through the lessons of the past we learn OF
the possibilities of the present and future.
These should be taught to the rising genera
ton, and how better can this DO done than
through the medium of local historical So
ciety? We offer this as suggestion to the
friends and promoters of the scheme tor
erecting q monument to the heroes OF the
Alamo. II is capable of being developed
into an institution which would In tine be
source of pride and instruction to every
lover of our beautiful city. In other cities
historical societies exist and flourish and
serve their purpose in the cause OF popular
education. Surely San Antonio, the chief
city of Texas, should not be behind hand In
this good work.
The :Texarkana Interstate, in a mona1nt
of virtuous indignation, spaamodic propriety
or something of that kind, reads homily on
the worldliness of the age, and deprecates q
proposition made in the Dallas HERALD by q
correspondent, to donate bale of cotton to
Mrs. Garfield, selling it throughout the me-
tropolitan cities Of the country. The idea is
q good one, and 8 handsome sum would no
doubt have been realized, as was the case
during the war, when the sanitary commits
sion sack of -four was started on its rounds.
The Interstate says:
Greed, gain and grab are the watch-words
of tho hour. and the theory of American So
cial and political institutions at the present
day ia sordid and vensl. The vile spirit OF
syarice and gain has invaded even the holy
seclusiohs of the sanctuary, and the clergy
are struggling for salaries and subsidies, and
the congregations for sumptuous and costly
places of worahip. The American people
have made for themselves o golden image,
and worship OF no other shrine. Mammon
ia the church of America. 1t heals wounded
sensibilities reclaims the criminal pardons
The convict corrupts the bench; perverts
the law, attones for sin, and sanctlhes out
RACED honor. 1t is the token Of gratitude
the evidence of respect; the synonym
of love, and the testimonial OF patriotism
We s,e these ideas strikingly illustrated In
the case of President Garfield. The inst
thought which flashed upon the American
mind was to send him a gift Of money to
soothe his sufferings and invoke his love.
Money was the first thought, long before
this PRAYER meeting device: in feet 1t almost
superseded surgical aid. The only sugges..
ton, to an American mind testifying respec'
and sympathy, was q round sum OF dollars
and now the Dallas HERALD, that patriotic
exponent of popular ideas, comes 70 the
front and tells its patrons to sell bale OF
cotton, "the receipts TO be rendered MIS-
| Garfield as expressive OF our peoples sym
patty" Shame! Shame on the age, shame
to our people. The language speaks fol
itself, and the sentiment is too humiliatiDg
to REQUIRE further comment. We trust tbs
people of Dallas will rebuke, in q fitting
manner, both the expression and Its author
Tosdyism, unadulterated, and pandering to {
principle which has filled this country will
thieves, lobbyists, yenal politicians, ring
and officials.