The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-03-03

The Fort Worth Advance saysl

The Fort Worth Advance saysi
! Tho recent wholesale lynohing IN Tennessee,
has given tho stalwarts Of tho north another
chance TO yell themselves hosrse over tho so
called awlessneas Of tho south nd they Gr,
making good use Of the opportunity. On,
would well incline 10 suppose, upon hearing
thor derlgiyo shrieky, that the war had begun
, Nfrosh and thst the kuklux band had again
sprung into existence by tho tens and hun
dreds Of thousands; but facts of the case
will show that, even In Tennessee, and upon
the scene of the late ozctement excepting
vigorous efors 10 thoroughly execute the
laws, all IL peace aud serenity comparatively
the same as would BIO tho case in the north
under similay general circumstances. The
crminality Of tho late act of lynching can
only be measured by large figures, and the
act 10 one deserving severe and certain pun
| ishment us being disrespect to the courts
of the land; but with ali this we often hear Of
no less disgraceful deeds that occur among
our northern brethren, and therefore think
they have not the moral right TO criticise the
south moro than their own section.
Tho Waco Telephone wants Galveston let
severely alone, and says:
| Some one has said: "Don't tell the editor
how to run his paper. Let tho poor devil
weed his own hard row and find out for
himself" The same policy will apply to
Galveston. Let her 60 on in her stifs-necked
way until a cyclone, or Houston, or some
other seaport wipes her out. Then she will
be available rs perpetual warning to the
seaport that supplants her. The interior
paper, il it wants to convince the merchant
princes, can make them shake in their
l. 4 ~, .lE l, - ~,
simply saying "remember Galveston" The
example and the admonition will be as po-
tent as 70 big circulation. We insist that
Galveston be left unwsrned for her terrible
fate. But all badinage aside, it occurs to US
that the practices alluded to is carried to an
extreme not justifsbe by the facts in the
case or anything else. Tho Telephone has
had very vew Galveston advertisements in tbs
columns. All il has had came voluntarily.
We have never sent solicitor there, and
baye no idea Of trying the experiment. But
the Telephone has always felt that it could
get along without Galveston advertising, Just
as it can without patronage from New Or
leans or St. Louis. Of course we sho j be
glad to have more than has been the case,
but The facts as they exist do not impel us to
take up a grudge against Galveston, or New
Orleans, or ST. Louis. Galveston is the
largest city in the state. We are gratifed.to
note the progress she has made, and shall be
glad to see her prosper, as we will Houston,
San Antonio, Dallas and other citiesA There
is room and work for all these cities aid they
should be permitted to pursue their work rs
they see proper. In like manner there are
business opportunities for the interior pa
pers, if they will only work them up and
utilize them, outside of Galveston.
7 L.
half interest in the Longview Democrat, and
in the last weeks issue of that paper has his
sslutatory in which he says:
1t shall be my highest aim to assist in
making the Democrat tirst-class local pa
per, devoted to the best interests of Gregg
county and Eastern Texas and an indispens-
able adjunct to every household. In order
to do this, we must have the confidence, the
esteem and corporation of al good citizens.
A paper but poorly palronized must of
necessity be poor paper. This Is fact
patent to every reasonable intelligence. We
purchased q half interest in the Democrat
and become an equal partner with Mr..
Withers with the full assurance that gener-
Gus and appreciative public will accord TO
us liberal patronage, such rs will enable
us to place the Democrat in the FROM ranks
of Texas journalism. L have dweit with the
people Of Gregg county for ten years, am
them and have been intimately associated
with many of them, and can truthfully state
that they are neither "hide bound" nor cold
f0ggyish," but live, active, progressive and
generous people that need only to be con-
WINGED of the merits of an enterprise to rally
to its support.
The Houston Post has its own opinion
about the negro, and thus speaks Of that very
useful quanisty in the body polite of the
south:
1t was freely prophesied that after eman-
cipation the negro race would dwindle away
in numbers, and, ike the Indians, would
decrease to the point of extinction. There
vera several good reasons for this SUPPOSE
q IL: ]. The pTomiscuous mode of life be-
tween the sexes, so largely CHARACTERISTIC of
the race when removed from restranst,
would it WAS thought tend to retard the in
crease of the race GU physiological grounds.
2. The carelessness of parents, as u rule, in
reference 10 the rearing of TIER children,
particularly in infancy, ana their indiller-
enee and inability 20 provide for their of
spring when sick, would seem TO initiate
against any large ratio of increase. 3. The
thriftless habits Of the race subjecting them
to exposure, want of proper food, clothing
and shelter, when left TO their own devices,
we're believed 10 form serious obstacle to
any marked multiplication of numbers.
These reasons combined were thought TO be
insuperable barriers to anything like an
equal increase Of the negro population with
the general advance. The practical result,
rs shown by the census of 1880, has thrown
al these calculations to the wind. The
blacks haze increased in the twenty years
from 1860 TO 1880 from 4200O00 TO 6.000.-
900 in round Numbers. This period Is taken
as the most reliable, since the census of 1870
Is confesseily an incorrect one, as far as the
south is concerned.
1t is only the newspaper man who has
10 lock through fifty or a.
hundred different newspapers every
day who see all the foolishness
that goes into print. Now could there well be
any thing stupider than the following from
tn Greeuville Independent
There is a till befor the legislature 10 ex-
empt manufactures from tsxstion for 8
period Of years. The argument in favor Of