The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-26
STATE pngss REVIEW

TIE Alvarsio Bulletin, commenting upon
the remarks of ex. President Davis delivered
a! the unwilling of the "Stone Wall' Jackson
monument in New Orleans, a week or go
ago, and over which some of the northern
republican papers have raised such howl,
very acnsibly says;
And suppose IL does give rise to comment
in tic north. Anything that Mr. Davis
might cay would be unfairly criticised in that
section, and we think 1t high time that peo-
pie Forth and south should give over dissems
bling, sychophancy and Hypocrisy and
speak the truth whether it hurts or not. MIR.
Davis only gave utterance to what he be-
lieves, and we may aad that his sentiments
will be echoed by hundreds of thousands OF
people of these United States without regard
10 state lines. And furthermore, there is
not particle of treason or danger to the
republic from such truthful utterances. The
north will learn sooner or later that the
southern people were born free and they in
tend to live free beneath the glorious stars
and stripes, and no amount of sectional
badgering will ever betray them from the
honest duty they owe the government.
The Gainesville Register lie the best week
ly paper in North Texsa and one Of the best
10 the tie. 1t Is true some Of its editorials
are rather hard to digest, but there is no
paper but has its weak points. For general
news it is unsurpassed. The Register pro-
pounds the following polygsmc coDundrum:
If polygsmy is wrong and sgaiust the laws
of the country we would like to know why
it is permitted. Even the Chickasaw and
Choctaw Indians have abolished it. Why
then ia it permitted In Utah? We venture
the assertion that no one can give any plaus-
ible reason. The silly excuse Of religious
freedom will not do. Our laws are all ioun-
ded on the teachings of the Christian religion
and it is impossible to discard the Bibis il
the administration of public justice. Sup
pose religious sect should spring up which
taught and practiced the doctrine that it
was right to rob and kill all who were
opposed to them or that should offer out Of
their own number human sacrifices, and there
are such sects in the world, would any one be
such stickler for religious liberty rs to
apologize for such practices? The practice
of polygamy as taught by the Mormo is
Just as much crime against hun ny rHd
against the we'll. being of the c,rntrJ 3
either or tnOS6 cDuulSThlsu anu tuo : jf'I'i-
ment is ss much bound to suppress il. Tne
exis,e5 CO oH this Mormon practice is a Stigma
upon the civilization of the nineteenth cen
fury.
Tie Fort Worth Democrat thus discounts
upon newspapers and the community in
which they are published, and it strikes the
nail square in the head:
The business of a country can be easily
determined by the appearance of its newspaS
pers. Where business is dull and declining
the press will invariably present q shabby
showing they ere without that
support necessary to make good journals
On the contrary, prosperous community
lends IN able support and thereby places
journalistic enterprise upon an equal footing
with the general run of business, enabling
newspapers to appear before the public in
most enviable light. The condition of the
Texas press shows very clearly that this
state is ahead of her sisters in tho east in
point of business and general enterprise. In
those states east of the Mississippi river
many cities claiming 10 600 to 1900 inbabi
.ants seem utterly unable to support a,dds smmg
aper of any kind. The country ,houg!
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