The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-27

whole or Greer county for .bo same rurpoaej
ard thers "a now hill loft over 100000
acres Of unnpproyristod lands.
Texas has good body Of laws In tho
main, and they arc ns well executed for tho
protection OF life and property as the con-
dition OF the country, with population OF
strangers continually flowing into II, and tho
means and agencies employed, will permit,
with the prospect Of gradual improvement.
She has system OF public FREQ schools Or
gained, in which the scholastic popustisn
has been taught four months 10 the year,
upon An average over the state, and which
permits incorporated cities and towns TO rs.
sumo control of their own schools, and, by
conscnting 70 tax themselves, may have their
common schools taught as long as they do
sire. In addition, there arc two normal
schools, one white and the other for coloreS
pupils, who are supported at the public ex-
pense, except in the matter of clothipg, and
m agricultural and mechanical college, in
successful operation. And she has qusrsn-
tine laws that have for fosr successive years
secured her people FROM yellow fever, that
during part ofthnt timo has tsrribly scourged
other portions of the southern states; the
taxes, though surdsnaons only ON account
Of the largs amount Of unproductiSe prop.
erty in the shape of uncultiSated lands, arc
s!ill much lower thar tksy are in most of the
states of the union, though she has a small
public debt, surplus in tho treasury, and 4
public credit equal to any staio in the United
States.
This CONDENSED presentation of TEXAS,
with her institutions, her varied and vast ca
psbililies, aud the provisions made already
to give thsm direction, will give the idea Of
tho wsighty responsibilities vesting es shoEs
who are new, or may be hereafter, invested
with the control of tks stats government,
and also Of Whist deliberate judgment sad
political skill must be continually exercised
by them to wisely manage thass great affairs
of state.
Those constituting the state government,
who now and hereafter are to have control
Of these gHeat affairs Of state must bear in
mind that there is another government that
acts directly and indirectly upon the same
people within the taAe territory, and moro
or less upon the same great interests involved
which is the government of the United
States, ae it ia now administered.
In the historic voyage Of states, it is we'll
occasionally to make reckoning of their
true position in order to judge of their fu-
ture course.
The great and wise men who devised and
instituted the systems of governments, of
which Texas Is now part, provided for III
9Ef 3p 59i55 52 interests of ali Of the
states combined, as IN commerce, war and
the liks, undor special powers dele
gated to il; and that each state.
should promote and take care of
the private and public interests Of its
own people; and that each government
federal and state-should have, and exercise,
the power TO make and enforce laws over the
same people, and in the same country, aecea.
sary to perform its duty in the promotion of
the distinotiVely different interests confined
10 each government; and that, thereby, one
of said governments would not undertake to
do that which was intrusted to and imposed
on the other.
The system Of thess wise and patriotic
men was thought to be wise then, in thus
separating the powers of government in
reference to the objects to be promoted by
each ono Of them. This division has not
been adhered TO, as 10 demonstrated BY the
present state OF public affairs in this country.
Much of the business that engages the at
IGNITION and action Of the general govern
ment nowis TO promote tho interests of par
Iicular sections and classes Of persons within
The stste. y state now instead of being, as
intended, regnum in regno, is
regnum sub regnO; that is, all of its sup
posed deficiencies aud incapacities TO pro.
mote the private interests of its own people
are supplemented or provided for by supe-
-isr power, according TO its discretion and to
accomplish its purposes. The gehersl gov
is now actually engaged in the bust
ness Of Matching fish and sending them alive
,ver the county to furnish food for the peo-
pie within the states, and az the same time
giving 10 particular clssi Of citizens within
he states a large bonus out of the public
reasury to expert sailed dead fish 20 for
,ign parts. 1t has been engaged in finding a
way to stop the grasshsppers that obscure
he radiance Of the sun in their fight, and
vat up the wheat and other green things in
he peoples farms where they light. The
too, have engaged their at
ention to aid the cotton planter and insure
,otton to the cotton-mills within the states.
rhs farming interests of citizens are pro- |
noted by in the cultivation Of a model gar
len, and the collection sf and sending out of |
eeda of meas and heane. end other thinra al
Utility and fancy. These may be small mat
ore, but they, therefore, the more plainly |
how how careful the general government Is |
u attending 10 tho private interests of |
he people within the states wherein the |
tste governments have failed 10
10 IL. Nor has il neglected their
,reaier private interests. II has fur |
listed them with circulating medium
4 bank notes and legal tender treasury notes
a place Of money coined. II has chartered |
silronds 10 be operated within the states,
ne Of which is in our own state. Il has co
RAGGED tho exercise of lis powers, aud nov
proiessedly that the manufacturer Of cot
On and woolen cloths, hats, shoes and othar
hings that are bought and used BY the con
1niers is paid proieciionist bonus, and
- one, zoo, for investing his capital and
h0r IN those pursuits, and that j. demo " !
r1roie the private iuterests Of Eono classes
Z ( -sons within a state OF states 90 siiuaiod
: 70 follow those pursuits. Every pound y
{ freight carriod-in vessel from Boston q
'sw York 3 Galveston pays ia The am %.
atfgel for ia bonus or subsidy 10 the way If |
n additional charge on u 20 The man CT coa- |
sns thaf built that vessel, BY reason Of ~
ct that be or they built that vessel wthng
ie lrlilory IN ssme slate within the Uniltd |
ialss; that Is - promote private interest
iae rhip-buildeTs relosidirg within SOM |
s.o or states. Every pound OF freight
srlei upon our railroads, carries within |
rc charge for q subsidy % the iron manufic-
urar of Pernrlvanis. New York OF SINE
ftor stsie. The weol-raisers Of .wes.sra |
'exsa nd elsewhere are paid indirectly .