The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-26

act il one deserving severe and certain pun
jshment as being disrespeo to the courts |
of the land; but with all this We often hear OF
no less disgrscelul deeds that occur among |
our northern bretnern, and therefore think
they have not the moral right to criticlse the
south more than their own section.
The Waco Telephone wsnts Galveston let
severely alone, and says.
\Somo one has said: "Don't tell the editor
how to run his paper. Let the poor devil
weed his own hard row and lnd out for
himself" The Same policy will apply to|
Galveston. Let her go on in her stiif-neckod
way until cyclone, or Houston, or some
other seaport wipes her out. Then she will
be- available Is y perpetual warning to the
seaport that supplsnts her The interior
paper, il il wants to convince the merchant
princes, can make them Shake in their
boots and come down with "lat ads" b.
simply saying remember Galveston" The
example ANA the admontiou will be as pO-
tent as u big circulation. We insist that
Galveston be left unWarned for her terrible
lHtp. But all badnage aside, ii occurs to Us
Ihat tho practice alluded to is carried to an
extreme not justiilable by tho facts in the
case or anything else. Tho Telephone has
had very view Galveston advertisements in tis
columns. All it has had came voluntarily.
We have never sent solicitor there, and
bsvo no idea Of trying tho experiment. But
the Telephone has always felt that ~ ND
got along without Galveston advertising, qst
rs it can without patronage from N1w Or
leans OF ST. Louis, OF course wo should be
glad TO have more than has been the case,
but the facts rs they exist donot impel us TO
take up erudge against Galveston, or New
Orleans, or ST. Louis Galveston is the
largest city in tho state. We are gra,ifed,to
mole the progaess she has made and small DO
glad TO 500 her prosper, rs W. will Houston,
San Antonio Dallas and other cities. There
is room md work for all these cities and thoy
should bo permitted TO pursue their work Us
they gee proper. Ia like manner thoro are
business opportunities for the interior pe-
psr-, If they will only work them up aud
utilize them, outside Of Galveston.
Captain NJ. A. Harrison has purchased
half Interest in the Longgiew Democrat, and
in tho last weeks Issue Of that paper has his
salutatory in which he says:
1t shall be my highest aim to assist in
making the Democrat Il irst-Class local pa
per, devoted TO tho best interests of Gregg
county and Eastern Texas, and IN iudispens.
able adjunct to every household. In order
to do this VIC must have the confidence, the
esteem and Co-operatiOA of all good citizens.
paper but poorly patronized must of
necessity be poor paper. This Is fact
patent 10 every reasonable intelligence. We
purchased half interest in the Democrat
and become an equal partner with Mr..
Withers with tho full assurance that gener.
GUS and appreciative public will accord to
us a liberal patronage, such rs viii enable
ia TO place the Democrat. in the front ranks
Of Texas journalism. | have dwelt with the
people of Gregg county for ten years, am
personally acquainted with majority of
them and have been intimately associated
with many Of them, and can trulhfuly state
that they arc neither hide bound" nor "old- !
fcggyish," but a live, active, progressive md |
generous people that need only TO be con,
ynced of tho morris OF an enterprise TO raj ly |
to its support.
The Houston Post has It's own opinion
about the negro, and thus speaks Of thatvery
useful quantaly in tho body polite Of Che
south:
1t was freely prophasiod that after eman.
cipUNOn the negro race would dwindlo away
Va numbers, and ike tho Indlsns, would |
decrease 10 tho point of extraction. There
wero several good reasons tor this suppcsi.
Ii o.: |. Tho promiscuou5 mode of llo be-
tween the soXes, SO largely ca Tact3ris.in of
tha race whom removed from rsstrainst,
would twas thought tend to rct9ri the in
crease Of tho rasoou physiological grounds
, The carelessnes3 OF parents, as IA ruo, ia
reference TO the roaring of their children,
particularly in Infancy, and their ndller-
enco and inability to provide for their Off
spring when sick, would seem to initiate
against any large ratio OF increa3a. 3. The
thrlftless habits of tho race suboCJiug them
TO exposure, want Of proper food, clothing
and shelter, when left to their own devices,
were believed to form 3 serious obstacle TO
any marked multiplication Of numbers.
These reasons combined were Thought to be
insuporahle barriers to anything like IN
cQu,l increase Of lhonegro population with
the general advance. The practical result.
as shown by tho census of 1880, has thrown
MI these calculations to tho wind. The
blacks have increased in the twenty yesrs
from 1860 to 1880 from 100000 to 6.000.-
600 in round numbers. This period is taken
MS tho most reliable, since the census Of 1870
is contessoiiy an incorrect one, as far Us the
south is concerned,
1t is only the newspaper man who has
to look through fifty or
hundred dilroren. newspapers every
day who 500 oil the ioo'ishness
that goes into print, Now could there we'll DO
any thing stupder than the following from
the Greoayille Independent
There is bin betor the legislature TO ex-
umpt manufactures from taxation for a
PERIOD Of years, Tho argument in favor OF
is that it will induce capitalists to build up
large manufacturing establishments in our
state, and in tho course Of time will add
largely to the taxable property of the state.
No one is moro anxious IN sec manufactures
established all over the state than we are,
and we believe it right and proper that all
reasonable Inducements should DO offered to
induce capitalists 10 locate in our state. AT
tho same time we think il would be much
moro desirable for the legislature TO exempt
from taxation the homestesds Of the poor
farmer and mechanic, who wishes to come
to Texas, than that otthe capitalist Capital
is able to take care OF itself, while this class
Of men needsassistsnce. If there are to be
any privileged classes in Texas, let it be men
who are pecunirly oppressed and not those
who count their wealth by the thousands.
FORT WORTH.