The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-12-21


In short lime w may Anticipate seeing
q algil N foyaily IN Tess In order 70
soc this faf away neck N Tie woods, lonSs
AMI his wife, the Pnisoeis Lotias, Intend
making tour ~ our state. They have
been doing british Columbia, California,
et oetora aud that tloy may see America
In every particular aud In lis fullest glory
they intend riding through aud ticking
peep at Texas II has been long,
long time since wo saw royalty ON
our SOIL but the sight is equally hs
attractive now as II ever was The rea-
live daughter OF queen Is not TO be
sneezed at, and our citizens should very
properly prepare to be both discreet ana
reverential whel the time comes. An oc-
casion ofthis character happens only once
In lifetime, and If the dear people should
fail TO appreciate 1t and act accordingly
the reputation of Texas in Europe would be
always and everlastingly ruined. But
connected with this little trip is
a feature that may not have been noticed
by the outside press but is at the same
time one Of the grossest reflections upon the
state that has ever been made. We like to
welcome distinguished visitors to Texas, and
it is questionable if in any state OF the
American Union more attention would be
shown to them, but in the proposed visit OF
royalty is the old idea that with us is crime
aud insecurity of life, and that therefore 1t
is necessary that an extra escort should be
had through the Lone Star state. The idea
and the fear and request of the marquis OF
Lorne are simply ridiculous, absurd. 1t will
be of undoubted advantage to the state
that when thorough canvass has been
m ade thereof when the most distin-
guished characters have gone through
! it from length to breadth, and see
nothing to shock or unnerve them
that they will be able to say to the world
that life is as safe and society as well bal
anced in Texas as anywhere in the Ameri-
can Union. In speaking of this matter
Pacific slope exchange does us the kind
| ness to say in referring editorially to the
request of the Marquis of Lorne for mill
tary escort through our state, as follows:
"Since the above was written the news is
given that wnile the Marquis of Lorne has
not requested military escort ON the pro-
posed trip through Texas, SECRETARY LIN
COLIN says that one of GENERAL SHEER
MANS staff has been detailed to furnish
the necessary escort to the MARQUIS and
party All the worse for the military can
didate for the 1884 presidency. Texas will
resent the snobbish insult, or it is not the
Texas we take it for" While it will be a
pleasure for us to take charge of and see
through our state safely a couple of repre-
sentatives of royalty, it is really an insult
to say that an escort is necessary for any,
body to go through Texas. The MARQUIS
OF LoRNE and his royal bride might
90 through the United States
and mix indiscriminately with
every class of society, but they would not
find in any of the states society more
cautiously framed or one that would be
more critically careful of their fame and
welfare than that of Texas will be found.
| We have one of the most orderly states in
\tbe Union, one where life and property
lis secure as in any portion
of the world, and to intimate that such Is
not the fact is the broadcast insult that can
he paid to Texas We desire most earnestly
to see Texas honored by this proposed visit
of royalty but it is, as the outside world
knows, the most fragrant insult to the state
to demand that military escort be furn-
ished through the commonwealth.