The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-15

ilizR,ion n, such awful cost, but they iail,
we apprehend. 10 take a sufficiently en-
larged view Of the case. \ condition Of
affair such as detailed cannot last great
while longer, and the philosophical student
may see in the not very distant future a
civilization which shall dispense its bless
Ings without imposing such onerous terms
therefor. While the indebtedness of the
nations mentioned has increased some five
thousand millions Ia the last ten years, the
very causes Of the increase may not only be
unanticipated again, but have operated
to disseminate views and awaken &C
tivity in the masses which will in
the future preclude the possibility
OF the impositions by governments, again,
of such enormous burdens. Popular thought
has ceased to regard national debts in any
other light than as curses and the dignity
and importance OF the individual man have
grown 80 in the popular mind that rulers
will not be permitted to rush nations into
war upon himsy preteSts, and for the graft
iCation of their own selfish or ambitious
views But We apprehend that the exam
pie of the United States will furnish to the
rest oftho world the most powerful weap-
ons for resisting the encrOachments OF
government and removing the present ex-
listing burdens While every other ma
tional debt has grown in the last decade
ours has been reduced some $6O00O0 900,
and since 1850 5000, 100000 more. NOtwith-
standing the fact that our debt was piled
up and the country Impoverished by a gen.
eral and bloody civil war, we have shown
the world that it Is possible to pay off a
vast debt and not seriously notice the
drain therefor, Up to within few years
back the attention of Europe was but little
directed to the United States, but now our
operations, institutions, progress and
future are the constant subjects
of study, the world over. and
the great lessons learned thcretrom are las-
tenng themselves upon the minds OF the
financiers, statesmen, and patriots, who
have the cause OF their country rather than
its reigning dynasty at heart. Even in
Russia, the darkest of the great powers, the
press il beginning TO note our conduct of
public affairs, and the contrast with. other
countries must at once be forced upon the
mind An influential Russian journal
says "The perusal of the annual budget
Of the United States gives us great pleasure.
We find that its income is ever increasing,
its expenses are decreasing, and its debts
are constantly sinking. As regards imam
cia and economical affairs in general,
America il the opposite of Europe, and
particularly in Russia, an abnormal tinan-
cia condition has become matter OF
course, so much So that We cannot help
looking on the healthy state Of finances in
the United States ~ miracle in state hus'
bandry. The civil war Impoverished the
United States hut since then they have had
profound peace, The states recovered, im-
proved lncir hushandry, encouraged in
dustry, and became rich An immense
surplus of income over expenses enables
the nited States To- lower the public debt
progressively, In Europe public debts
grow as rapidly rs mushrooms, while in
America they melt like snow. According
TO the calculations of the secretary of the
treasury, the United States will pay its
public debt in nine years, if the present
prosperity continues What salutary eX-
ample the country OF the Yankees gives to
the Old World 90 While standing
atoof from the old Worlds complications
and refusing to advise or coerce any OF the
world S independent sovereigntes 1t cannot
bc denied that the mighty influence of our
, example is the leaSen that is beginning to
permcatr the social and political organisms
fthc nations anG will cyentuate in few
year, in loo,ing the bonds that now render
/ life IN So many quarters intolcr
| able and cause men to cXClaim
"What virtue I, there in civililationT
/ In the whole oi Europe the humber citi
/ gws are beginning To recognize the fac
/ that they are interested in public affairs
and have a right TO voice therein, anC
the result is not diAichit to forecast. Tn,
only srcrc, Of national prosperity an,
( growth IS a Eve patriotic interest by every
citizen IN governmental, affairs. The tota
absence OF such interest heretofore has rem
derci Europe the miserable debtor an,
tyIaut she now IS, while the increasing
power of the individual may be dependc,
upon to redeem her and keep her Straigh
IN the future.