The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-11-11

A , editorial In the Longview Surprise, as alo
All as similar ones in some other )ouinais' con
we 40 misconceiyed while others nave lze'
the HERALD, that we deem " osi
a It to set those journals Alright. For III do
.,nce. wa are made to say that Mormon at
i'm IL productive of good laws and goou g
trails - that gambling and drinking se'
bould be free, as they hurt only Chris- DR.
i.nity," that LAW has nothing TO DO WIN Id
Individuals" etc. The columns oil 'ho be
HERALD will be searched in vain LOT th
INV such expressions, or the conveyance IL
Of any such impressions TO the candid miho' n
What we did say in the matter OF Norman h
lem was explicit, and could not be misln- u
terpreted by any one who understands the d
tongue in which we wrote. We objected Nv i
the outset to the Edmunds bill as utterly 8
ineffective for results desired. OurposlIloh
then has been more than sustained by lhe 8
outcome of the trial OF its opersIioh' {
Again We only recently took the positlUh
nat certain proposed measures against inc
Mormons werq not founded in good reason
az they eminated from certain selfish ana
interested persons who had large
financial Jobs to put through in Utah III
c,ttain bill could be framed to suit their
views. This information had been some
time since impaired to us and We wei
knew whereof we wrote when we rN' tho
country and the legislators On thr "ort
this course is defending Mormonlsm, then
make the most out oft. We challenge the
production of single line from us to evil
dence our support Of the abomination. On
the other hand, leading journals have very
pertinently asked whether, II polygamy DC
religious creed with those peo'
pie, the government proclalm'nB
the utmost religious freedom anu
federation could consistently Interfere WIN
4 the to us, dis. equitable institution in the
!. territories. Certainly the great brilisu
q government does not interfere with polyBa-
"a my, or polyandry in any OF It's territories
"a ia India or anywhere in Asia and Alrl'
n Critics should read sentences correctly Dc
fore they assign sentiments to them,
In the matter of gambling and "drink
a. ing we have time and again deplored th
r. existeno, of those most lamentable eyll'
We We are completely ignorant oil all III
II games of chance, knowing not eve
eli the difference between keno and iai
nd or the rouge ct noir. Neither nay
or wo ever during life INDUCED to excess
the first-named evil. But no legal enaotmsl
whatever was the cause of the absunen'
'm any more than the lack oil ample oppo
tai tunity. We would delight to sec all ma
~ ner of gambling, or the translerrance
o'- property without some reasonable quld p
wh alo, pass from existence. SO, too, OF drum
IL eness. We have small patience with
go drunkard, and we know but too well the
mensity of the miseries born and bred
A. the red devil that turks In tho wine ga
w. But we repe as abhorrent to
genius of free governme
's to genuine, consistent democra
IT. tue evidence of any law that dictates
IT, any individual citizen how he shall expe
a.. his own monies, employ his own time
Wv that prescribes the quantity and charac
OF food and drink he shall indulge In, ius
wiki long as he inlrnges no one else's rights
ena- desI otto government does these things,
It to III moro despotic II Is the further into
iRRo tail does II descend, even to the regulat
Iator of tho dress, tho mode OF salutation,
es al SO too does tyrannical church.
the But the Surprise says; "Can II be
waeh the editor of the HERALD believes tn
miu Is to be protected aga
NJ IN Others and that II is
,r.iss to protect him against himse
And then II goes on TO cite the case
n'1 suicides, lunatics and habitual drunkI
u "1's The surprise of the Surprise is prec
NV. our position, for 1t is exactly what VI
80 believe aud have 80 announced. The |
!" n"' lnce OF government ia not to protect
''''e' suicide against himself any more tn
Furnishes him for the act. Does it
r tina, hibit him from gradual seli-desIructiC
every opium.eating1 Physicians tell us
NJ and more trouble, disease aud death Ia
atuls. duoed by intemperanoe in eating TIL
IS 90 intemperance in drinking. Does 10
an 81. ment protect him against himself II
" war, incompetence IN eating2
49,, five begin such paternity OF govern
''.. whore Is 1t to stop7 To only test the
rectness Of rule, II must be carried
'"'' OK RENE limit. What n beautiful
. man would we thus have under the illusu
, little Just oilered' AS Tor lunaues' SoVe'l
ne. has would never undertake to care Tor IN
mt the thoir relatives aud friends could pr,
nninted handle them, any more than II woul
nv DIV. for IDIOT children. The same is appl
ge, but 10 the case OF hao''uM uruhNarI''
doctor real reason why the government take
,trike n Ia charge is the fact that whe
he will ut large they recklessly
he nm. ,guoranty infringe the rights OF
neghbors or those about them.
way II genorioally guards the social
he with ism. We never uttered such an exp
lecture AZ that charged, viz that law has u
n one OF to do with individuals" And indie
this, he fact that the Surprise 80 reports us
to get ces beyond all question, that IL
we three comprehended our position nor the
him. 1t Piles OF government We have be,
1t drank and consistent all the way throug
Is many saw the entire field before we ever
when he step and progress develops aud strsl
here. conviction, as II always does wi
ID side Of --------s--
I'VE been TAKE oAREoF TnE PooH
m exact The cold season is upon us, and
IRyiNo's Its trials and all It's risou to even I
,cess was circumstansed In this worlds
, and this ings. To them, however, Il