The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-24
MONEY RULE.

is II better to look question squArely IN
the face or.to quadrangle the oeunttnance
and evade the impending ISSUE For our
selves we answer thar the danger threaten
ing should be promptly met, not only on
the principle that evils in The distance de
crease 10 their proportions as you advance
towards them, but because honesty and
msnliness demand such a course. On this
idea we have lately considered both from
the press tone and from expressed indi
vidusl sentiment the very remarkable
condition of affairs in the republic
established by GEORGE WASHING
TON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JonN HANCOCK
and their co-adjutors. The situation is
somewhat different now from what 1t was
in the days Of those patriots, and that di'
vergence will be readily recognized when
we state, as the pettifogger in the play says
without fear of successful contradiction"
that the incomes of at least score OF indi-
viduh citizens are now greater than the
full receipts OF the treasury at the period
to which we refer. So true is this observa-
ton that IL is unnecessary TO name the par
ties whose princely incomes so far
exceed the revenue of n sim
pie republic, founded on great
principles, in the eighteenth century.
This only means that these great money
holders have great power in their hands.
The extent of their power is pertinent
question. The limits of an editorial forbid
its elaboration, but we categoriCally answer
that they use it.. 1t is highly probable the
general readers keep pace with current
events, and every rejecting man will pause
and remember AMI he will advert to these
two facts. First that GOULD and JEwETT,
according TO published reports, both testi-
fled that they used money success
fully before the legislatures oil New
York and Pennsylvania, and again, that
in their evidence they nouted the idea that
many men were not approachable by
money. Now, if men think in that way,
and have the money 10 back their convic-
tons as to the public yenalty, and If their
convictions are based on experimental OBJ
servation in the two greatest, or rather lar
gest states of the Union sit not about time
that the grand citizenship should be aroused
to sense Of wnat seems TO be impending
danger. The question before Americans is
this--shoud money kings be watched But
the jealous Americans, who believe that
eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty, say
money is power and man Is weak. The
very truths that prevailed in years long
ago live in all their freshness now. Men
who have money have power-they use
their means for their own personal gratif.
cation and advancement. II successful
enough to enable him to live handsomely
from the capital he would at once become
anxious to spend the margin OF his income
in some way that would make him
more prominent socially and in
business circles than he had been.
He would bend his energies to this end. If
he has u daughter marriageablo he wants
a titled nobleman for her husband and his
notions become exaggerated from their or
iginal proportions to the full development
otthe "beggar on horseback Senators
from many of the states without inherting
property are becoming rich. Men in office
are building fine houses and living in anlu.
ence Many elections for senator show the
power OF the rich man, and it has become
proyerbal that it is hard for 4 money m an
to be convicted of the most afro
ci0us crime. The DUKES acquital
confirms the idea Of Pennsyl.
vanians whose views were not over and
above conservative ut the most There are
exceptions, aud even some innocent men
are undoubtedly working out their terms,
but STILL all the facts recited, so to show
that money is power, and that few are ac-
cumuloting the bulk OF circulation, We
are neither partiaan nor alarmlst but from
information obtained from all quarters. it
may not be out of place to send forth II
warning that is worthy of attention and
discussion.