Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-18
FENCE CUTTING
And Other Pertinent Thoughts on Cur
rent Topics Of the Day.
re the Ciszett'


The fence-cutling troubles are assum-
! ing, yea, have already reached alarm
ing proportions The eyes OF the
world, as IL were, are upon Texas now,
and men are wondering II such things
can exist in civilized communities
without remedy, IL is not the helm
BUSINESS of the crime, nor the extent TO
which it prevails, though that Is
great which eXcites attention, 40
much as that the crime goes us-
punished. What is the reason
for this anomalous condition
OF things in section where the stat
utes against all other crimes are en-
| forced and where order rs pertaining
to other things prevails? What shall
we do? is there II rock in the sea,
and il the ship of state approaching IL
with tiller ropes broken and helpless
crew. think not. Are there two
sides TO the question? There are al
WAYS two sides to every question. Lei
the newspapers and our public men
discuss the question calmly ana as
passionately. If the fencer has done
wrong to the cutter, let him make the
d,,iende honorable, and let every effort
be made to show him that ne
ought to do il and do IL quickly
When the cause IL removed, let the
present law be- enforced against fence
cutting. 'Whatw says some one.
.wait for something else before you
enforce the law" Yes, my friend, to
enforce law effectively, you must
have more force behind the law. Ed
uc,te the people up to the point OF en-
forcing this law, and then II viii be
enforced and not before. In thls
country the people are sovereign, and
If from any cause they are averse to
the enforcement of any statute, II be-
comes "A dead letter and Is not worth
the paper on which il Is written. Let
Us educate the fencer and the cutter
nm 10 the point that they may see the
wronpfulncss OF their practices and
the remedy sill apply itself.
The ADMINISTRATIONS in the United
states in favor of O'Donnell, the muir.
derer of Carey, the informer, led by
Congressman Robinson of New York
and Fineriy OF Chicago, Is absurd ana
ridiculous in the extreme. O'DOnnell
has been fgirl convicted of red-handed
murder. and ought, by all means, TO
he hung. What If he Is citizen oil
|
crime? Are we 10 go ~ war Win EN-
gland, US Finerty and Robinson wouid
have us. because she has, after her ai-
dent methods, condemned man 70 pe
hung for a cine, the penalty OF when
is death? No, a thousand Times no!
We have enough TO do 10 attend 10 our
own troubles. Do not interfere WIN
other peoples business and tolerate
none with ours.
"Times change and men change
with them" In October last tne
fiftieth anniversary of The New YORK
Anti-slayery society was celebrated III
that city. The first meeting ana Or
ganization of the society IN 1888 was
made the occasion for riot, ana 10
violent was the opposition 10 aDoll-
tionism at that day, even 10 Now
York. that the participants IN the or
eanization had 10 slip out nj the DacR
door for fear of personal violence from
the mob which ragged ana Ioafed III
front of the house. The newspapers
OF the city, with scarcely an eAcep-
ton. bitterly attacked the movement
next day. ''All Is changed anu
we are changed" A meeting
TO day In Memphis or New Orleans
formerly headquarters for the niaNe'
traders, for the propagation or Gu
couragement of slavery, would, II toi'
Grated at all, be looked upon NJ the
chinerical caper ofcranks ana ioois.
Christmas old, old, but ever
true story! The shepherds "stehins
their fiocks by night on the mis- ~
Judea. the star which guided them 70
the lowly manager, the virgin no'ner'