The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09

An Address 10 The People on nIePend'
Ing Amendments.
The importance Of Education IN TINS
Age Of Progress.
Not Sufficient Interest Manifested.


District
Fv,row CITIZENS: believe 1t to be the
dutv of every member OF the legislature
who voted to submit the pending constitu-
tional amendments, to give TO MS peopie
the reason for the faith that Is In him. l
ro,r.t that | have not been able to get
nver nv district and discuss the amend
,,onts with the people, but three months
.nent at Austin this winter left my busi-
ness in such shape that II mas Deeh I'LL
PVSs SO far az the adoption of the amendments
orc concerned, the only danger lies In the
iamentable fact that the people Will ho'
take sufficient inter ST. TO vote; ot. so
Whv II is that citizen will break uoWn
h;s host horse getting TO the polls to vote
tnr Justice of the peace, ana
III stav at home when the
r,ost ;mnortant questions of government
ore In he determined by his vote is one Oh
those political problems that cant solVe.
Certainly q community would get sipns
better with bad justice OF tne peace ''i"n
fatally defective constitution. "a.
7 hone the day will come when pubic
onininn in every neigbborhood in Iexas
s,it;ii force a man to vote on every eiectlon,
w. W. IN his lies the safety and perpetuity OF
our institutions. A citizen VINO, wlCnouI
env or for a slight cause refuses 10 pelio a,l
this important duty ID as ieper vi 'n'
body polite. .ou % coo q law enacted In
~ that anv man who lives III twelve
,,,;ies of his voting precinct VINO iaiis W
Hne' shall be fined heavily, and II the
WESTON TO be voted upon is q constltu-
fionsI amendment, | hope his me VIII DC
doubled. We have got 10 ge1 a. y 'i nars
drones some way and force them 10 per
fornn a dnty they owe the country, ana the
hast wav is to make staying ut nome TOO
expensive for them; or Soma
n ubo saws he has not voted since the
MAR or who says he don't care ABOUT now
an election goes, now TINS , gnu a y, al
,,ahIa of anpreciating the dignity and re-
spnonsiblliV of American :, cltizenshlp
tbon Hotentot and all such be-
Lone nv rights 10 the car OF Russia or some
other despot. Whenever man pecones
40 disgusted with his country or Inc sunii ~
istration Gifts affairs that he can u anoiu W
take any interest in it, then that man
should he immediately transferred to some
ether country, and am not sure but What
S;heris would be good enough for him.
The ;mnortance of education in this DAY
of nroeress. it is hardly worth while TO as
cuss the Importance ana neces,
sity of general education; h.e every
man who reads ana Use us , on'
fully appreciates this and those VINO I I
nose it; either do so from ignorance OF De-
cause t;Hn tb .eay nave and fear >. too
mnch competition in the race OF lie II tne
educational requirements become 700 sen.
eral. Whenever you hnd man opposink
education. examine the ci,cul1s tt h o ~
LONGS in one class or the other, or Is man
devoid of everything but miserly instincts.
That class of men who proclaim that every
time sivou nut a book in boys hand you
take hoe out of it, and thereby ruin the
country" are not susceptible TO reason,
and their prejudice anu seii sem nS
have swallowed their judgment, ana
thew have never caught on to, anything
of what is going on in the Worlu,
I DON'T care what any mans original
views on public education may pc, as tne
LAWYERS say it is "res adJudicata' anu M
Longer open for discussion, Tor IL mas WIN
Texas and all the south become ria'oe ".
Of self-defen.e g, for all civilized nations, es-
necially our northern and eastern states;
have. after wears of experience and trial ana
large expenditures found that nothlng pays
better as an investment, or Is more Worthy
of attention OF government; .,..
All this outcry about the ricn euu t's
ing. the poor "a anu personal
mat to be arranged by each individual
to his taste. is the yer est fallacy ana deh-
aoooerv Whatever is necessary 10 be done
10 improve the general cltZensnlp oI
state or better fit people 10 govern , .nenl-
selves, il is the business OF repuuuiIi,can
government TO see that TINS is uohe' :" nav
ever burden in the way OF taxation is nee
essary to perform the proper functions Vi
Government in an economical way, IL Is tne
business Of a citizen in proportion 10 ms
wealth TO bear that burden whenever the
benefits TO him are of a general nalnre or
more special and immediate.
These men who argue that Que man man
should not help educate another man
Children can. with equal plausibility, argue
that one man should not be taxed 10 punish
another mans murderer. Such arguments
Would lead TO a primitive state Where tnere
was no systematic government.
He must be very narrow.nlnIeu in asI
who argues for private education sone' ioI
this forces each child to grow up with lhe
preiudices and deficiencies and Ignorance
~ his parents, and gives him no
chance 10 improve his condition ana tuefe-
nv Improve society. Want OF opPortuni
ties to acquire education has MADE many
tramp, vagabond aud violator OF law our
of men who would under different ellcuh,
stances have made useful members oil
society. A.
Ii IS all bosh about every man being the
architect of his own fortune unless IL be IN
country where he can easily acquire an
Education don't lessen industry but
rather directs its advantageous appilca,lon
INTERPRETATION has bad effect on the indus
trv of a country, why is 1t that the German
nation aocompiishes so much at home ana
abroad. why is il that the south Is one vast
nlantation with every body laboriHg Tor the
north where education predomlnatesf
Why Is Il that IL takes nv twelve hours
hard work to make a. much az thay 90 IN
ski Why IL IL that they eel US every
thing but raw cotton, and don't sell us that
because Il wasn't grown in that climate.
nd education merits 50 bad, why IL Il that
in every neighborhood throughout the
south you find the macnin-
cry repaired and run 81, y
educated YANKEES or foreigners; II u
causes the hoe 10 lay idle and the plow 20
rust. Wnv do you find all over north
TsTas the best fixed farmers and the most
1,rosoerous men are these Of education who
wort All The week, and Sunday read news
papers 70 see what the rest OF the Noria are
doing and what new invention bss Deen
made that they can take advantage Oh in
Intelligent men in every neighborhood,
get the toll of Of yOur crops, and WINE
they don't work any harder, they make
more out Of their labor.
The experiences Of generations and the his
tory Of every people who have Ile1 - J.
gives the lie 10 the proposition that general
education Injuries industry or IL Injurious
politically or socially.
IL h Injurious 10 despotism and caste
must crumble before IL. Hnd the sooner this
h accomplished the better u IL ior any
people. Nhatever Of advantage IN proc
s.sritv and wealth the north has over the
sCuth while traceable % q certain extent 20
the results ofWsr j. more directly tr.ceable
10 general education Whicn has
made inventors and uauuiscturers
and shrevd fsrIneis and meruhhuts snd
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