Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-09

exalted nature of their
duties and stiuted their perceptions
of the work before them to the con
sideutions of u parish jury or town
ship trustee, is To bring great work,
| worthy of the most profound thought
and far-seeing perceptions OF the
u eatness of "A state and the happiness
OF its people down to the most diminu-
| tive considerations. No.
THE WORDS OF THE CONSTITUTION
are explicit. They cannot be made
more explicit by any phrase
oljgy of the English language.
| they are so framed ms to-
express definitely one object and adj
NIT of no other deiinition. Mark the
words. They are plain Saxon words,
without the Interpolation OF foreign or
classic jargon. They are these: Sec.
ton mo certificate for land shall be
sold at the land office except 10 actual
settlers upon the same, and in lots not
to exceed one hundred and sixty
acres" No provision Is made for sell
ing land belonging to the general pub
lie domain elsewhere than mt the
land Office. 1t had not been custom
ary for the state to sell its lands else
where, aud this must be taken into
consideration that at the general land
Office only had the state ever sold its
land to applicants for purchase, and
vet il is assumed that 80 plain n pro-
vision as this, as plain ms the English
language can possibly define II, can be
set aside 10y II quibbling eva
sion, supposed intention,
when the language expresses
plainly one intent and can be tortured
into no other. The well established
rule that the plain intent of constl-
tu,ional provisi III cannot he made by
roundabout constructions, 10 accom-
pi sh temporary objects, however
worthy, requires no augmentation,
and the Object and effect OF this !egis-
la,ive lransgression IN pursuance of
short-sighted and uncnmprehensive
policy has not been worthy or tending
to any good, but productive OF
: serious evils, and il will
be well If before the
evil progresses further and results in
/ ternal war and bitter hatred oi
clnssps, the legislature will make u
Legislative declaration Of the wrdng,
aud direct it, law officers 20 proceed to
the recovery at the property and the
return of the money received from the
purchasers. We want no principal
tiles
BATTING UP THE HEART
of our state, and we must not have
, them, If we would do well either in
the immediate future or the
more distant future. If this
4. wrong ia not eradicated
the body polite becomes canccrous,
/ and the boy now growing up 10 Illus
trate the future of Texas will have
cause to weep as patriot and as an
| Injured citizen bitterly curse the
, wreiched incompetence Of the dabblers
with state-cIaft who imposed al inc
! rudicable cancer upon the healthiul
, body OF the state and made IL
TILE PREY or FOREIGN CORPORA
: TIoNs,
whose titles, If not now eXtinguished,
/, can never die. IL was never Intended
By the trainers of our constitution
that our prople should become tenants
mt will of foreign prince or nobility,
{ and Invested OF that independence OF
character which has made the name of
Texas II r4presen tative of that indom-
, liable courage which does not grow
up ut the fire ides of pauper peasan-
/ try controlled by rich land'd pro-
, prietary. Entertaining clearly this
view OF the uucon-titutionality of the
: lifty-cent act, aud as II consequence
the iuvalidity of all action under H.,
/ the undersigned holds the
, opinion thut the legality OF the second
i files, uy compliance with the re-
( oulrenlent Of the statute, is imma erial
and that the Interests of the state IL
+ the filing il confined To the first filing,
and the legality or illegalily OF the
transaction connected Herewith. He
takes occasion TO say that he believes
there are serious detects CONNECTED
, Herewith, and besides these above
I noted ia the main report IL the fact
7 that the hand writing OF the applica-
, ton for the survey oil 4o3 secti"ns'
which purports W oc
= made In the name OF j. r. Cotyell, at
D toruey, is evidently The same AZ that
I, written and signed walter =. Jones,
j deputy s,Irveyor,n rs agent and Is not
! similar TO the siguat ..re of Mr.. Coryell
i iu his briefs addressed to this board
7 His opinion il that there are such
' EVIDENCES OF IRREGULARIrY
, in relation 10 the surveys ~ warrant
!. the state in resisting The application
= for patents upun the original ciains,
: and that considering the latter claim
v by portion of holders, by
Z virtue Of AN assumed agreement with
q the connls ,ioner of the general hand
!, office 10 surrender the Gibson cefiih-
o Gales and lite upon all the survey,
i even and odd under the act OF July
: IA 1879. knuwp IL the iliLy-cent act,
nud under tuat agreement Ming upon
4 the even sections already set aside for
q the schoo fund. To thut there hfe
. two irr.niovnblc objections, lhe hrsl
A being that no agent Of the government
' wa- ever invested with power 10 maxi.
Y such All agreement OF surrender OIL
o rights, aud the second bsing that the
o even sectiops having been set aside by