The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-01
Strike nj the Root of tho Evil.

IL Ia rare, very rare that q well-organized
newspaper 10 yictimized Us sorey as the
Dsllss HERALD gGs, In publishing the ese-
cial telegram from Waxahachie, announc-
ing the elopement OF a respectable young
LADY of that place With negro, The case
is perhaps unparalleled In the inlstory Of
rexs' 5 jos.n' and wanssahhNwas psediiy Is.
tabli ,hs 4, and now, We suppose, unletshl
nrecedent is to bs reversed, will come the
nsnai suit for libel, damages from the HER
ALD ior the usands OF dollars. Right now,
and In this case, is q fitting time TO insist
that there shall DO . new depsrtne IN the
Application of this law OF libel, whlq seem
tn have been devised for the etpIess lurp Cn
OF bleeding newspaper publisher. The
author of this lying despatch to tn! HER
AID can certainly be found; and when
found why not make an example OF pin IN
stsad of mulcting the HERALD? Everyone
~ sIl familiar with tho workings OF news.
papt establishment need not be top now
com pletely the publisher 10 ~ the nlrcy OF
the consciepceless or unoerin1 COT
respondent and reporter. II y hieh
time the boot shall 60 o1 the
othsr foot-let the corresponde1 pay
the iust penalty of his act. The loung
isdy st Wsxahsohie and her parents Re no
doubt greatly and justly sRgrieved. hich
viii n,oet uoothe their wounded feeliks-s
good round som Of money from theHsR-
AID. or 10 sec the author OF the teRram
behind prison bsrs where no ought per
The character aud standing OF the fALp
absolutely preclude the theory tnst mao
msiicious intent or design 10 puolhibs
the dispatch; every consideration OF apund
business policy prompted the supptslon
OF the pews II known OK suspoctsd 10 III
true. No ordinarily Intelligent j4, in
sny Texas county, can be induc'd b.
iieye that the HERALD knowingly gaYpuo
lioity to an outrageous slander. Inlcold
truth ia that the HERALD has been Ytim-
lied and treated scarcely lees paaiYnsn
ths Young lady herself. A iournsi ~ the
HxRALp has, It must be remembeP, a
reputation aud u prestige to msfnin.
When human wisdom attains perftion
the newspaper will be secure from ttns,
rsck 'eps and irresponsible corresporbnts,
mad not before. We submit that thdews-
paper has suffered long enough for y sins
| OF its newsgatberers; let the courts ny De.
gin to apply the axe at the root Oh svi
and puuish the originators OF sieders
rs,her IMAM the innocent vehicle tfeof.
Where II oAu be shown that the hper
r. An int elligent participant In the osnse,
Than there should be no mercy or coTpna-
| tion for the journal; let IL have full piieh-
ment. But We do know that In nlnctpine
out OF every enc hundred cases liz this
one OF the HEnALD's, the newspaper an
socessory only by virtue Of circumsqces.
| II IL ss Innocent, morally and legal, Of
sin. % the man who, purely IN 40 sodsnt,
IL uniortunsts enough to iniure his Sow.
man In life or limb. We hope the HhLD
viii succeed In fading the author the
despatch from Waxahachis. HIS 9nss
Vss 4 dastardly sin and he should haithe
limit Of the Law q TO punishment. hit
10 time to call . halt 70 the plac0 Q,
mskipe the paper the scapegost Of tlfesl
vrons.doer. What has befallsp thdEn-
AID Il likely, some time, TO come any
othsr publisher, and the press, - Vle,
has for certainly should havs) an I've,
ssrnest interest In the outcome othis
csse. Let the wanton llsr who has y nis
power to 40 harm for . brie, w De
him'-fFort Worth Gazette.