The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-18
"tNTEI.LIGENCE."
4 Correspondent Believes the MASSES
Lack that Tncuity-iiis kensons for the
ASSUMPTION.

4 Corr.spond.nt Believes the Masses
Lack that Tnculty-nis i,ensons for the
Assumption.
DALLAS. juno II. Editor HERALD. F.
Intelligence ~ great misfortune of the
masses of the people the want of n taste,
desire for II, II Is indifferent to the
most important matters connected Win
their well-being, th.l- success, lhoir
happiness Ignorance Of the sublrcis
that are the very foundation of their
rights, their dearest interests, their civil
liberty. Everything Il mt stnkei thcir
religion, their social order, their ciNilizn-
ton, and vet they take no Thought, tneN
do not know, they make no inquiry.
And what Is IL? Jim Blaine * the nomi-
nee of the Republican party for president
of tho United States. Before this writing
there Is scarcely a household IN me
States of this Union but has hoard the
word: "Blainc is nominatcd-3l Blaine II
Z the candidate of the Republican party
( for president" This IL said aud that II
all. It Is Just merely said. only mn idle
announcement; 1t ELECTS no thought, no
reflections. No questions are asked, mo-
body cares. Tho wife Is silent the daugh-
ter saws nothing, the boy * IN
different. and such Indifference per-
yndes, perhaps, thrco-fourths, or more,
of the masses of the people. 1hcy 90
not inquire who Mr. Blaine is, whore he
resides, or what his characteristics are.
/ They take no thought whether or not he
will make Il good president; whether or
not he il capable OF making good pres
! idcut: what his moral character is; what
his talents: what his learning; what his
worth as man consists IN, that ne
should bc placed in the position of presi-
dent of the United states made the
supreme magistrate of all this great peo-
-. MN s,sl. al. Al
great country, nearly every one OF
whom il as good as he. AT least scNen-
tcnths of the masses are, and no doubt
ouc-hnlf of those whom Mr.. Blaine ana
his coadiutcrs have elevated above the
masses by their unfair, unjust ana cor
rupt practices i'm the cr?acity of public
servants. are ns good If not better, than
he. and vet they will make no inquiry
into his private or public history. By
the want of intelligence people
lose their liberties. The desire oi
power in ambitious demagogues is insa-
iiaio. Those who have gained footing
upon the ladder that leads to despotisnl
becomes wholly inscriptions. Corrup-
ton, inordinate wealth and monopoly
are the three powers that legislation can
not resist. They are invingiblc in all
polemic contests. They lose all sense OF
self-preservation in efforts To destroy the
elements of their own existence.
The masses of the people create inc
wealth, and they do ii without the aid or
benefit of lcgslation-in great meas
ure without the necessary defense OF
their rights. A few people amass the
wealth by the aid and benefits of lcgisln-
ton and they make ii n means, through
legislation, to Cypress, distress and har-
rass the masses by unjust burthens of
taxation that go directly into their own
pockets to increase their power to OPP
press. And the people will not take n
single step TO inform themselves on
which side of this contest Mr.. Blaine has
been arrayed and now stands. Liberty
is the dearest right of man, and yet
so few, 80 very few, understand the
value of it, or will inform themselves of
the character of material they employ to
preserve il.