The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24

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mn or mUrr UilhF yaCummrudtg, There
Is ,othlur that hos given me % much
trouble a.. tyr IaHittsEr-' prevailing ib'
the last irw months, itiH
A MOT UPON OuE ClNILIgATllS,
n dapreciagrs values, felards the growth
and dew lapmput ui the c0uulry, and,
worst OF Ill, . not arrested, Will lead 20 r.
tal:ntiou, tn Cuds, and 10 bOOdshed, the
ills of which our generation Will Iol cut
live My ouly motive being - draIte 10 40
the little good IN my pp|ts Tor tue people
who sent me htgr, eau listen sHimiy,
any remedy 10 propose, hUd Hm glad when
mod ANYTHING, IL matters not iFOm what
source u cImCs, that promises 10 benefit
mankind. ACer pat nj Investigation !
am forced O. the conclusion that this bill
is quack remedy and that the doctors
who compounded The specific m!HlOuk the
disease. IL their anxiety TO Introduce
sometnlng tHat wtll SUIT tue taste of every
one, tney have introduced VIVA. chemists
cali iucuu pstibirs," and have made u
compound as dangerous ~ dynamite.
They have also have 20 suggr-C,at theii
medicine so az TO conceal the Tea, nature Vi
the cOmpuuut, sud hide their motives
and purp srl under speclCus pIttenses OF
serving the people aud the school children.
The title Of he bill il fraud aud its pre-
amble IS u deluSion and Il snare.
1T REVOLUTIONARY
in its tendencies ana, without consulting
the Interest or the wishes of the great ma.
iority of the people, attempts TO OyertuTn
the customs under which we and our fore
fathers have lived for ages IL seeks 10 Gre
ate new officers Known as Grass Commits.
sioners," with extraordinary and unusual
powers, authorizes 10 march over the coun-
try ut will, followed by u martial baud OF
state troops. 1t seeks to make the state
through her agents, armies and grass COM
missioners, collect for the use OF the owner
rents Tor ali OF the uninclosed lands OF this
state. IL seeks To strike ht the foundation
of the rights oi mankind by dragging the
citizen hundreds OF miles from home, aud
forces him to appear for trial at places the
most remote and inconvenient that cruelty
and "A genius Tor oppression COu Il devise.
They tell us hat this Is necessary Ia enforce
the law This is doubtless true, The law
would be so odious TO tho people that It's
friends would need "a state as broad rs the
continent in which TO find county suit
.l.I to- taAr IN ar "a ~
ever send man so the penitcntiary ior
violating its provisions
THE AUTHOR CT THIS REMEDY
tells us that the state must take II and Try
it or thousands Will leave the democratic
party, Be 1t so. The democratic party
will be better of without them. Let them
70 TO the opposition with this bill as their
platform, and the opposition will be odous,
In the spring time when my father wished
to improve the condition OF puny horse,
make hun shed and look better, he gave
poplar bark. II called upon to prescribe
Tor the democratic party, would give pop.
lar bark till 1t shed all of lis leaders who
have tor their motto, Consistency ls The
virtue OF fools.' Inconsistency, vscilla-
ting policy, and an inclination to change
with every breeze and stoop to take on
every hobby will shake the confidence of
the people in any party. The principles OF
right and OF Justice which should shape
the policy OF states and control the &C.
tions of men are as ancient as time and AS
lasting as the hills. They are the same in
peace and in war, In prosperity and in ad-
yersity. In times OF trouble wa should
only stick the closer to them. 1t was by
policy
AS INCoNsTATT AS THE WIND
and as Inconsistent and contradictory as
the smsrtest man could wish that much OF
the widespread dissatisfaction which now
~. LA
tice are always consistent, and so should
be all Jaws passed for the good OF mankind.
If, as the senator from Travis says he can
snuff discomfort IN the air lie breathes, and
can hear the rum bling oil the distant thuu-
der indicating an approaching storm that
will sweep like a cyclone over the land,
prostraling our liberties and our institu
tiops is not thisdu to the beautiful, III
constant policy which he has so aOly
helped to engrait upon the state Tor the last
seven years? The people have, with bated
breath aHd anxious eye, watched him pal
anCing on the fence, not knowing till too
late upon which side he would jump. Even
now Solomon himself, alter reading The
aDie speech, could not tell upon
which side Of the fence he stands. But to
come down TO the case IN hand. This dis
ease they say is that men will not purchase
or lease school land.
THE REMEDY PROPOSED
is to CON pei them Oy marching armies the
roar OF cannon and the rattle of musketry.
II speaks Of all 'the pride, pomp and cir
of glorious war; We can hear
The Strains of M rtlal music, can sea the |
plumes nouding in the Dretze. The glitter
Of the bayonet in the sunlight, and the prai
RE dog ma king for his hole. 1t is not true
that the people OF the west have refused TO
purchase or lease school lands or to pay tor
The grass upon which the cattle feed. The
events OF the last few years show that this
charge is Islander and false pretense, to
conceal some Interior design. These lands
IN 1881 were mt upon the market for sale,
with restriction that no one could pur-
chase more tban seven sections. The lands
)f but few. counties under that act were Oh
cred for sale. The lands went SO fast tnat
hey had to De taken off the market and
he pnrchasers were denounced by the ad,
,ocates of this remedy as ''land sharks"
md ..swindlers." About the same time
Jome of'the supporters OF this measure
,lsced the vacant lands of the state on the
market at 80 cents per acre. Thev were
purchased 70 fast that the virtuous indigna-
ion OF the makers OF that law was aroused
Ind the buyers was denounced as
"THIEvEs' AND "swINDLERs."
Twelve months ago some OF us worked
liligently for the passage OF a law providing
oy leasing out school lands in order to raise
eyepue for the education of the children of
he state, to whom these lands belong. We
net with bitter and relentless opposition
rom the author OF this bill and his allies OF
o-day They were then unwilling to lease I
single acre of school land to any person or I
Or any purpose; but now, with an Incon-
Istepcy worthy the wisest of men, they {
ropose not Only to lease every acre OF {
chool land in the state, but to torce men {
D lea.e % TO sell their stock by means OF
landing armies aud the use of military
,rce. The people of the west are only too {
nxious to lease or to purchase the lands ]
n r whIph