The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-19
"INrELIlGENCI."


Lack that faculiy-iIis Reasons far n q
Assumption.
DALLAS, June IT, Editor HERALD, f.
Intelligence /, u great misfortune of the
masses Oi the peOplc-lho want of a taste,
desire for Il, II is Indifferent Ia the
most important matters connected with
their well-hoing, their success, their
happiness ignorance of the subjects
that are the very foundation al their
rights, their dearest interests, their civil
liberty, Everything IL al stakci their
religion, their social order, their civilian
lion, and yet they take mo- thought, they
do not know, they make no inquiry.
And what is il? jim iilainei Is the numi-
nee oi the Republican party for president
of the United States, Before this writing
there Is scarcely household In the
States of this Union hut has heard the
word; "lBlnlnc Is nominated Blaine Is
the candidate of the Republican party
for president" This Is said and that i
all. II Is just merely said, only nm idle
announcement; IL ELECTS no thought, NO
reflections. No questions are asked, mo-
body cares, The wife Is silent, the daugh-
ter says nothing, the hoy Is In
different, and such Indifference per-
Vadcs, perhaps, threo-fourihs, or more,
of the masses of the people. They do
not inquire who Mr.. Blaine II, where he
resides, or what his characteristics are.
They take no thought whether or not he
will make good president; whether ar
not he Is capable OF making good pres
idcnt; what his moral character IL; what
his talents; what his learning; what his
worth Ms n man consists in, that he
should he placed In the position of preSi-
dent of the United StatcS-madc the
supreme magistrate of all this great peo-
plc-this iO,oOO,OCo inhabitants of this
great country, nearly every one of
whom Is rs good rs he. At least seven
tcnths of the masses are, and no doubt
onc-half of those whom Mr.. Blaine and
his coadjutcrs have elevated above the
masses by their unfair, unjust and cor
rupt practices in the capacity of public
servants, are as good, If not better, than
he, and yet they will make no inquiry
into his private or public history. by
the want of intelligence u people
lose their liberties. The desire Of
power in ambitious dcmagogucs is insa-
tiate. Those who have gained II footing
upon the ladder that leads TO dcspotism
becomes wholly INSCRIPTIONS. Corrup-
ton, inordinatc wealth and monopoly
are the three powers that legislation can
not resist. They are inyincible 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 the
wealth, and they do it without the aid or
benefit of legislation-in great meas
ure without the necessary defense Of
their rights. a few people amass the
wealth by the aid and benefits of legisla-
ton and they make it Il 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 II
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, so very few, understand the
value of it, or will inform themselves of
the character of material they employ to
preserve il.