The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-15

,JnmpiRg square Onto
The Missoofi9 Political Neck
A couple --- -
eno a.oa.s' Ma, Aug. Exhibitor HEG-
the Galveston News of the
Nt here is quite an extern
- published as the result Of
o,'S " -''i is Dew between Hon. II. a.
i of'e reporters IRON the News,
Ioo" lch ri ect OF local option or pro
nDicip, SKIS? jolonel Mils begius by say
are he ru|1led tho principle Of prohi-
Ehe ~ as alp invasion OF The right of
lCilp'er hal ssli-government. Altar
Toishallong NJ hrtlclo aud studying IL
r. A% Z mufllE cannot agree with Colonel
~. ~ quotes rom Tho declara
Sun Sun AN HspendeDcs extensively, and
n.,; "Wbeu our fathers declared
pupions' lndspenJe enc. OF their mother
nleor mclry they sot forth Ia that declRra.
me,S az Tho only basis ON which d iros
h.V' rnment could be preserved and
agec was that all just
piec Que 81 comes from the conSon,
rau To-. ~ governed, and when tho Fod-
IN IN Ia ana State constitutions wore
% yds s5nS,sd ' ,4S yno0 system
81 aar, jurther on in the article no
80 ""'iiibe following comparison:
Ing aoout g., p-sdys, sue Federal gov
lust In time W Tho weight Of majOrilios
full orRgSeyosA sh S%pds cTa I%I S SI99r
Nv OF the governed and mako a law
4 nat Texas auOuld be taxed per cont.
uniO support REQ schools ~ .nB STATE;
plosat all tho teachers should De ap-
beayinted by tho same Federal pOwur
Dc euppori0n y heavy salaries, 10
nsumo Tho nuud?"
III, COLONEL Al ia poea mn nud sayg.
statisoes NOT every ono SEQ that tho peo-
In tbu OF Texas would bd heavily bur
med and oppfessed2 And yet, ilI
sniau ny mAn in the Stat were in deter
State. ned opposition 20 the measure, still
State wOulG be without remedy
WHd must continue TO suilor with |
Texalt, hope. Therefore," says Colonel
ills, go guard against tho
"so)use OF the governing power II has |
centren distributed aud its just exercise |
thy, blflned 70 the governed"
Without any further unnecessary |
0tations let us nOsice the argument, |
anne argument Is splendid, II IL can by |
ERAL y process OF reasoning be made TO
ous ply 10 the question under discus.
ror, ~. In tue FIRST place the cOmpRri.
~ not analogous vt all. The one
wo2 Nalonel Mills Is surprising gives To the
"w 0ple outside OF the STATE OF Texas
yoU 90 power u levy our scnool taxes aud
Hevk M us school teachers OF their own
thsv HtiOn aa0 force them upon us. The
Thy "nolptiOn law, as IL is, cOnfers no
sotlhale Bower, but leaves the question
tildiUg to- viii oi the peoDle To be OK
aye NJ tho ballot-bOx Tree and UNI
nSs-- WIed. In tho comparisons
20 DO n,ast lOlonel Mills tho people have
So on the matter but TO submit.
Or ,1nGratue Of precinct, county or !
pe4tf and TIL Just no same right To com.
AK flpurativ they are DISSATISFIED with I
-. u, county or State eli oers
Us iIU"AN 'een elected and ~ declared !
OK. ity OF the votes cast at the .
t. ciloD, aud say they will not !
ihb teleSrapuch officers, AS they have TO y
.eatgrn Union VIII not submit 10 local I
1io oontirnos Ohibitiou laws hen IL has N
-. I III precinct, county or
NhieI, Out Mebutn these Instances the
tie hope clnE, ana not y one man
ugple. IN. And tits an old estab-
that IL is right Tor tho ma. q
-oNnoD, 4, n, ule; and tho minority should y
=, Ndlence 10 the dictates Ol tho
h Hhe only'T constitution SAWS the
Boms to be to setitiOn shall rem Hit HVlo. /
saooiatad p.Fe take IL whenol .r this /
OIL -, -. rcised by any number vi |,
Iake no impres any subject or h III. thai
olitics or properly arise undti Ou laws,
nj, vat pen ion IL present. q ns.. acted
by the people, lot the uibjJrity OF b
ENor ,Ople control. d
=. ~ 10 mel Mills says prnl Otion, M s
~ lSa prepton, takes away a mans LID. n
ay have q Upon tho same by pothosis IL
Ameri,ns lot adjoining tAe residence
40 - and WISHES To erect soap fac G
40 Po'Pl or taunery ON his lot anu b On. al
favor him from 30 doing, we might say y
- AS liberty has been taken away
Ppm him 10y tue courts OF our country
,orgis ION tho petiNsOn OF IS. A man has, OF 1,
O. use, tho inslienable right to do lust a
Ooiass 40 pleasts, Just 10 long AZ In doing z,
ore this no uOea not ipiure tho hap. Il
on plnohS OF OlherH, or becomes
q nuisance to society generally.
man has the right to MANI facture Il
Oh and sell whisky just 80 long as in de- q
ing this ne docs not H. lure others, and "A
" whenever that tight becomes source
, OF annoyance ana IL not OF any pubic
4 good, but pubic iu jur ', immoral In q
its bearings nnu tendencies, uostruct X
I've qf lilei liberty and property in its q
> nature, then, WI take IL, IL Is for the
/, publ good that tho evil bo stopped
A. Lsnot. In DONG &c tho man who Is sell VI
Hing and manufacturing IL loses any of y
MS liberties, u Is better Tor society AT v
~ last, H. IL better that few men be
Oh slaves for millions than II Ia for mil.
II ions To suffer ON account of few.
, Colonel Minis says n u precinct stops
,he sell ng OF whisky man O.
Is slave FOR a few; III county. Il
then he Ia slave for more,
and OF state, more and more, etc n
This may sound we'll when spoken
with thai el0quonce and vehuinencs p,
that Is characteristic of Colonel Mills, x
IL 10 tlyo reasons OF IL we tail TO fluid, NJ
llgh ?w IL IL when the mel nrity OF "A peo-
~. 20 In county, State OF United States III
'"pass law that henceiorth the sale and -,
10 Manufacture OF whisky, which, like oi
70 afYery, has been curse TO this nation
stand year, aud ten-iold times worse nj
slavery, from the fact that IL ia "
lle oanpfiInr cause of thousands OF nm. "
mothers, fathers, sisters, BROTH
- daughters aud orphans that mr., r,
IN gay lingering out lie OF mlserab a on
/, -xlslence on account OF the traffic. Tho M
iafpol Judgment OF manhInd oemnnds cii
linAat II bo stopped. Thousands of an
,yeals come from starving women asE
ling that II be stonn,d 81
= Tho courts of our s eoapt+S WI vi
\ regard 10 not rs an unwarrauted In Lw
vaslon upon the liberties OF this poo-
pie 10 check the ovll either In precinct {
county or State. We regard Colonel lar
Mills as an able exponent OF tho ber. otr
Ties OF man as guaranteed under our
constitution, but whom no seeks TO
compare DEMONSTRATIONS or tho prohi We
biti0n OF tho sale of whisky as VA ON IN
oroachment upon the liberties of man,
we do not agree with him. 4
SUBSCRIBER. biz
a man Who "Mcans Business
CoRsIcANA, Aug. l3.-IEditor Her =
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