The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-24

IlNhth "In liHl am IN lHhl tNo ~
inuoi aoy yielded up pfinelrle lof tho
sake OF peace, and got noshlns ~ re-
turn This Ia not warranted by the
facts Of 1851. We compromised o.
tfomo vlows then on state rights, an 4.
secured ono of ino bost Royornmon
tho world over saws wheloaa, tho 81
"Oonfsdorale League" idoa would
have ruined tho young nation, Be
fore 1859, We isod to think "sooossion
rights" was q "good principle inylols'
blo.n Ia 1866 we cone uiod II was {"
"bad policy bursiel."
Ninth-"I have nov0r noald pema-
Graf say that local option 10 not
sumptuary in its chlrhc.Oc just es
much ~ prohibilloL." Afs you not =
.lluo obliv.ous aud mlgod he"e,di
good "huti:p Columns Of as.iclos
proolalm otherwise. Walk iuto our
library, and vo viii overwhelm you
with treatises by leading Democrats
that say otherwise. VIII you road
Mn. NoRDHoFP, M. PERRY and the
othora oUt of the Democratic party?
Tenth-"If local option bo carried
out fully IL intorferos with personal
liberty" or course /. does. So do
quarantine laws, pistol carrying, the
law OF tho road-koop 20 tho right, ct
id omne genus, do tho same thing.
Police regulations, all, and souudly
Democratic.
Eleyenth-"If there were en- eisct'ou
in Dallas county, you and GOVERNOR
GIpps would both oppose local OPP
tion?p Certainly SO. Bat on the ground
of expodlenoy, because VIC do not nee6
II, our police being ample able 70 Keep
tho peace, ard partly nacause, just Vt
this moment, it would encourage $40
State protibition;s.s.
Twellth-"The war Ia henceior.h bs-
tween Democracy and prohibition
,sts." Very we'll, tho Democrats Will
do their duty, never fear, when State
prohibition is The Issue tho proh:b'-
tionis.s present, unless we discover
tho entire State wish it, and then We
would wrong even the ESQ msjority
in our own party.
Thirtoeptb-"irha more wo parluy
with prohibition, the stronger 1t Wall
grow" We do not believe it. Genu-
iEe Democracy will flourish when tie
prohibition craze will. be asleep
in lis little grave. II we cannot with
stand time and the discussion, 1t
must be that prohibition will be
another evldential link for veeiiicstion
of the doctrine OF tine "su.vival OF the
fig:est."
Four zenith" Tho high license sys
lem ia the best basis for o comprt
MISE" Then, pursue your own rule,
viz: Garry it to its extreme limit as
the test of its soundness, and you run
right up against prohibition. Sure
onough, "exlremes meet.' MAIZE the
license under that rule monopolistic,
and you crafty the prohibitionlst to
his hearts content.
Fiftsenth-"Let the patty, in Slaoe
convenuou, fSce Tho questions; 1t
can no LONGER svoid it," We have
last finished an article rhereiu oppo-
si!ion to this view is elaborated. When
tlis break shall TO made We believe 1t
will De sad dsy for the Democr ICY.
We leave tae !ooal.opt,on mattsr jusS
where it is. Make no issue on tle
question, create no breaches, and az
will bs well. Locai.option Democrats,
and Democrats tried and true, are al
over the State, and every one of them in
legislative halls will be, like your hon
ored self, an "Anti," unless Dsmoora-
cy elect for the reverse reason; anc
then, so much the worse for Denioc'
rscy. But, that, let us here prophecy,
will mover be, however Democra )
may vote on local matters.