The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-26

Democratic gospel was only good for
precinct, neghborhood and county af-
fairs? How strange he told them cab
solute acuuiescence in the decisions of
the majority" was the 'ivitsl principle
not only of 'precincts,' but of trepub-
licsbW How different from localized
majoritiesD and "precinct" Democracy
this gospel of the father of Democracy?
Again, the doctrine of
"LoCALIZED MAJoRITIES" Is ONLY AN
IMPRACTICAL DREAM.
TITS true we have precincts, counties
and States, but they are only parts
making up great whole; and thing
that is good for n part is coed for the
whole, unless conflicting with local
interests. When this is the case local
Interests must give way to the eX-
pressed will of the majority, or else
there must be u disruption. The issue
between the North and South was an
Illustration. Surely il ever there was
a case whore therule of the majority
should haye been confined TO the To-
cality giving the majority, that was a
case. The majority OF the North
should not have been forced upon the
South Without compensation for
property rights involved. Even then,
IL should have been localized accord
ing to Mr.. Gibbs doctrine. This was
attempted; disruption followed, and
the matter was appealed to tho God OF
Battles. This is the inevitable and
logical result of "locRlizing MAORI
tics" i'll a government of the people.
The doctrine OF "iOcalizing maj0ri-
ties," when made practical, logically
leads to disintegration OF government;
an overthrow OF Democracy itself, and
if pressed to its last extreme, anarchy,
simple and pure, for every man be-
comes his own majority,
Another unfortunate stroke OF that
paper Is tho allusion to the church
people, wherein the Trojan, Pander,
makes stroke for the good graces OF
that chryseis public sentimentality-
when no smites the.great|'bugbear" Of
church and state. Now there never
was such thing as a combination of
church and state in this country, and
there is nothing more certain than that
there will never be. On tho contrary,
so far from that are the American peo-
pie that ii man is q church man, il
il almost equivalent to denial of
But understand the
writer of this is not here TO excuse or
arouse the religious 'sects referred to
in that paper, or to defend or arraign
any othor religious sect, but he is here
to say that any man, born in this
county, whether no be Christian, Jew
or pagan, is q free man and has right,
not only to go the polls, but to speak
on any and every ISSUE involving his
people or his country; and those who
would curtail those rights, either by
shackles of iron, or by the scorpion
lash of q morbid and sickly senti-
are as far
OUT OF SYMPATHY WITH PURE
Democracy, and as unsound in doc
trine as HIM who subjects his doctrine
to the logical deduction that 1t is
Demcratie Tor minorities to rule
in State and national affairs.
Very much at issue are they also with
the great Jefferson on this matter OF
church and state. When the British
Cabinet in IVA enacted the Boston
post bill Mr.. Jefferson and few
others drafted resolutions against the
bill, which were adopted by the house,
and when the governor, then in sym
pathy with Great Britain, heard OF it
he dissolved tho State Legislature and
declared the resolution reflection
upon his majesty and the British gov
eminent. The colonial court met,
having invited prominent clergymen
to meet with them, and thus e9sem-
bled they passed resolutions denounc-
ing the course of England as I'M
patriotic and tyrannical, and in thatias-
serlbly was planted the seed OF the
greet and mighty tree Of our great
Dom Dcracy. Patrick Henry and Jeffer-
son a. d the two Lees were in that as
sembly, with those clergy, the church
men, and no one said the "people have
a holy horror Of this joining OF church
and state"
Instead of trying to stamp out this
mighty prohibition fire, now almost a
contlagration, composed as 1t is of the
people-the bone and sinew of the
country, Democrats and all others--I
say instead of trying TO stampit out
some of US had better be fleeing the
mountains of Hepsedam to save our
Political lives from its deYouring
flames. The people are doing this;
politicians arc not asked TO Interfere,
and II, as free citizens they do inter
fere, they should bs sure they get ON
the side that is right in itself, for the
other side will go down, no matter
which side IL is, nor who Is found on
that side, And the people remember
that this evil they fight lays in Q
druuksrd's grave 10000 of their sons
every year in America alone; and they
are going TO try to save those noble
American boys. Let him be sure he IL
right who arrays himself agains
them, or he will be consumed to saw
tho rest OF those whom they love.