The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-09
SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.

iuAu tAc ko1tic'b puuliS ecfvsut. AuiF,
very naturally, was anything but
guarant tee OF harmonious relations he
,ween tue News and those who live by
he sweat Of the peoples brow. Far
different, aud leaving the question al
conscience and tsstc aside, Ear more
pleasant, q ,ubtless, has been the sase
with an esteemed contemp rary Of The
News, THH DALLAS BnRALp. THR1
hkRALD Is an obs quioas organ OF ON
riais nod convert mi al sreAt mer--0r
nothing. In his kind OF service, ifits
stupidity and conceit have been arc
qua. ito 0ocinLy, sbasement and
strenuous subservienoy have been lit
tie short OF heroic.
TIE HERALD In not querulous nor
captisus, psrhsps not even sufficiently
combstive in inclination or In practice,
out there il limit prescribed by
sense Of what is due TO oneself. IL
the above tho Nows has opened fire,
and evidently courted reply, and
The HERALD shall not decline either
pi oliminsry engagement or a general
action along the whole line, whether
with the heavy leaders or tho lighter
troops Of man body with T. super
facundity of most vulnerable points.
Is 10 known that THE HERALD has
been u disturbing and distroaaing
obstacle I'm the path of the NewS mo-
nopo.ism, but wo were scarcely pre-
parsd for the quality OF the lntter's at
tack in srreigning tho HERALD 40 "an
obss eulous orgsn Of oAicials," for the
truth il this psper has never been
sught else Than purely a newspaper
guided by principles snd methods
time aud ssain distinctly announced
| Devotion to tho best interests Of the
State and its people, attachment to
ones friends and the honest upholdlpg
Of con scientieus of1isisls ovsrwhelm.
iusiy selected by these people, may be
a "servics Of stupidity and conoeit" in
the estimation OF orr Island City con.
tsE porAry, but We were not taught in
that school. We are not dcsirous Of
rising to the dignity of being
hated through chronic opposition
nor Ia supsrcsds accuracy and equity
by any species of Gcurrlous senss-
tionalisn in order to reach more read
ers through tho avenues of 6etrsc-
ton.
Tho News itself 10 now scarcely III q
condition " alienata the few followers
IL may have left to II in its MANY AFRO
giant assumptions. For, to- Texas, to
the Democracy, to tho religious sonU-
lAent, TO conventional great men," IN
well a. TO The DALLAS HERALD, it
appears TO he invected with kort of
hydrophobia hostility that causes 1t TO
foam whenever they are presented to
view. Az evidence Of this, let
lew facts attest.
Not content with bitterly antagondz-
Ing the people OF itx own domlcle
against itsoif by long and persistent
courae OF arbitrary dictation and the
lordly and txacting msnnefism Of 3
Martinez, the News stands charged
with hayisg done moro TO damage the
fair name Of TeXss than score OF
nvOwsd open enemies sbroad. From IA
strange inspiration few years ago 1t
rscElsssly proclaimed from day to
day, through its instructed CORES
pondonts, the rampant rule Of crime
rem one end OF this state to tho other,
and all, under every appearance, as IN
indirect thrust at certain of our head
officials.
1t hsa charged conspiracy snd
corruption sgsinst the governor Of
Tsxss, and the land board composed
of our double and triple trustcd State
officers, the honorsd and enaeared OF
tho people. Aud when challenged Tor
thu proof,with express stipulation that
II would be beld to no damages, il
shamslessly failed to proceed To tho
threatened disclosure, and still more
shamolsssly continued in its cruel and
foun dstionless career OF asperslon and
abuse. And ell, under every appear
ancs, az an indirect thrust at the libel
law and tho governors supposed aspi,
rstions.
IL has no illuminated TO the
world with seemingly greedy
delight that Texas is the home, no,
merely If ell that alleged outlawry,
hut OF Wholesale corruption by the
psoplo in their endorsement OF oui
heads OF departments, until the unsus'
pecting and deludod press of the coun.
try revealed in hesd-lines and para
graphs about Gland sieals and lobbery
in Texas"
IL brs unhsppily done much 10 sn-
tagonizo the interior people, ind those
abroad, sgainst even ita own city by q
persistent wariSre sgsinst congress
sionsl delegation that held tho essancl
Of its destlnies in their keeping, and
by tirsdes agsinst officials that Other
sections OF tho State had loved tc
|, honor.
1t ceAsured GOVERNOR CoKI
for remarkable reasons thst ha has nol
, 'sllsd 10 assert ana denouncs. II
abused GOVERNOR ROBERTS, FOR pilinE
up wrongful cash balsuce, anC
. sssailsd his policy for squansering til;
=, public lands at inadequate prices
wh!le II sxcoriates GOVERNOR IsR
LAND for reducing that same surplus
and for his policy of preferring thes,
ssrno land, for actual settlers only n
, reasonable figures.
II has been hingulatly lucklass in III
political history, for 1t, has pervsdet
every sign IN tho political zodiac, from
he Scorpion, in which 1t has stunf
| our trues, stars, TO the hopes Of th,
Virgin, whose immaculate character Il
failed to comprehend, until ut times
80 streshod with suspicious symptom,
IL seemed, that people have felt u war