Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-08-16
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most active, as he was lnlispuiably among the
most brilliUni members Of the Know Nothing
Onsf No man Wroie 80 ably in support Of
lhs principles Of the know Nothing party, as
was aiiesied hy his vigorous conduct Of the
Washington Organ Since he ceased to be
it, editor, that paPeT has been the siupidesI
sheet in America, Mr.. Buwell was the an-
Ii,JT Of the famous l2th section, In every
way he Nss earessed and hOhOTed by the Or,
der 10 his hearts content. But he is eOnslTain,
ed to leave al last His IePudiallOn Of Fill
more aud his support Of Buehanan are yindi'
Gated by the highest consideration OF patriotic
duty. We commend his address to The i'm,
partial judgment Of the Southern peoples
To my Constituents.
Having been elected to the Legislature up.
on the nomination Of the American party, IL
is with much regret that find it inconsistent
with my principles Of political action TO sup
port either the creed OF the candidate Of that
party at the ensuing Presidential election.
Ia doing so mean no disTespect TO those
who compose that party, consider the i'm
mediate objects of its organization vindica,ed,
The reecssily for some reform in The laws OF
naturalization and alien suffrage is ncknowl-
edged. The alleged hostility Of the Ameri'
can party TO particular religious persuasion
has been resolved into the indisputable prinei.
pie; that no one who avows allegiance 10 any
law higher Than the Federal aud State Con.
situations, each within its proper Jurisdiction,
is fl for political trust The obnoxious obi
cation Of secrecy has been abolished.
But another important agency was expected
from the American party, 10 which il has, ]
regret TO say, proved wholly inadequate, and
il is this disappointment which has rendered
my withdrawal from lis councils, in my opin-
ion, matter of public duty.
Regarding the question Of slavery as para
mount to all Others before the American peo-
pie, satisfied that the wing army Of the North
had fused with the frec.socrs, and that the
democratic party was paralysed by ITS own
dissen,ions, had with many others, sought
in the American party love OF Union, frn-
ternal affection, and national pride, which
should reconcile and quiet forever the diieren.
ces existing amongst us.
The first national action of this party en-
couraged the hope that it would realize this
patriotic expectation. announced in June,
1855, that it would maintain the existing legis-
lalion upon the subject Of slavery as a settle
ment of that question Under this declara-
ton some thirty-three members Of Congress
were elected by the American party in the
Southern States.
In February, 1856, this policy was changed.
The pledge to maintain existing legislation
was substituted by creed in which not only
the subject, but the hume of slavery is care
fully ignored. The guarantee for the admis-
sion Of new slave States, specifically given by
the declaration of 1856, is replaced by an ar
ticle which recognizes the right OF the legal
citizens Of territory ito frame their consiltu-
ton and laws, and to regulate their own do
nestle and social affairs in their own mode
subject only to'-the WilmoiYroviso-or "the
provisions of the Federal Constitutions" which
last phrase, under the Interpretation of the
dominant majority in Congress, means precise
ly the same thing. With this restriction the
privilege" of admission into the Union is
granted to the Territorial State whenever it
shall shave the requisite population for one
in Congress"
AT the same time, upon the same principle
of neutrality, the American party nominated
for lis candidate gentleman Of integrity and
patriotism, but it did not require him TO say
whether he would, if elected, veto bill re-
storing the Missouri restriction or repeating the
the Kansas act. Those who have regarded
the pending question too important to be left
in doubt have been informed that the nominee
is platform enough and that his past official
acts afford sufficient assurance Of his futu e.
Taking his signature of the compromise of
1850, as the most prominent OF these acts, we
encounter iusurmountable difficulties of con-
strucion. The friends OF the Kansas act con-
tend that it is a legitimate deduction from the
of 1850, but thousands who ad-
vocated that compromise assert that the Kan.
sas act is a fragrant violation Of that measure.
If the inference that the Kansas act resulted
from the compromise is inevitable, there could
be no controversy upon the subject. But there
is radical difference upon this subject, there
fore the position of the American nominee up
on this question is doubtful, and those who are
disposed to support him may, without inpug,n-
ing his integrity, ask his construction upon the
consistency of the Kansas act with the COM
of 1850, and whether it is his pur-
pose to maintain ohyepeal it. Unit! some such
decision shall be made, the Americans of the
South are wholly without assurance against
the continued agitation Of the dangerous ques-
ton, or of having rights, deemed by them in
valuable, surrendered by the act of their own
The issue upon which parties have organize d
for the ensuing campaign is, "Shall any more
slave States be admitted into the Unon?"
Foremost and most formidable in this con.
test stands the black republican party, dan.
gerous compound of fanaticism and political
cupidty. 1t is numerous and of powerful re-
sources; 1t is led by ambitious and sagacious
men; it intends TO employ the numbers oil tie
North to subjugate the South end Govern the
country. Its material Of werfare consists in
the title 6 your property, defam-
ing your character and combining the most
1espotic and lawless influences in crusade
against you. Its plan of warfare is 10 cut off
The supplies and communications of slavery, to
invest its citadel, and TO send ina flag inscrib-
ed. assault or unconditional surrender"