Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-08-07

FROM discussing the quest ons involved In the canvass
kr tia, OF o. We eonsentel oursef with hoi',i ng
tho name Of tho nominee At the mast heal Of our
paper ani protest. ne against the principle Of judi
slnI nominations. After Judge Bell becauiee eandl-
date We expected still to vote for puekley In uis
NO we're governed hy tho fact that neither OF the
gentlemen we're known personally to us'-'hst be-
tween them we had no personal preference, and
whilst endorsing heartily aud fully the prIncfpss
enunciaiel By Judge BELL in'his address to tho Peo-
pie. We dd not believe that the proper time had M-'
ri, cd to make the issue which he made-that being
the case. We did not choose TO place oursef In po
sition OF seeming opposition to nOminoo Of demo-
cratic convention. however wrongfally hat noinna-
ton might have been made. The leaders were not
satisfied with ths. They insisted and demanded that
We should glorify Judge Buckley to the skics-Se-
nounee Judge Bell as n renegade, disorganiier and
traitor to the party, at the peril ON non compliance oil
being excomInunicated ourscf aud having ell these
opprobrious terms applied to w. Regardless of these
threats we chose to maintain "a conslstent position
and our own self respect. wschsse ta,parsio the1
even tenor Of the way we had marked out aud easeN
The question between Judge Buckley and Judge Ben
to DO decided by tho people at thcs ballot boS-to
take no lot or part in the discus5pn srhc whppers
in were Sc, upon US We who had fbetNalin long
democrat, who had never abandoned the 'hdnored
principles Of the party-nevcr altcfed IN support Of
the good old cause in evil and good rep0rt-Tin sun
! shine and in storm-wcrc Denounced as reereaut to
the cherished principles Of our whole lEand false to
all our polite professions Under this iasb Sting
ing NJ il was to US, we maintained the armed ncu-
trality whch..we had adopted. We did so because
we had tho harmony Of the Democratic party at
heart and chose rather to submit to misarprehcn-
sion, Misrepresentation and wrong, than to be the
causc of discori in the ranks of the party. We
knew that there were thousands Of democrats, good
aud true, who differed honestly and consccntiousy
with US, as to whether Judicial nominations ought to
| be made or motive did not want to seperatc from
men with whom we had fought shoulder to shoulder
/ in many a hard contested field. Wekpew there were
thousands of honest democrats who had not consid-
cred the questions involved, but who would support
Buckley simply because ho came before them with tho
imprimatur of q democratic nomination upon him,
without enquiring whether that nomination had been
made rightfully, whether the nomination was conc
fit to be made We did not want to sepcratc orr
self from them. We believed there might b. con-
tests ahcal--invoving principles creator than those
involved in this race that would require all the
strength of the democracy--thc uhitcd energies
and haruoni I'VE action Of the party ami We still re-
manned silent. Iii the meantime We hal made up
our mind to vote for Judge Bell, chiefly because he
Represented principle which we had at an early
i-v mi NOS. a.rcnrorsIv lvocrtc1-a principle in
.'.uallg connected Nc believed with the future Eue-
.e.syl Inc aangs,,t. ,..ty. md fouuial Oh re
i,,ss constitution, ~ fca-upp. si.ica. to iudi-
,,.. r,.,,sa suYs %, ir, car.rr.ora Jnis g,,uslG-
ri 80 WIS u .4rerrI1ggi, ygt &.s-air cuffs. Jas
..e,,rr .,.a. lr t5a fet llat 1udgc N,! atayi lr-
Gf.e t, ,,n. g ,y.,bou. Inc tain q wrong upon M,
yaglgl,i.. Wills. a lloal or suspicion hu,c,ed oirr
ttf.trletr nr ,,Tg, G1cLJyv as mn honest AID Ur.
risht man. Still we said nothing We accorded 10
every democrat the right of choosing between the
two men, and claimed the same right for oursclr-
W. no,r MAT ,.ol and ruo dcnocr.ts were sunnort.
;, t,,,o R,n,,., wo lro,v that 40 ,,oo1 and t,ps
mn W. ,,os.i.r
Gr maxim, IN i.su. o,out sueb matter between
friend. But whom II was tountng,v said in stree.
circles that W, were af,ai 10 fake an open position
,h.t wo dl M, d,re 70 cam. ant Wa unh,sitatirol
announced tho nurnosc of summarizing judge BELL
We said nothing lurthe r-atten,pted to influence no
mans yote-conent to discharpc what was consci-
on,ous duty. by voting for Bell. leaving others to
DISCHARGE theirs not doubling however, it might be
1oro thot r,v ware oa,,.Ilv cons,ientious Wei.
the question las rome 10 that tribunal frou, which
there is no appeal in this Countrywide people They
have rendered their ycrdict-to that award we bow
checrfuy, whatever it may be. As far as the rrsult
in this county is concerned we may say cahdidy t'
tits as unexpected us it is gratifying TO ne, Judge