Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-11-24
Tha Lbo,iisn programme Tor isGO..!Ths
bloody nag raised fKaintt tbs aou,h.

al contest could nui fail 10 Involve The very sis'nto
~ he uplop, NJ Lincoln throughout that msn,or..
Ne oonisT hcll ih,t ,'corlni to the Declaration %
there va, 900 distinction be,peen the
vhiir AID Hack man, that both .sp free anil equal
lie hid that this go' srnmtu, could nn long exist,
DIVIDED into nee AID slave States. that Il must A.
u,y bs III free Of all slave. That slave States sud
nee States we're lnconF lpous and Inc, mpAilbe se-
m,nts m tie mns government Thai one must give
~sy ths yyatr Mr. Dcugas c5mblt'ta these he
,s,i,Al doctrines On every slump IN IlllnOs, With q
poser and Sloqusncs never before witnessed IN the
country, lie held that the negro originally and
s',entially Inferior to the white man that he was
20, Intended to be embraced within the distractions
o. the Declaration q IpdsPtndsnes, and that the
rio ht q freedom sud equality WAS prsdaattd Of the
While man only that the negro had no right to eu-
senship tia, the Union may exist forever with free
snl slave States that their harmonious existence IN
the ~ me government Is not Incompatible that the
1lerat on or inhalation of slavery Is question 10 be
decided by each State md TERRITORY free from the ih-
erytntion ~ any other State or he Federal covers
ment Such were the great fundamental issues.
md involving the very structure Of cur government
hat presented in the late contest to the people
u Illinois The eye. Of the whole rpCn were turned
snGious'y 10 th. contest for II was regarded as the
battle " the Union, or a. The first skrmsh in tho
great hsttls tia, r 10 de,le the estinies Of this
government in 1860 hs the "contest decrenrd" and
Lincoln covered beneath the overwhelming blows Of
MS opponent, Il was seen that something must be
done to keep unflrlcd tho black fSr which was des
tined to defect in Illinois Thus tnr 25th Of Oct,
few days before the election Wa. II. Seward, the
arch ngitator and the great leader Of Black Rcpub.
lc.risu snatchrdthe dropping colors from the hands
Of Lincoln, snd launt cd il 10 the breeze the tails
named cnsgn, around which fanatics, d'nnonists
and ,r,itors sre 10 rally in great sectional contest
in 1890 These hateful rsue- not ecnfned to IL
inoi4 new, they are presented 10 the people Of the
whole Union for their decision.
Ina speech delivered at Rochester, New York. on
the 25'h VIZ which is justly regarded as the author
ita'iyc Black Republican programme for 1860, from
It's grca; and acknowledged leader, Mr. Seward dis
tincty and emphaticnl'y announces the de,trinrs
which Mr.. Lincoln held in Illinois We must be all
slave or al free the two clements cannot exist to-
gcther. The North must denolish the South or the
South must iea,olish the North. IIe Gays with sig
niGcnnt emphasis that "he cotton and rice fields Of
South Caro)in,, ani.the sugar plNntatons Of LouiSi
ana, mus: ultimately he titled by free labor, and
Charleston and New Orleans become mars for lcct-
mate merchandise alone, or tho wheat and rye fields
Of Massachusetts and New York must again he sur
II L.. Al.
production Of slaves, and Boston and .Nr,o FORK
become once more markets for trade in The bodies
and souls Of men"
There is no misakins such language as this. It
prcs-nts to us the distinct issue OF the ahulitior Of
sln, eryswhereYcr il exists, and the substiution OF
Yankee free labor in cotton, rice and sugar helds
There is no niirecon equvocation about it, Dir.
s. marches boldly UP to the mark and tells US that
the time for the final and decisive struggle has CONES
that one or the other Of must yield that there can
be no compromise in the tater, that slavery must be
eyterminoie or must be dfuscd all Tie country
He makes this proposition with mock air ofspecious
ness, lr,wng that the South is atths mercy of the
| North Knowing that the North has all overwhelm-
ming numerical majority. He proposes to submit the
question to the arbrament Of the people at the next
presidential election. He proposes to rally asecton
al majority on this platform to elect president AMI
Congress pledged TO this issue, and then present the
question OF abolition of slavery in the States, to the
pcople Of the South rs last bitter alternative. In
other words backed by all the Departments of the
Government with the army and ssvy at his COM
mand he presents the knife to our throsts and says
"stani and deliver
We hope no Southern will take issue on the
questions presented in this manifesto We hope that
no Southern man will compromise his dignity and
self respect by arguing the questions involved in IT,
There is but argument that can be used with
hancr and self respect. That argument livery true
Southern msn will he prepared with when the proper
time comes 1t is the willing hearts, stout hands, and
unerring rifles of the bravest people on the globe
The question admits Of none other.
We are glad that Mr.. Seward has had the boldness
to prcscnt the question specifically a, he has It is
presented 80 plainly pnlpably and tangbly, that the
dnllcst comprehension understand. 1t comes
home directly 10 every Of us. 1t says to us, will
you surrender your equality in this confederacy,
We'd sacred rights guaranteed TO you BY the consti-
tuition framed by the wisdom OF your fathers, sub
mifto spoliation degradation and dishonor or will
YOU maintain that equality and those rights, and pre-
serve that honor at nil "hnsards and to the last
tremty'' 1t would be an insult to the chivalry Of
the South ITO doubt the that will arise sponta
ueously from every Southern heart.
This bloody manifesto will have good effcst II
viii rally every Northern man whose mind is not
hopelssrly besgsei with fanatcsrn and nsgrophoism
every man rh2 loves the Union aud veheratrs the
constitrton---every man who chershes this as the
best, proudost and feest government on earh-cvery
man who believes in the sovereign rights Of the
States Of this confedcraey, to combined and ear
neat opposition to the traitors who seeking the
destruction Of them all We cannot think that such