Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-22
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Letter from Austin.

AUSTIN, sept, ID lSoS,
The all absorbing topic Of interest, that o
the prOpreiy OF Judicial nominations having
been discussed until the people have put theil
seal upon IL, but hlile is lmnspiring among us
worthy OF note, or comment. Ii is not known
even here at headquarters, whether rally
Buckley or Bell has been successful, Letters
j from FL Paso, long since the election. contain
no news Of the vote there or whether or. moi
an election was held. The Rnowing ones here,
look wise and think d-n IT, May be so; no
returns will come. in from that county in time
10 be taken into the count In that case Bell
is associate Justice certainly; even should that
return come the result is considered doubtful.
Oae of your Dallas county prophets descant.
ing upon the success Of the nominee for As.
socia,e Justice causiicly remarked that in that
county the Democracy was all right side up.
and that Buckley would beat Bell TO Ill.,
Perhaps the prophecy may prove true, since
Bucklcys habits indicate that he is rather a
CONSPICUOUS candidate for that post, il Kellum
and others are 10 be believed; and from your
official returns, il is evident Bell beat him for
Associate Justice in Dallas county.
Taking retrospect Of the political battle.
field, can we concl lude that the race for Assoc.
iate Justice is fair expression of the people
on the subject Of Judicial nominations by po-
litical conventions IL seems evident that,
even granting that Buckley is elected, he is
the worst whipped man that has ever entered
the political arena by the endorsement of n
convention, and his position if elected, is no
enviable one, attained as it ha. been In his
case, through so much "fuss and feathers" sus.
picion and doubt of his moral integrity. Some
pretend to say that If elected, he wlli resign.
The man who has the nerve however. to buffet
the storm of reckless envy, of criminal accusa.
tion or real moral turpitude, will not be want
ing in that persistence characteristic of Ba-
laam's favorite animal. Elected. though beat.
en- successful, though defeated; having at
'ained an unenviable distinction, and safely
sented. on the Supreme bench, that Treasury
rat may prove in.so-much agreeable to his taste
that the irmness to cast it away may be want
ing. Resign no sir-rce! elected by the De.
nocracy, in spite of the Democracy he would
be justified in feeling like Crosby did in '55
when he declared he was elected Commission
er of the Land Office in spite of all the d--n
parties.
The Gazette, which is entirely az fan in
political matters and the best democratic au-
thorty in the State says, since the election
'We know of but one case in which voter,
claiming TO belong TO the Democratic party,
will be juslifabe in refusing to support the
nominee of the party, and vote for his opponent,
and that is when he conscientiously believes the
nominee un'corthy gf support. 1t then be-
comes question of pr!nciple which is para
mount. Party fidelity requires no man TO sup
port a dishonest man. Upon that question he
must Judge for himself"
When he conscientiousy believes the nomi-
nee un'corthy of support. Latimer come back
10 the Democratic fold oh come back II
The Gazette has let down the fence, has open
ID the gate, and the good old ship can again
,e easily boarded. Through this holc, some
en-. twelve or fifteen thousand rcpentant sin
lers in Texas may find again the harbor of
afety. Let each one desiring admitance pro.
luce the Kelum pamphlet and insist that IL
vas the evidence upon which he was guilty of
political alteration, that he conscieniiously be-
ieved the nominee unworthy of support, that
t became question of principle which was
paramount, and that party fidelity did not re.
luire him to support dishonest man. So now
While we sing
''Come ye sinners poor and needy" /
ct all those wishing to board the old ship Of
Democracy and receive absolution, come for
ward with pentent hearts, meekly making con-
ession in the manner prescribed, and full
fellowship is rendered them. My dear sir,
nothing easier, doesn't exact even faith for the
'uture, nor require the washings of a baptis-
nal iont, nor the work oil old things p'ssing
,way and all things becoming new, so come to
he confessional.
We have had fine rains lately. The corn
,rop is considerably short Of what was ex-
oected before gathering, though we have
enough. The sub-contracts on the Insane
Asylum have all been let by Messrs. Glass
,ock and Mi ican the contractors, and. the
work is progressing. The first of January
1860 believe will show the best piece of ar
istc skill in the State, in the way of bu d.
ng. More Anon. ******