Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-01
II yptsd for Judge Buckley, but ! would
Sign Petition 70 him TO Resign II elected"

II ypted for Judge Buckley, but woul.
Sign Petition to him to Resign If elected
Tins is a common sentiment in the mouths
Of the organizers. We at first thought il on
'y one Of those desperate pieces Of braggado
clio used by some of their orators, that they
would support him. even "if convicted OF ne
gro stealing" But we have heard the remark
from SHINE conscientious men, whom we have
always recognized us serupulOus democrats,
and leaders of the party who are enjoying the
reward: u Office. And when we have inquir-
ed the meaning Of so strange sentiment,
they tell US, that they believed the worst oi
the charges made against the judicial nomi.
nee, or nj any rate the manner Of meeting
them was so Objectionable, that he could never
have the confidence Of the country, OF the
bar, OF suitoss, and Of his brother Judges
And therefore the Acror Of the democratic
party required that he Buckley, should resign
lif elected. When asked, "why did you vote
for him, entertaining these convictions" they
answer, "0h every legal democrat was 6ou,id
in honor bv the nomination Strange logic,
this. Il is worse than Know Nothingism.
We remember that on the Saturday before
the August election, in 1856, we addressed
the people OF Bastr6p county, against Know
Nothingism. And, as Judge Hancock, the
American candidate for Congress, and orator
Peck were to reply to us, nearly all the vo-
tiers Hf the country attended We read the
ritual and the "oblgations" oalhs
they were tod--and these gentlemen agreed
that they were genuine! We reasoned with
the people TO convince iliein, that the consttu.
tona right of choice at ihe polls, rose above
all such party contrivances, and that every
voter had the right to vote for whom lie pleas
ed, regafdless Of any siich oath subscribed by
dark lantern. Judge Hancock who is a lib.
eral man, reared in democratic school, ad-
niited the view and only argued to prove the
soundness Of the vie..'ys of the new party.
We were afterwards much gratiied, wheh
member of the secret order told relative Of
ours, that he had voted the full democratic
ticket, 1--WE had democratic ticket" that
year without any nominations y that he had
reasoned with other members Of the order at
Round Rock, and told them how Poschal had
convinced him, that he was not morally bound
by the OATH but that he could not convince
them, and so they voted against Bell and Du-
val with very much grief.
And who can forget, that the order in this
city, as late as the Saturday night before the
election releaced their members from the sup
posed obligations so far as Bell was concern
ed?
The enlightened men Of the American or
der were freemen compared with the mere
slayes' Of the organizers, who, through the
Austin oligarchy, enact the reign oil terror In
the nnme Of the democracy. The first allow
tloir t, To-
n.. n". in the 'qje Judicial canvass, there were
two democrats candidates for an office not pc.
litical One was native of the soil, reared
in the principles of liberty, and indoctrinoted
with the purest democracy -freedom of thought.
The other was man of unfortunate habits,
and with reputation under cloud He
stood before the world undefended, except by
witnesses whom no one would believe. The
officer when elected could do no political thing.
OF choice, all good meh desired tc vote for the
sober man, whnse escrtcheon was above re-
proach They did not wish to establish a bad
moral precedent for their children. But here
were leaders mostly renegradcs of Sam, teach
ing the people, that failure to support the
ticket was "high treason to the party and to
the county," and that the teacher to the con-
trary, was d "Judas lscafiot," and what in
their estimation, was worse, "a Benedict Ar
mold" Good men and fbnest men were thus
frightened into voting against their c0hsciences,
with the mental reservation that they would
petition Judge Buckley to resign
objects of the organization of party, is enough
to make honest people despise the very name
of political associations. Such Infamous sen.
timens are not democratic. They are the
teachings of the bandits for spoils, lucre, and
every evil. Democracy requires no man to
violate his conscientious notions of moral du-
ty. No principle of democracy is inconss-
tent with the purest religion and morality
Organization in the hands of sucb. teachers, is
like the Goddess of Reason in the hands
of Robespiere's Directory Democracy
allows freedom of thought an Of ac;;
ton; and all rituals, oaths, caucusss 'and
conventions, which attempt to get above our
oahs to support the constitution, in the moral
sense of at oath, are the Devils contrivances
to overthrow liberty itself. Let us hear no
more of such despotc sentments.-Aus. Gag.
THE MASSACRE AT JEppAH-The London
papers publish the following despatch from Con.
sul-General Greene, at alexandra, receNeu III
the Foreign Office ria Malta, giving an account
of the massacre at Jeddah, of which we had
brief notice by telegraPh
Her Maiestys ship Cyciops arrived at sues
from Jeddah on the 3D. inst.
On the 18th OF June the Mohammedan in.
habitants of Jeddah rose and massacreed the
Christians. Among the victims were Mr.
Page, the English Vice.Consul NJ. Eveillard
the French Consul and his wife, and about
twenty others The English and French Com