Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-11-16
Whole Number 3Nl

very jnnotusc. We fnl Democracy in Tes = A..
rnigned against the Democratic Federal ad minis
iTauon with View Of weakening it and brgak,r-
IL down,
Ny opposition 10 their measures waa ths TO-
ginning "t my iniquiIieS. My next oGpnr. vas
my vote against Judge buckley for the nunill.
! 'ion 10 the supreme Bench in the convent uU ID
January lSj1. | oljscted then to the making
! ut any such nomination, simply because o. iA
not stomach tho elevation 10 tho Jndieiar, u.
any man ON account of his political pre- pt s,sss.
ions. II independence of outside pressure +, ~
cr ncccssary,-if ever purity is essential Il agf.
ty,--such an office should bo far. far abo's ,hc
scullle Tor Office or emolument.
But my last aud crOwning Of'ncc is my r1lsHt
vote FOR sam Houston for Governor IA yuu sty
canyassed mydistrict for him we'll, had several
reasons Tor IN doing, of which make n statement.
lst doubted the Democracy of any b., ng
men, meeting at Houston or elsewhere, VIII Iy
indilcrtion mt least, repudated the acknowlcigra
head of the party. The Convention which nJmi
mated Runnels neglected or refused to endorse
Mr.. Buchanan's administration, refused b 6av
whether they were for or against the rooI sa,og
OF the African Slave trade, They neither sui J-
dd anything To commend themselves or tl,ir
nominees to the attention Of the country, except
10 incorporate the Drcd Si1t decision in & .uir
platform.
In that they did no moro than the old W hiE
party did; no more than the Know NoIhin,, l!i
Eve Recognize the decisions of tho Sunruu.,
Court of the e. S, rs binding upon the g s.as
a"i upon questions of which it has iursdicuog,
ns tii" tribunal of the last resort
| thank them for it. IL was one stop .a tho
right direction
believe Gov Runnals to be an honest u.n.
During the whole canvass | said nothin. u-
pcaching his honesty, us you well knou
agreed with him in his State policy, and supv rt
ed him when some OF his nor wurmcst friends
were skulking, afraid of the corporation whose
Icnch0m for speculation lie endclvorcd to check.
On Federal politics, | have always differed with
him He tends to the extreme in his devotia7 50
State Rights to the conservative Gen Eyec.
ton has supported the Federal administrarI5n,
and had its confidence. lie has said that h. .y.g
opposed to the reorganization of tho Ainlr!eu
party and was Democrat. | knew hi an6
Rnnneis we'll. The one came endorsed bv 2 con.
yentjon,-thc other by forty five years oil pubic
service. Both wcra democrats and chose lnus-
on because believed his election would aid in
'amenting the Union and because the election oi
tnmeIS would be claimed an ultra sectional
triumph. 1t WAS contest between order ana an.
trrhy and it's fruits will not be lost I0ustOn's
irst oHtnSc against modern democracy was his
'ote on the Oregon bill ; and that had MIR. Polka
signature. His second was his sanction Of the
measures Of 1850, which the ultra
sts, North and South, opposed with intense bit
terncss. His next, was his vote upon that mag
nifcent cheat and swindle the "Kansas Nrhrasgs
bill.
The Cnlflment nj his rrnf>hnny MS to i,s regllis
has added gall to the bitterness with when bt
was at first denounced, The bill claimed n0a-ia-
'errenton as its fundamental principle ts nl,
thor, Douglas claims that for it vet Now the
party says it means latcrrsntion @ congression-
NJ protection We will see how that will work
1t will be kicked out of Congress by those noe
cinmorous IN its advocacy and will DE- for the
Democratic party what the Kansas act did--split
it into fragments, strike down what few 'rienda
we have in the North. give aid and comfort u
the Black Republicans, by prolongng the slavery
agitation, and finally defeat the Sout' in tho
Presidential Election. By that time we viii wish
we had left we'll enough alone. The ndgacates
OF this doctrine, am uncharithlo cnough 30 be
lieye aim at all these results. When thcy have
divided the Union and cstablished Southern
conlcderacy they will be satisfied In'saoh work
can have no help from me.
Let me ask, under these circumstances, whn
should be considered a democrats ,-Those who
stood by Mr.. Buchanan, or those who. coyertlr
and openly did all in their power to embtrrass
his honest cftrts' l leave the Gazette and thg
country to Judge
Ny position is not hard to define ! wish 10
sec the National Democracy united. This in.
wolves me necessity Of striking down deruag1euey
everywhere. We must ignore Douglss and his
IaEcy. But. alas, will that be done Nv IN
preston is ne will be nominated by the Charles
ton Convention. Should he be, will not vote
for hN, even should Wm. II. Seward he his orpo,
nent. If the race bo between these two, We shall
have too look to some of our old school pohti-
can'-some cotemporary of Clay, CALHOUN and
Webster. Such men have always stood IN tho
breach successfully in the darkest peri "a 1f our
past history. In the language of one of chem
''Nly policy is this am thoroughly c,nspry
atiye in my politics. l wish to maintrin taingq
as find them | am satisfied with thew ana An.
of the opinion that they cgnnot be cha rcd for
the better. 1t is difficult to get a gooG Govern
m-nt, and still more difficult to rreser, 5. As
believe good Government to be tn ~-sase..
of earthly blessings, l am averse to d, 7sf-
throw or division of ours, even if thsaqs5i il
greatly inferior to what do in the hone uf gs-
tablishng better"
write this in response to your ietis5, and
have not revised it. | have written it j G good
humor and in good earnest. and it is at your dis-
pOsal. Your Friend,