Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-10-19
The ssnstofship

The Benstofship
An s,sbsoss rsisf as that che Marshall HsrHh
Iisaa ssprsss q rfsisfsnss a. Co T. Wigf'l' ~
q r. senator We srs noi surprised At his although
30 had v,l,si - loas d. lSushsry to "oPsh' on the
,us.ilon that We feared his silence was omnous of
iitouar.hi. townsman We have not ys, seen the an-
nouncemst In the Republican, VA, Ne trust our In
formation is correct. A fsw-a very few papers af-
fscisd to oppose Wgfall because he supported h"a-
gan la the last election the weakest grounds foppo-
sitlVn VIC have ever known. The few Who opl'se'
Reagan have had an unmistakable evidence OF tue
paueiiy Of their MEMBERS but acting contrary 10 he
domestic alags that "tls folks should DO seen and
no, heard these few are making themselves heard
and not seen wlgfal, an intense sOu'heFnsr" All
his feelings to the manor born isafeu anu ohu'as''
I. vet As ardent lover ~ the Constitution as ue
most ,riy.aai II the NatlOnalists could desire a
States rights man. no fees nothing In the reserved
rights II the States that would initiate against the
Federal Government; IL 10 only the usarpation OF
pon-Ielegated powers that is fraught with danger,
and an infringement upon the rights Of the States
The milk & Water School" Of southernsrs, even
would not fail to cry out against usnrpatOn Of these
rights. wigh.ll, like Patrick Henry in his palmiest
lays, has raisel his voice against the usurpa-
ton Of delegated powers and his eloquenee has
stirred the truth. and made Il felt Like Henry,
with Fixed idea aud his soul bent upon the accom-
pshment Of that he has striyen to show by his re-
searches and his eoquence, that there Is no ncompa-
Utility between the rights Of the States and the deeg-
atcd powers OF the General Government; that there
Is no antagonsm between the two and that the Con-
sttution Is to be maintained by the preservation OF
those rights-not by the usurpation OF powers anu
rights reserved to the States The charge OF "seces-
sion, dsunion" Sc, may ms well be laid at the hcad
stone Of that lonely grave at Monticello as to be made
against those patriots and statesmen who gee IN inc
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, the strongest,
safest and most conclusive vindcation OF the rights
Of the States that ever were penned, The wild ana
furious spirit that would scorn the wisdom OF our
early sages and in these latter days would anathema
tise patriot for being States rights man OF the 'et-
fersonian, Madsonian Calhoun School, would rush
asimpetuously onward, and be wrecked, themselves
their country upon the roaring breakers Of cenraiza-
ton. When the charge Of disunion is made against
wigG,l, by men who profess to be democrats ana
who subscribe to the platforms Of CINCINNATI Waco,
&C., do they remember that the Virginia and Ken
lucky resolutions are embodied therein, and that they
contain all that States rights men need want And
do they not remember that these same resolu tons
part and parcel Of the Democratic Greed, that the
most conservative and National amongst us have en-
dorsed in our State and national conventions, until
these venerable pandects of political doctrines have
become n test, as it were? Wigfa and Reagan stand
side by side in their yeneration for these ancient
landmarks and in their devotion to the rights Of the
States Neither Of them would preach submission
nor would you want them-if your rights wersinvad-
ed, and our powers usurped. Neither of them by
his word or Decd would inculcate "sarish devotion
TO Union under violated Constitution" Hence,
why raise the cry of disunion against the one, and
try to blacken his fame by randing him an enemy
to the republic, when such men, like the Graceful arc
the Jewels that the county should bear noby on hei
boeon Ardent and indefatigahle it, the pursuit :"
his cherished construction Of political faith Wig
fall stands as firmly upon the Constitution and the
Union as upon the rights of the States His unswer-
| wing devotion to these doctrines mark him as pa
| triot and his vndicaon Of them. his ability and eo-
auence stamp him n statesman, with reputation
that is already national The pitifu cry of dtsuntoh
is fast becoming fiat, stale, and Improbable to ms
accuscrs and while they would gladly see him la'o
| up in Lavender mark the prediction-they them
selves will be sent into Coventry