Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-07-06
Euu the Iioa,, a rslseraah,
The oppnsition.


| As tho above appellntion seems 20 have obtain
ed pretty extensively throughout the whole ooun
try, it would not be amiss To seek, among the
mangled heap Of AbOlitionism, Whiggcry, Know
Nothingism and Plug, uglysim, for that curious
combination bearing the name Of tho caption, =
But the cleaning OF tho Augean stables would DO
far preferable. both Us respects labor aud the FL
thy nature Of the undertaking, 1t would doubt
less be gratifying TO many, IL some OF the elan,
initiated into his mysteries could be induced In
tell the people what they are to understand by
il, Certain psuedo-argurs observing tho polite
al omens have predicted numerous things of this
"mighty Gulliyer IN Lillipus." We are to have
nm opposition IL ia said, in tho next Waterloo
fight for PRESIDENT and the unmistakablc truth
of this coniers u little notice upon our State oP.
position, C) which, othcrerwsa, might be passed
hy as the vain and iruitless efforts Of worthless
disorganiEers. They have adopted tho name OF
that host, which threatens or rather desires to
effect the annhilatiOn of constitutional rights By
the extinction of tho Democratic party, They
have calamity O thrown down the gauntlet OF
defiance and proclaimed unqualified mutiny.-
They desecrate the very genious of Democracy by
fully pretending TO net in its name. Are they
not virtually aililiating with their great name
sake Do they not design TO oyerturn the Dem
ocratic partyl Do they not purpose to cooperate
with the grand opposition in the time Of South
ern peril And do wc know the objects OF that
organization? not indeed fully, But this much
we do know. that it is compoecd of the ucry worst
enemies of tho South; that its councils are llu-
mined by the patriotic radiance of such men as
Seward, Greely, &c. that their professed palla-
dium is reputation Of Southern institutions;
that their elders are freedom shrekers and negro
worshipers, and their ultimate desgn--thc IN
ccntivc to their fanaticism, the utter degrada-
ton of the South and overy thing southern. -
Still they have their co.adutors. not proiessedlv
Of course. But if "coming events cast their
shadows before" have we not reason for tho ap-
prehension, that overt allation is not far off,
They have adopted the magical name, and a sick.
ly, ill-begOtten opposition has raised its puny
head in Texas-yes, Texas, which should be the
"forlorn hope' of Southern institutions, the FL
Dorado Of Southern patriots. But shall they not
be doomed to utter rout Shall they not be conf
PEELED to how to the sovereignty of the people =
Shall not this new formed opposition "sink like
n weed into whence it rose !" Who knows
but that there may be even in the shade of the
executive mansions ut Austin, q secret cores
ponding committee, "check by jowl" with GreCly
and his Satellitesl There have been Southern
men with Northern principles and sympaChies
before. and we have reason to believe that the
breed is not yet extinct. 1t is not meant to as.
sert that the Texas opposition are openly coop
Grating with the Northern fanatics; but that they
are virtually engaged in the same purpose, can
not be questioned they aim at the overthrow of
the Democracy-the Texas corps of the national
army The present Democratic party of Texas
they eschew, forgetful of the past honors bestow-
ed upon them (or some of them). They are now
splitting in their faces in return for tho favors
shown and preferences extended them; they 'tear
the hand which gives them bread ~ They calum-
Mate you because yours is no oIigarchc organ
ization; they dream of official insignia and fancy
themselves the objects of bigoted obsequiou,ness,
They clothe ingratitude with stolen honesty, and
wrap groveling self-promotion in the ready cloak
of counterfeit patriotism. Where will they stand
in the next Presidential campaign They are
the opposition nOv, and may we not find them
then swelling tine ranks of the enemy, and banner
ed beneath the sign of this Northern crusade =
If the South be not true to herself then she must
submit to her TOO certain fate. Seward has al
ready proclaimed her subjection, and perhaps
the circumstances connected with such catas-
trophe, in it's final consummation, will tend to
change the whole face of the world For when
once the ball of revolutionis put in motion in
this country, the impetus will be such as we
may expect it to keep On in its dangerous course,
gathering force and speed, until the very pillars
of law and government, even in the old world
will be demolished, bringing down in their fall
anarchy and universal depravity. God avert
such a scene from the fair field of his creation
UNUS FIX &C.