Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-10-05

ZIP Mr. Mugoifn, Governor elect oI hehl"oSy'
in his inaugural Address explicitly dsines hi'
position to be in favor Of the non interference OF
Congress with slavery in the Terrifories lie
thinks it is to be depleeed tAat the agitation o.
shs question should cstipuo to EIarlass th9 pub
lie mind All the protection neoded, is properly
provided for, and seems yoi think that demand
upon Congress, for the protection Of slavery II
the territories, "derniSr resort, and . step.
ping stone to dissolution of the Union lie
thinks that the whole agitation is idle and mis-
chievous, and fraught with evil to the South
We make the following extracts from his elabo-
rate Inaugural:
..Brcught together bya common sense OF danger
should we not take up a common position Oh Sell
preservation Planting ourselves on the great
principle that this government was frameu 10
protect the weak against the strong-stanuihg
firmly and side by side upon the broad ground
that it has power, and that it is its duty IN all
the departments Executive. Legislative and Ju-
dicialLto protect us in the full enjoyment oil our
negro property as we'll all other kinds OF Prop
erty guaranteed to us by the Constitutions wheh
ever It fails to do that, it fails in the great P"r
nose for which it was created. In that event,
having made our demand and afforded tui' hhe
for reAection-having made an appeal IN VAIN 10
the Justice, the reason and the PATRIOTISM OF
reckless, sectional, fanatica majority at ti.e pai-
lot box, we have but one course to pursue IN us
charging our duties to ourselves and our childfen'
when we can no longer live as equals in this
government when we can no longer Obtain our
rights, guaranteed to us by the Constitution, rs
the worthy sons of the illustrious patriots OF the
revolution, we have but one other desperate re-
sort. but one other dreadful hope, and that hope
,s involved in the dissolution ofthe Union. Other
slave States. away off in the South, may take III
ira grounds and talk lightly OF the breaking up
of this glorious Republic, politicians ana presses
thew nav advocate the re-opening of the African
slave trade and upon pretexts grea, OF arSar S TO-
NAV appeal to preiudices or to reason ID oruer "
prepare the mind for Southern Republis, but
we are differently situated
Upon the question of slavery, which mas con-
stituted SO prominent an issue in the late eXcitig
the democratic party fully endorsed .ie
doctrine of the Supreme Court OF the United
States, in the Dred Scott decision. In the IAN
guage of that decision they hold that ''the riShs
of property in slaves is distinctly and expressly
affirmed in the Constitution, ana tnat eonly
dover over it conferred by Congress is the power,
connlad with The duty, of guarding and protect
inc the owners in their rights" The power to
protect does not carry along with the corelatve
power to impair or destroy. The territories ars
the property ofsthe States, and all have an equal
right to go there With their property and . be pro
tected in its enjoyment. The people VINO emf
CRATE there have the right to- and Will determine
for themselves whether they will or will not have
slavery, when they have framed a constitution
and proposed to Congress to come into the Union
as sovereign State. but they have no right 10
do SO while in territorial condition. The dem
ocratic party is pledged to resist all attempts at
renewal in Congress, or out of it, of the agita-
tion of the slavery question, under whatever
shane or color the attempt mar be made. The
grand old party has never changed its name, its
noses or its principles nor has it ever broken
its pledges The Esr,y in ks, h assy .nd Mill odaD ssand
NJ 70 he true to its sproises and to its friends in
every U ~ section Of tbs country it will stand by
its nationality, and now that the Union Is in dan,
ger, it will adhere more firmly to IT'S pGlJys aDa
Cling more closely to the principles which have
given EXPANSION. greatness, and glory to the re-
1Surlie. and which slone can preserve IT,