Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-01-26
Cana flharl..ion flonrantlon.

yentiOn With sullen determination 10 nominate iot
the Presidency none but man, committed to the
most ultra views Of the Southern school Of statesmen
hone but fre-eater, they may nominate their Ia
yorte, but their nominee will he beaten as certain a.
the faes. We want il distinctly understood that We
belong to the strictest school OF strict construction
and States rghts-that we believe in the rights Of
sceuiOa and when the proper time comes will be In
favor Of exercising that right but in entertaining
these views, We have never yielded and rss VIC new
er may, hlisl love and unfatering devotion to the
Union that our fathers formed when they framed
the constitution under whose blessings We have grown
to such uncsamplcd greatness and happiness. While
its fundamental principles remain nsubyerted-whle
It continues to perform the great functions for which
IL was ''ortlained," to-wit "to form more perfect
Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility
provide for the defence, promote the gener-
al welfare and secure the blessings Of liberty to our
selves and our posterty," We shall stand by it,
When II ceases to perform this high mission, when
through sectional fanatcism or blind bgotry, or par
ty rage it is converted from an Egs OF protection to
all into an engine Of oppression to some, let the
parchment upon which 10 written he torn into shred
and scattered to the winds, We may then avail our
self of the "nalienabe right" to provide "for life'
liberty and the pursuits of happiness" by other
means But that time in our judgement has not yet
come. Fanatic scctionalism is, thank Heaven, not
vet in the ascendant The salt Of patriotism is not
yet wholly confined to any section or locality The
Southern States AMI the constitution yet have hosts OF
warm devoted friends throughout the contedcracy.-
Many of the most patriotic of them differ with us on
issues not material Shall We ostracise them for
that Shall we drive friends who are willing to stand
by us in defending our rights, from our confidence
and embraces, Shall We, who without them are pow
erless in the government, dictate to them blind,
slayish compliance with all abstract notions, or
shall v9 cherish their friendship and reward their
fidelity
We think the latter course must be obvious to eve
ry Southern patriot, not bent on precpitating hos
tile issue between the sections.
We take it for granted that no statesman Of ex-
trcme Southern views be elected for President in
1860 The only way to carry that election is to NOM
mate sound national democrat, or to nominate and
vote for Southern slough face" whose acrobatic
aspirations have been CONSTANT pandering to the
sickly sen,imentalty Of our enemies in the North.
.ursel! we do not for q moment hesitate which to
choose, bold, manly sates-rights democrat OF the
North, or a bringing, mealy-monthed, fawning abo-
ton counting democrat, wing or exknow nothing of
the South
There are host. Of democratic ststesmen in the
South for whom we could vote heartily and zeaously,
Hunter or Wise, of Virginia Toombs or Stephens,
Of Georgia Hammond, Of South Carolina; Butler
or Breckenridge, of Ky; Brown. or even Andy
johnson, of Tenn; Davis, Of Mississippi, and hest
of others, would satisfy us, but they couldn't be
elected
And this brings us to say that among our national
democratic friends at the North, "he Little GIANT
the great commoner of Illinois, is our favorite.-
Buchanan has in the main stood by the great prnci-
pies of states rights and has recognized the rights Of
the Southern States. But he has committed 'tgrave
errors' and permitted grave errors to so unpun-
ished His specific duty hercsy is fatal to our inter
ess, not to mention other points in which he has
gone astray. But the most fatal objection is that he
could not be elected. The great probability is that
he could not carry single Northern State. and all
the Southern States including the votes Of Mary
land, of ilustrious Fillmore memory, would be Of no
avail Cass would fill the bill, but with the glorious
recollections that cluster around his eventul
with his noble heart and great intellect, he is
"shelved" irretrievably as far the Presidency is
concerned. Pierce has been honored as he mcrited
and retired to Foreign trayel-a happy journey to
him. Dickinson has talked too much Of shou'dering
his rife in defence of the South to think Of getting
Nor thern votes Cobb is cribbed, and the baiance of
the cabinet would mt albeit good
and IN the Presidential canvass RusL is dead
and en- parcnihesis-he was the only Southern man
to whom we could have looked in confidence and hope
in the impending canvass, had he been spared to u.s.
Then we say that Stephen A. Douglas is the only safe
man, who can successfully meet the Black, Republi-
can forces in 1860, who route them in the nation
al contest, as he has lately routed them in Illinois,
under the most adverse circums' ances He is en-
phatically the "availabe" man for that elemental
struggle that is to decide the destinies Of the govern
mept. There arc others whose views and principles
more precisely accord with ours, but on all material
questions he is right, and that is enough. He is the
man for the occasion. Nominate him and we triumph
I-ovcrslaugll him and defeated The stakes
Of the sweepstake of 1860 are immense. Let the
Charleston Convention be careful what Khd OF nag
it puts upon the track.
- Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott was honorcd with a
magnificent reception by the civil and military au'
: thortes of New Orleans and IN immense concourse
of citizens on the occasion Of his late official visit to
that city, Gen Twiggs to meet with him there to
confer as to measures connected with this (Texas)
military department.
Er Gen. Houston recently stated most emphatical-
y from his place in the Senate that he would not &C
cept the Pr esidency if it rendered him by all
the political parties in the Union. lie announces o
settled determination to close his public life and
. -, A. ,.or,o;ndor IF his DAVIS in retirement and