Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-10-26
The Era Letter,

the indignation meeting IN Cook county, we pul
=, lish the Black Republican letter from Sc j. D.
'e OF Naeogdoehes. TO the National Era, leadin
\ Black Republican organ, let the two docum,nt
be elossly compared, Al the similarity Of ton
. cannot fail to he discovered. Tho Naeogioehe
u letter may be forgery, and 80. j. n" may
= = myth, but the same spirit seems to psryad
these two precious documents weleave il t9 th
. people at large to say whether the correspondent
!. Of the National Era. has any reasonable grounds
for arriving a. the conclusions contained in hi,
I letter. N theie conclusions are based upon fls'
premises, let Tho whole structure fall TO pieces
but If there is truth In them, let tho blame lal
upon the right heads. We must admit that III,
insinuation is unjust, that the free soil element
in Texas IL sufficient to have had pieponderancc Ia
the election, aud to have materially affected il
upon tho grounds that Sam Houston was friendly
to tho success OF Black Republicanism. The
isolated attempts at different places and times to
obtain standpoint in our State, from which to
disseminate abolition sentiments, afford no evi-
dcncc OF general inclination amongst our peo-
pie to be infected Wherever these cmissarios
of the abolitionists have commenced their opera
tions, the citizens have arisen sen masse" and
expelled them from the country; rs in the case
of Mckinney and Blount, in Dallas; the free soil
Methodists in Fannin the free soil editor, Banks,
in Quitman; Palmer, in Cook, and some in Bas-
trop.
1t is melancholy fact that such attempts are
made upon US, and in the very midst of men de-
voted to the institutions of the South and the
evils resulting from publicity being given to such
attempts are shown in renewed efforts on the
part of these wanton, reckless men. Encourag
ed by the free and aippant manner in which at
tempts are made to array the non stakeholder
against the slave holder, the eulogies upon
tcheap white labor" and the dignity Of white
labor, the denunciations of the party recklessly,
andpersisteny styled the slavery and reopen the
slave trade party, all go to encourage and EN-
bolden the worst class of people that have ever
entered our borders. This pandering to mis-
taken sentiment in Southern State, is highly
renrshensible, and those papers that have fer
reted out this sentiment, and exposed it, deserve
the praise and app: obation Of the entire South.
The State Gazette and Houston Telegraph, have
long ago taken the lead in denouncing this mis-
eruDIe trick of pandcrinS to free so,i sentiment,
and the more incendiary attempt to array non
Shareholders against the shareholders. These
papers fearless in tearing off the mask and
showing the ugly visages of their real Designs
We think the author of the National Era letter
has gone toe far, whether he is the friend of
Houston, or his enemy: but the plausible grounds
upon which he bases his conclusions cannot fail
to carry some conviction with them. While we
think that Gen. Houston would like to run FOR
the Presidency, we cannot think that he would
be recreant to every trust reposed in him ny
generous people, SO dead to every emotion ofhonor
hero, statesman and patriot, as to fall, without
u struggle, into the embraces OF the Black Re-
publican party, close his eyes to the frowns of
his country, and surrender himself, tool of II
sectional party, the enemy of his
home and the institutions under which he was
many Of what We considered tho polit-
ical sins of Gen. Houston. we cannot euifer this
letter of the Era to go forth, without saying.
that we do not think that Gen. Houston is all
that it represents He is not what is therein
stated, we honestly believe But we honestly
believe that some of his organs have been the
,ause of such conclusions being drawn in regard
o him, by their blind catering to every vicious
aste Vand propensity, to secure votes for his
,lsction.1 With them The end justified the means,
The following is the letter of the National
Era
To the Editor Of the National Era:
s.Sam Houston is elected by ab out 5000 major
ty. The democracy of Texas, which has so long
,een thought to be invncible, has heen complete
y overthrOwn they are routed, horse, foot and
lragoons. Their ultra slavery notions have
,een knocked into pi, and they have quietly
concluded to remain a while longer in the same
Union with our Republican brethren of the
North The canvass has been very exciting one.
hat conld be invented, was bestowed upon Old
sam to defeat him; but never did the "organi-
ers make greater mistake than when they ,,
attempted to make electionesriDg material of his
ecord in Congress. 1t was urged against him
hat he had been influential in introducing the
'etition Of the 5000 Abolition preachers,-a thing
e had a perfect right, and which it was proper
or him to do. 1t was said that Houston had
'romised to submit with respectful homage to
N Abolition President. Houston admits it
ays he will do it,-and the honest Conservative
of Texas have said b. their votes that
hey are like-minded. The news from this cleo (
ion ought to be cheering to our Northern friends
set them not despair, Texas will not 60 out of g
he Union so long as Sam Houston lives. There 9
s strong free-soil sentiment among her people,
specially among the laboring classes. and this (
entiment is not without its advocates among the |
ery abest Of the Texas newspapers. They con t
Iemn, as they should, this aristocracy of slave t
abor, and advocate the true dignity of free labor.
Us general thing, these were the characteristic t
Jews of the supporters Of Houston in his canvass.
Houston is much talked Of for the Presiden- 3