Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-31

We cohiinchu tue inli""hS ietef ~
Judge Reagan, Ia every water IN the District
aud, trust that lis patriotic spirit may be
Infused ip'o every heart, Reagan Is M
craven submissionisi, Ia barter away the
constitutional rights NJ the South for 'em-
porary aud ,lishono,able peace, Our rights
are constitutional aud will bc maintained,
Read the lelIer,-eyery word OF IT, whose
losir and Iairioiism will ultimately crush
cut the dangerous AMI submissive policy at
tempted To be fpisiel upon the people of Tex
a., by the Fuslonisis and their alherenls.
from ihs rriniiy .siyoeat,. At, siih.
LETTER FROM JUDGE PAsCnAL.
ArsrIS, Texas, Oci, ,ll,, ls'iO.
To lloN, JonN n. REAGAN,
!. Sapposc breckenridge il the fourth
candidate in the field, aud you have In select
between Douglas, He'll aud Lincoln, what
will You do
2. Are you willing that the Electors Of
Texas, whichever ticket shall succeed, shall
east the vote of Texas foreiihcr Breckenridge
Douglas or He'll, IL secure the clcclion Of ell
Iher over Lincoln, or To prevent the latter
n
possible, lay voting for either of the first
named three!
/ y. Which l. your first, second, and third
choice In the Presidential conlestl
I. Do you think that Ihe election Of lin
colin would lie IL itself sufficient cause To
dissolve the union. ar To resist his innugu,
ration? And would you join In such at
, tempt ~ secession or resistance?
remain, respectfully,
GEO. W. PASClIAI.
Iaiesine, Texas, Oci. IN, 1880
lou. Gco. ". Iasehai; -.
I Your letter Of rtsJib iiisinhi, addressed
To me, and published in the lniclligcncer,
in which you PROFOUND certain questions To
me, did not Come In my notice until day
before yesterday, nj Rusk. some of the
questions are based on the most improbable
suppositlons, and need not by themselves
have been answered hut others Of them
look TO contingencies which may possibly
arise, and upon which may he called 10
act either MS u representative in Congress
or ~ a citizen, and nm not inclined to
withhold my opinions an these, In view of
their importance, and in view Of tho fact
that you, in your character of candidate
for Presidential clcctor, call for them in 40
.
embrace the first leisure on my arrival at
home 10 answer.
Your first intcrrogatory snpposcs n case
which is not probable. | do not doubt hut
that Breckenridge will be second to Lin
coin in strength in the electoral college
But, improbable ~ the case presented by
your question is, answer, that IL Brcckcn-
ridge should DO the fourth in strength, In
al -. lal,. I'll
into the House Of Representatives, would
~ ~ matter OF necessity, vote for either
Douglas or Bell to defeat Lincoln
To your second interrogatory I answer:
that il should have been addressed to the
Democratic Electors themselves, II informa-
ton was desired IA to the course they will
deem II their duty to pursue, "a they were
selected on account Of their supposed fit
ness for the position they occupy. But
while my answer to this intcrrogatory can
be of no more Importance than that Of any
other private citizen, and waving such OBJ
jcctions rs might properly make to being
thus Intercepted, answer, that if | was
one of the democratic electors ] would vote
for Breckenridge and Lane rs long as there
was probability of securing their election
either In the electoral college or by allow
ing the election to go into the House. And
TO the latter part of this intcrrogatory
answer, that if there should not he an cleo
ton by the electoral college, neither the
vote of Texas nor all the Southern States
can prevent Lincoln from going into the
House, and should waste time to answer
as to different supposed state of facts.
TO the third interrogatory answer, that
am for Breckenridge and Lame, and have
no second or third choice in the contest
But my answer to your first interrogatory
shows that if it were possible for n contin-
gency to occur in which there would be no
chance for the election of that ticket,
would, as matter Of neccssity-not of
choice-votc for Douglas or Bell.
TO your fourth interrOgatOry l answer:
that Lincoln stands before the country the
representative of the anti-slavery ideas and
ngitators Of the times,-that his election or
defcat must rest alone upon the determine
ton of the people Of the free States to car
ry out those ideas and to execute the pur-
poses of these agitators, or to repNliate
those ideas and arrest that agitation. The
one idea of opposition to negro slavery
brought the republican party into existence,
and now holds it together His election by
purely sectional vote of the people of the
free States would pledge his administration
and party and section to carry out the doc
trines upon which he is run and would be
elected. The doctrines of his party are that
negro slavery, ms it exists with us is rclig-
iously, morally, socially and politically
wrong. 1t is proclaimed by the great lead
crs of that party, by its political presses,
by its political conventions, by its ministers
of the Gospel, and by every other means
they have of giving currency and impor-
lance to the declaration that II IL its mis-
sion to abolish slavery in the Union. Their
legislation in most of the free States, and
their efforts at Legislation in Congress, prove
that the federal Constitution presents no
barrier to the accomplishment of their pur-
poses, where they have the power to over
ride and disregard its provisions. They
are pledged to exclude slavery from the
common Territories, to abolish it in the Dis
trict of Columbia, in the Forts, Dock Yards,
&c., and to prevent the Interstate slave |
trade They have no power over this q,lcs-
ton in the States where it exists The Fed
eral Constitution recognizes our right of |
property in slaves in the common Terrific |
ries, in the District of Columbia. and in |
the Forts, Dock Yards, &c. The. Gonstitu-
ton confers no power on Congress. or any !
other policical body to interfere with or
destroy that right Of property; File sue
cessful application of the republican doc
trines would violate the plain specific pro-
visions Of the Federal Constitution in sew
eral particulars. They would strike down
the sovereignty and equality of the States
by denying them the right to regulate and
control their own domestic institutions in
their own way. They wonld take away and
destroy eur wight of property in negro
slavesin the Territories, in the District of
Columbia, &c., in violation of that provis-
ion of the Constitution which declares that
no citizen shall be deprived of his property
except by due process of law, and another
which declares that private property shall |