Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-11-28
orsesPsndraer u tbs Herald,
COURT WEEK IN KAUFMAN,

minated ON last saturday,
The people Of kaufman are Intensely in
iereslei in the pOli,ieel state OF the country
On Monday Of Court, a meeting Was held
for the purpose Of considering the snbjse',
DIR. :. q. Parsons was called. ia the chair,
and the meeting being fully organized,
General ~, Coed aud Colonel H. Warren
sioae addressed III e people. General Good
favored resistance to the inauguration Of
Lineoln,. and dissolution Of the uniOn rather
than submission to Black Republican adj
ADMINISTRATION. Colonel Stone advised the
preservation Of the Union. A committee
was appointed to draft suitable resolutions,
aud the meeting adjourned,
On Tuesday, preamble and resolutions
we're reported, Your humble servant was
called upon, and responded in the best man
ner he could, according 10 his humble abll'-
". The business of the eOrurt pressing
the further consideration Of the resolutions
was postponed until night, at which time
very spirited discussion took place NessIs'
Good Parks aud Wharton sustaining inc
resolutions. recommending u call oil inc
Legislature and resistance to u BACK We
publican administration by tho Southern
States; and Messrs, Stone and hreeu'"'e
fayoring the maintenance OF the federai
Union. The question was put, and the pre-
omble and resolutions unanimously adopt
cd. In the mean time, the Lone Star had
bcon hoisted ON the new Court House. 1t
WAS now circulated that, on Friday, the la
dies of Kaufman wsnld present to the peo-
pic of the county, through the Judge OF
their District Court, Union Flag-the star
spanglcd banner-the stars and stripes, or
National Flag This appeared to absorb
public attention, or allay the excitement
and give place to other business Tor TWO
days.
Friday noon, (unlueky dayO the bcHs'of
two churches and tho hotal were rung, and
the current Of the populacc was towards
the churches, both of which spacious build
inrs are on the same side Of town, The la
dies assembling at one, and tho people gath
cring in large numbers at the other. Soon
the ladies came in procession, bearing a
handsomely wrought flag, the workmanship
of their own hands, and were loudly cheer
cd upon their entrance.
Though the Union of these States may be
dissolved, and bloody revolution succeed,
the principles adopted by the individual
colonies will survive, the stars and stripes
will ever thrill the bosoms of those who re-
member the glorious triumph. of those prin-
ciplcs over British tyranny. And the fair
ladies of our country may be led into error,
and lavish their toll in an unfortunate cause,
but our gallantry will ever prompt us t
cheer their efforts though we chidc their OBJ
jcct.
His Honor, Judge Reeves, took the stand,
and Miss Kate Parsons addressed him in be-
half of the ladies of Kaufman, in lengthy
speech, well adapted to the occasion, aboun-
ding in elegant illusions to the Union and
the star spangled banner; dincharging the
duty with much grace and elegance; pre-
scnting to His Honor and through him to
the people. of Kaufman the cherished ensign
of our liberties and once happy country
The Judge responded in one of the ablcst
speeches We have ever heard in the States
Paying due respect to the fair lady at whose
hands he had received the beautiful banner,
and complirnenting her and the ladies' of
Kaufman upon the interest they were man
ifesting in What they conceived to be the
good of our common country, he proceeded
to point out the misfortunes that weroabout
to befal us and our institutions, and to sug-
gest remedy, and the course for Southern
men, Southern women and Southern States
State of the Union was an Independent
sovereignty that he was freeman and
citizen of Texas; that every other State in
the Union was alike sovereign and indepen-
dent; that tho rights Of individuals and
property were regulated alone by the State
authorities; and that one State had no right
to interfere with the domestic affairs of an
other State. That the Federal Union was
creature of the States, and not the States Of
the Federal Union. That the federal COM
pact was entered into for specific purposes;
Congress only exercised a dclcgatedautllOr-
ity-only held the capacity of an agent of
the States, and would only exist as long as
the terms of the compact we're faithfully
observed
The Judge entered fully into thcrclations
of the States and the Federal Union, and
told the ladies that the preservation of them
was greatly to be desired but that fear
full crisis had come upon us. lie examined
the course that had been pursued by the
Abolition fanatics of the North; traced the
origin of the Black Republican party to
that MS its issue; spoke of its tendanoy and
ultimate designs upon the institutions of
the Southern States; hoped that we might
be spared the, fearful and much to be lamen-
ted consequences; but said, the time might
come, and at no distant day, when it would
pecome us as freeman, true toourselyas, orr
institutions and our rights under the Con-
-stitutoon, to strike for the liberties achieved
by the blood of our fathers. He would ac-
cept, however, from their hands, with great
pleasure, the banner under which SO many
glorious victories had been achieved on sea
and land; under which our country had ris-
en- to so much distinction; under which our
citizens had been respected in every land
and upon the waves of the ocean; and he
would say to the people of Kaufman and the
South, present it to the Black Republicans
of the North, and demand of them the re-
spect that has been accorded TO it by the
nations of the earth, and tell them that I'M
der its broad stripes and bright stars we