Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-04-25
Kentucky, April ID, 1850,
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r nave Predicted for the new Senator from Texas
! commanding position MS dchater. This spercl
exhibits capacity for putting public question
= III such plain, practical light US 10 appeal III
e rrctly 10 the public mind. ll.> absurditics g
= Back kcpuhhcaDism are shown up capiuly. an
senator Hale, Of y H., will lose his reputation
Tor WIT aud humpr before the kclnly cuttiu, ora
toricIl powers Of Mr.. Wiglall. His clear pre-
sention OF the equality oil white men, and tht
! natural lhlenority OF negroes, and lis well tmeI
, definition OF " Tree negro StatCG,' and - fret
white States, completely ccliIses Scwurd's iGc;
OF "capital States" and labor States" ",
haze always denied the applicability OF the terms
- slave States and " free States" aud do not
know Of any better phrases to express TIE gener.
al social features Of the two sections in a small
compass than the ones Senator WigNi suggests
Nee loyk DGy Book.
Mr.. Wigiall, Of Texas, (Dem.) said he could
not agree not to regard his Us u party question.
Involving, as it did, the power of Government,
1t must give rise to party issue. If this Gov
ernment was elcmosynary in its charactvr--if it
was established TO provide for the halt blind
lame. deaf, &c.-it it could give lands to the
land.ess-why not niggers to the niggorlcss. 1t
! might reopen the African slave trade on mis-
sionary grounds, and bring negroes here to be
converted lie always dealt with things plainly
and practically The proposition was to give
homes to the homeless. Now, If we could give
lands, why not give money! If they were to
give lands, he should propose to give each man
one hundred and sixty dollars in cash, and pay
him mileage to come here and if they were to
give them these lands, he would propose to give
them negroes to work them. He thought three
would he cnOugh-onc woman, one man, and IL
enid, with the prospect Of large increasc.--
(Laughter)
Mr.. Wigtall then went into an examination Of
the powers Of the Federal Governments and con-
tended that, the trustee OF the Sovereign States
it had no right to vote away their lands. Ia tie
course Of his remarks, he said :. 1t is nonsense
to talk Of II State committing trcason-thc thing
was impossible lie owed allegiance to the
State OF Texas, which, coniointly with the other
States, exercised the same portion Of the SUyer.
cign power whenever she declared tho Federal
Government 10 longer her agent. Then it would
be his duty to return to his State, and if lie
should be captured fighting under the lug Of the
Lone Star, under the law Of nations he could not
be treated u traitor
Mr.. johnson, of Tennessee, remarked that
there We're prccedcnts for the policy proposed in
the bill.
Mr. Wigfall was sorry to hear any Democrat
refer to preccdents. they are accepted, banks,
tariffs internal Improvements, &c.. could be JUS
titled. lie then denounced the policy of New
England which, by Federal legislation, had got
IiCll, anu hclI tHc OtlcI sCCllOHS pOOr. nc DC-
lieved nothing better could occur than dSsou-
ton Of the Union. New England would then
beg the South to come back-her spindles would
cease to turn, and her ships rot at the wharves--
her sailors and operatives turned out to sturve,
would burn and steal. lie also drew a picture OF
Il mob OF deceived and inIuratcd people, bearing
on poles the heads of Seward and Hale. II these
men only knew the South was in earnest, they
would keep quiet. They were not men to coin
,l,iy rfy' i,,t. all, !,
ing for these men to understand but that the
South is united. There is nothing for them to
but what the Democrats have told
the Northern peOple--tlat there is possibility
Of the dissolution Of the Union then their lips
will be sealed and their mouths will be quiet
That is true, and they know it. Yet they are {
going on, trying to suppose this is farce that {
sc are playing tell them the day has passed {
when iarccs are played, and the play has reached
hat point where it will become u tragedy. | c
Use herc to make no threats but this people at "a
he North have been mislcd, and those who mis- ,
cad them don't believe We are III earnest | u
hould be recreant to my trust We're | to stand I
lere and say did not believe, upon my con-
cience and upon heart, that nO Black kepubli- Il
an can c.er be inaugurated President Of the Il
United States. And you call out your armies to |
orce us, and if we don't 80 into Boston into win
er quarters before you get into Texas, then am
mistaken. You'll conquer us, will you don't Il
now how you are going to conquer the South. Z
look around, and 1 see only one on that s,
de (the Senator from Ohio, Mr.. Pugh) who has II
yer seen the flashing of gun. On this side, "
lere is the Senator from Mississippi, (lr. Da- p
isl who has given his name to one of the arms
scd in our army. There is another (pontirg
, Mr.. Lane.) | see them everywhere There =,
the Senator from Texas, (NIr. nemphill.) lie Is
nd have fed on salt pork i'll Florida. Newere IL
lerc together lighting the Comanchcs, the day al
,e declaration of independence was made in
cxas. look on this side and see everywhere u
EN- who understand these things but over on a. a.
lat side, see none. Laughter. You are go Vi
2 to conquer us, are ye! Blood is a very COM
ON fluid it is worth very little; and If man
killed. it don t amount to much. 1t is Il mat Il
T of small consequences to me, and so far W,
@ masses are concerned, 1t Is matter of very ne
tie consequence; and if | were to die to-day, "
would be a question whether cry for my wife in
she cries for me. Laughter. But in war,
e military chest is the question. You are 90 st,
9 to conquer us, are ye! Where are You going is
get your money, when the Union is dissoived I IN
,ur vessels are all in the carrying trade, AM MS
can then put our cotton, rice and molasses on th
her vessels, that will carry them cheaper. And h,
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