Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-18
Union MeetinEs.

4 III.
in defense Of the rights Of the States and in cOndem-
nation Of John Browns reasonable raid into Virgin
ia. Similar meetings have been hela in Boston aud
in New York The enc in the latter city Is thought
to be the mos, important one Of the kind ever held
The sense Of the meeting was truly conservative
such us We would naturally expect from the great
commercial centre OF the Union, whose merchants
have ever body, been true to the interest OF Tue
South and more especially to that Of themselves
The political bearing these meetings may have, II F"
difficult at this time to foretell they certainly can
do no harm. and may exert a great 'nnush'0 :" ~
storing healthy state Of public sentiment " u0
North. Il lis frequently said that the masses " Tue
North arc true aud loyal, respectful anu oDser'an'
or tho constitutional rights OF the Southern States
that they are lei by few Designing demagogues, who
o,trol hubble meetings, toll the bells for John Drown
and write aaming articles for tho newspapers in favor
of universal freedom, and the emancipation OF the
negro race II Is often attempted to exonera'e the
great body OF the people from the charge Of dsoyAl-
~ to the Union ard the Constitution ;-ond the i'm
mense gathering in the Academy Of Music, and the
long string Of resolutions promulgated thence may
90 to establish the proof Of such nm assertion we
do not object to them may, rather We think 'ho"'
very good 50 far they go but they fall Tar SNORT
OF what the South would ask Of her sister states IN
the North We would respectfully nsk them not oh'y
to hold these mass meetings and sing praises 10 '"V
| elilcacy Of the Union,-to declaim upon uehsoh'
fanaticsm and robbery, and pass resolutions sugses-
tive of good lungs and ready pen, but barren oil
,nv praetil results ;-wo would ask little inore'
r .t..:. Tnuip tt,raa
Let the law-makers,-the assembled WISDOM anu P"-
triotsm Of each sovereign State pass such 'd"' anu
enact such statutes as will guaranty to each anu every
,i,ycn of this broad Union the right Of all consttu-
tional property lot every statute upon their oooAs'
intended to inyadate said right, be wiped out with
clean hand and pure heart let all Personal Lber-
~ Bills ct ID omne genus, not be tolerated by thelr
legislatures and let every attempt to eva % the con-
stitution and to cnibarrass the progress Of tho
law bc met with severe and conaisn punishment and
abolish every law from their statute books that con-
ncts with the requirements Of the Constitutions Lot
such laws be passed as will etectually suppress the
utterance and PRONUNCIATION Of reasonable sentiments;
let the property of Southern men be as secure in
Maine as in Texas let the Stewards, the Beechers'
and the John Browns be legally restrained from the
publication and preaching of sentiments OF war Win
humanity, and the well-being of the Union let the
preaching and incubation Of murder and robbery be
viewed in the same light with the overt act lot the
man who would indoctrnate his feow-ctizens in the
Justice and right of such crimes be seized by tho
strong arm of the law, and let him be punished
Until tho Northern States purge her staTrfc DOCKS
of every law that would shield md protect the cul-
prit who violates tho guaranteed and constitutional
rights of others,-nntil the North comes squarey up
to the mark the South cannot place much confidence
in her mass meetings and long-winded resolutions
When this is done, then will the South feel that the
Northern people are sincere in their professions.
The civ of New York with her merchant princes and
wealthy tradesmen, may be true and loyal to the
Constitution and the Unon,- but the rural districts
will return n member to Congress, who not only en-
lorscs lIclper's Book, but who openly breaches and
prnctices the deadlicst warfare against the consuu-
toua rights of other States When the great mass of
the people, the pOers VII make the Congressman III"
Legislators, fail to return their members VINO nave
been thus guilty. then will the South begin to 1eei
that the people arc sincere and true to the sstefhooa
of States When men meet in MACS meetings, and
condemn John Brown and lis proceedings II Is Weli'
but when these men go the polls the next oay
md rive their yotes for man who holds identically
| the same sentiments men who openly haransue inc
crowd for the purposes and ends, the vast Union
Meetings will fail to carry practical benehciai results
| and their Union and Constiuton-loving professions
be viewed rs hypocritical and utterly worthless II
tho nconle of the North are sincere let them send to
Concress and their Legislatures, but Union and
Constitution men, who Will enact laws OF ths
character and put down oil efforts to inVaaate the
provisions of the Constitution.
Tn some pasts of the Northern States the rugitlVe
snye Law is uullity, and the local enactments are
suc a to give security and projections to those who
offer direct interference with legal and constitutional
proceedings for the recovery of stolen property
How many cases recorded in which fugitive slaves
have been forcibly rescued from the United States
Marshalls in the attempt to carry out the require
ments OF the law? How often has blood been spilled,
and lives been lost in such efforts to render null ana
void the action of Congress and the Constitution
VIII it be denied that these things wnked at and
sustained by the people' We think not If a Judge
is governed in his decisions, by his just conceptions OF
the law and the Constitutions and if such be in con-
Aict with the anaticism of the section in which he
sides, he loses his place and is osracised by public
sentiment, as was recently the case in Ohio. When
professions and actions not harmonious, the Ver-
oct slave will not credit the or the other; and
| when the actions of our Northern brethren do not
harmonic with their professions, the South cannot
and will not give them her confidence Let the Leg
satures of the several States take the treason and
fanaticism of her into active consideration ana
visit them with their merited dues then and only then
will the South have quiet and peace THIS is all we
ask of our sister Sates not to interfere with US IN
our rights by word or Decd and to punish all such