Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-11
The TtiuaDh OF the : emo .rae v.

In the election of Col. WisIali to the United
States Senate, the Democracy of Texas have
achieved u triumph which will be hailed with cy
utatiOn from one end Of the country to the 9th
er a democrat 9. OF the straightcSt sect" hold
ing 10 the doctrines ot the Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions and to those embrace in the Drrd
Scott decision his election to this high position
is a formal recognition by TIE intelligence OF the
party, that the mNintainancc Of the constitution.
a! rights Of the South, without concession or
compromise, is not incompatible with devotion
to the IuiOn. For years he has been denounced
as AN ultraist and extremist, simply becans, he
has c0ntcadcd That rIlG territories oi the United
States are the common property OF all the States
of the Union, and that the Constitution, rec1g-
nizinr shvns as property, they are entitled to
equal protection, in the territories with every
other species Of property. As carly as ISIS, he
denounced the doctrine Of sqnHttur sovereignty,
and from that day to this has steadily contend.
ed that the only way to preserve this government
from destruction, was to Insist upon Il strict
construction of the Federal Constitution and u
rigid mniutrnAnre of the rights OF the States. -
He has opposed all concessions and compromise
Of rirht. Justice, and State equality, as bu'
the first steps to disunion' On the stump and
through the press he has denounced those who
favored such II policy. In l6l9 he arraigned
Gen. Houston. in the zenith of his popularity
and power, AS FHtr"iltt " Ih' oJuGh d''i W tIlc
country. Then he waa regarded a7 mn adyen:urcr
and the doctrines he proclaimed We're denounced
as hcrctical. Ours was the only Democratic
rress aC that time in Texas, that advocated like
opinions. To-day they emboiy the principles o.
the Dem lcratic party OF the Union, and he finds
himself Il Senator in Congress
If there was a man in the Democratic ranks
particularly obnoNious to the Union sIlriekers
and those who promulgated the idea that tic
Democratic rarty was filed with dSunionists, it
was Louis r. Wigfall There was no man
whom Houston aud his followers regarded with
more bitterness. To him and to them his cleo
ton is gall and wormwOod. Gy it, their tri-
umph in the August election, achieved by CO.
aliti0n of all the incongruOus elements of OppO-
sitinn to Democracy, by trickery, deception, and
drmlgogsm turns to ashes ou their lips.
Damacraiic Legislature has had the moral cour
ag, to put the seal Of its dsapprubation upon
the clarg, urged in the late August election that
the advocacy OF State rights and Southern rights
rendered a man obnoxious to the charge OF be-
ing disunionist.
\ man oE commanding talents, Intimately ac-
Gnaintcd with the political history Of the coun-
try. an fully prepared 20 discuss the great ques
ti1ns of American politics, he will at once as
sumo high position in the federal councils
No man has gone to Congress within the last ten
years H'SIC tlipl vuSl'H PiCE"i'u ''4 NV t'' ~
Those who think the advocacy of Southern rights
must he manifested by incorporate excitement,
and who look for such exhibition upon the
Iart Of our new Senator are destined 10 De uls-
Amounted. lie does not recognize or affiliate
with the flIse view of Sbutherl feeling, which
in one breath p-oclaims devotion to the Consti-
tuition, and in the next, endorse such men as
Houston and Henry Winter Davis of Maryland.
lie viii labor, as we believe, steadily, but boldly
for the recognition of sound principles in the ad-
1f ,iy Government and eudcavor to
secure Tor hia.aF nu honorable and enduring
slme.- Nars3a8 fFstl 90.