Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-17
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TnR WlbE AWAgEa
nor l'.s hrsl ,hae vilhlp The History ol
Hs American Commonwealth, We have in
a1r aldst iAe &, isienge I, z s,crel IoliIico-
military organization, uniformed and ially
armed, called Wide Awakes. This organi-
rattan, 80 fully ofiieered, armed aud eqnip-
I ped, is composed Of Hack Republicans,
whose sentiments, openly aVowed, are in
direct aniagoni,m 10 the constitutional priv
ileges Of the South, Their very name is Of
fensive aud insulting from the fact that il
was the Heasas Do ggsvs of John brown
gang Of munlerels in Kansas; aud in hon-
ar Of his nari!rlon, the Republicans have
denomlnate'l This military political organi-
eaton, the Society Of Wide Awakes, Their
attitude bcfole the public, elapsrenips anl
eseorting the mast fOul-moulhei slan'lbrers
of our people ap,l institutions, from place
To place, is rendered peculiarly ofIen'i'e ly
the fact, that as their numbers increase,
they become proporiiunally bald In their
declarations and answers They already
number nearly half u million Of men, the
Young aud daring element Of Abolilionism
for the FIRST lime enihnsed with something
/ like love iormiliiary proves, This feel
ing has recently manifested itself in most
wanton and brutal attack upon the New
York Hotel, in which a large number Of
Soulherncrs was eongregated. This attack
IGon nnarmcd men and women, shows unmis-
tnkably the anlmus that peryades them.
Previous to this attack, in which blood
was spilled. they had employed themselves
In drill and In cscorting Abolition orators
from point to point hf fheir'' wdnieFings
over the country.
AMER Mr. Douglas bloody speech at Nor
folR, in which he pledged himselfto sust"'r
Lincoln and to assist in whipping ne South
into submission to Black Republican rule
and authority, the Wide Awake, received
him under their protection ana generously
paraded before him into the city of Elmira
Douglas bloody threat was sufficient To
commend him To their consideration, aud
we now find him ms much their ihvoritc rs
Seward, iovcioy, or any of them.
The New York Herald gives tho following
warning TO the South, aud foreshndows the
real intent and purport Of ilcsc Republican
warriors:
southern Democratic contemporary has
thrown out the warning that our Republic
can Wide Awakcs, from their military or
ganization, may be designed MS military
force for Southern coercion to the rule OF
sold Abe Lincoln There may he some
thing in this. Mr.. Seward, We know, has
issued his edict for the abolition of the
regular army and navy, on the ground
that having nothing else TO do than TO
protect the institution of Southern slavery,
they can be and must he dispensed with.-
In this view, perhaps, these Wide Awakcs
may be intended to supply the places of the
army ana navy ms n new anti-slavery paid
volunteer organization. Who knows!
The Day Book, in late issue has the
following remarks about this dangerous or
ganization that bodies no good to the South.
These are startling truths and they are
truths that should set honest men and true
Americans to thinking on the present as
pect of our national politics, and the dis
Grace as well as the danger of permitting
party, like this Republican party, to take
advantage ola temporary popular dcluson
to seize tho Government and thus to endan-
ger our institutions.
And, ngaip, after commenting severely
upon the attack on the New York Hotel the
Day Book gives the following quotation
from the Tribune, the organ of the Wide
Awakes. Greeley threatens the proprietor
and tries to awe him into silence. Hear
him:
organized body of young men, filed with
the vigor and the excitability of youth. Is
it quite prudent thing to risk a collision
with such body? Is it not possible that |
some much more serious result may happen |
both to Mr.. Cranston's house and Mr.. Gran
ston's guests than occurred on Tuesday eve
ming, should such demonstration be re-
peated? AS matter of caution, VIC suggest
that any public expression of the Anti-Re-
pnblicanism of that establishment had bet
ter not be permitted to get outside of it, ex-
'ept by way of the chimneys.
p Thus il is evident they feel their mower
md will exercise it. Think of it, We men
Of the South who cry peace, when there is
10 peace,-who sing pmans to the Union,
While there is an armed political party,
nearly 100000 men, ready for
my service to which they may be called by
heir unprincipled leaders. Douglas Sc
yard and the whole host of them at the
North, threaten to coerce the South should
nc refuse to submit to Black Republican
'ue: simultaneously this. band of Wide
Awakes springs Into being, and their first
'attle is against Southerncre, boarding Mt
he New York HOTEL Their orgmnizot;o
s formed in view of conflict with tho
south and for purposes of aggression; and
yet little more sleep, little more fold
ng of the hands in slumbcr,"-and the en-
my will be upon us.
In view of this organization the New Or
cans Delta aptly says:
In face of such threats and perils, the
cople of the South are engaged in the no.
10 and patriotic duty ofringing Bells and
truggling with mortal energy to elect
President.
BS" 1t is a favorite theme with Gen
ouston and others, to denouncc the repeal
the Missouri Restriction as the origin
nd fount of all our woes, and the cause of I
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