Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-04

~ NtsiANNANtAAi AtAAhiN-N
Of all de Gll.es PsrprtraIsd By che bs0rsapisegs
and fastiOusts in their meeting Of the I'D Of Ds'sm
her, none sill strike the attention 81 the people with
rDOrs disgust than the opea and dirset severance
Of all ties that bound them to the Democratic Party.
IN positively ignoring the National Democratic Con-
ysuton TO lie held al Charleston in May nsAt. The
weakness Of the thing is thus rendered apparent and
the proiigOus effort to get up sensation meeting,
10 rendered simply ridiculous aud scarcely deserving
notice. The Opposition has been aPuy compared to
oil and wstsr-and Gen. llousIoS the only alka that
eau unite them but u this instance, the old Hero
l,t them to their llles, aud not present At
their meeting, They must TvsOlye into their original
elements for il seems that Gen ioUsToS will not give
them sufficient aid and eOmfot to turn the mass into
'soft .oap." lie leaves them without leader OF
sufficient ability to amalgamste the heterogeneous
materials " which il is eomPOssd-lea'es 'hsm WIN
out HELM or ruiler. and the consequence VIII be
total wreck aud rcut u their dlsorgansed forces
Sam, oui u,gi, will be the waiehwOrdi and happy
for them II they do not go North for safety and Tor
leader. The nh resolution Of their Platform IL d.
rect attsmpt Ia ignore the Char Convention. aud
aaeran, efcr, at disorgsniIaiiun, lie wiekedness
Is more apparn, from lie utter disregard Of the Pc
rlous condition Of the country, VII N the all impor
lsn fact is staring ia the face that the South must
be united to hur back the tide 81 fanaticism aud ar
rest lie dircfal effects The Democratic Party is the
only National party in existence aud the only party
able to stem the tide that Is setting in from the North
A great. National Convention Of the strength Of this
truly and only National party is called to meet in
May next, But here, in Democratic Texas. is made
an effort to nRugurate different state Of things and
to initiate New Party, by men who call themselves
Democrats, in jest, than in sober reality who
have resolved themselves into meeting consisting
principally Of who have always been opposed to
Democracy aud would row gladly seize on any pre-
text To hnict n blow upon their ancient enemy. The
weakness Of the thing Inherent; aud the stereotypel
phrases about ultraiSm, secession and reopen the
slave trade, will not he worth the time and trouble
Of filling their pamphlets and newspapers with them.
At time, when the South seems to be uniting as one
man in determined resistance TO fannticism and all
the other dangerous sms when the Governors Of every
Southern State that have yet spoken, have given in
their adherence TO the interests Of the South and
pressed their devotion to il; here in our midst is
started feeble attempt to denounce these men who
have boldly spoken the truth, ultraiss and disun-
ionists 1t is the fashion of the Opposition in this
State to denounce and dccry men Of the South who
stand by her interests, than they do men Of the
North, who openly preach fanaticism and sectional.
ism. The sickly scntimenality of mere unonism, is
a poor substitute for ardent patriotism and the Rights
Of the States. The will descend upon their own
heads and by their own invocation.