Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-04
DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, JANUARY A. 1860

Court house and s1me Of the business houses ia
' town were brilliantly Illuminated, hrs'
crowd assembled in the suburbs of the town aud
tired fifteen guns for the hfteen Southern States,
and some two or three Others a. eal0ut indiViin-
ais, Col. Hood and others. responded in neat
= and appropriate speeches, when gun MAS fred
for Senator Quinn, and 0uT representatives, F1s-
cue and Harrison, who had stood up 10 Wisall
gallaRtly, and hel ped 10 secure his election, ~
ter the firing was over, the crowd adjourned "a
tho Courthouse square, when enthusiasts
speeches were made hy Col. Hood, John 4. Dfeh-
erd, Esq, james j, A., Baker, Esq, wm. II.
Mullins, Esq, 7, I, Gammags, Esq,, and others,
amidst continued display vf fireworks gotten
up for tho occasion,
"lhe object Of the demonstration, was a To,
l0cing over the success ol Southern principles
and the rights of tho States, as shown In the
election OF Wigiail, and wRi not confined to the
Democratic party, We believe tim, the voters
OF this county will heartily endorse the action oi
those who yOtcd for WiglaIl, us being infinitely
preferable 20 supporting any of tho candidates
who were voted for in opposition To him, ,'-Rus,
Enquirer.
"iloy LEWIS I. Wmr,LL-Ghe electlUu NJ
this gentleman, as Senator from Texas, will be
highly gratifying to tho friends of tho South
IL should dispel all doubt Us 10 the true Southern
attitude OF the young giant OF the Southwest.
iHc clcctlun " htUs HOUSTON on ptFhOhtl higl
local grounds. produced tho wdo spread delusiln
that the people OF Texas were not in full sympa-
thy and communion with the decided Southern
sentiment Of the old States of the South. To whose
efforts Texas owes her existence NJ a sovereign
State. and her place in the Coniedcracy, The
election Of Gen Houston as Governor was received !
in many quarters as evidence OF tho opposition
of the voters Of that State TO the ulta.S0uthsru
ideas and tendencies Of his chief oppoucnts, and
particularly TO the proposition ascribed to the
Generals adyersaries, 10 revive the slave trade.
"We took occasion at the time to demonstrate
the error OF this conclusion, and to show that
Cen llouston's election was pnrely personal
triumph, and that his national opinions, and
even his official acts had hut little influence on
the result. The return of Col. Wighll proves
how correct this opinion was. That gentleman
was the chief and leader of the opposition 70
Houston.
ale had been even idcr with the slave
rade movement to tho extent of making in public
he ablcst argument which has yet been present
ID against the constitutionalty of the laws max
ng the slave trde piracy. \ South CGroliuan /
~ birth and education, he has ever kept pace 4
With the ultra politicians of that State. If Tex. c
IS is not true Southern State, she has certainly
'ot chosen her Senators wisely. They are both, j
lemphill and Wigiall natives of South Carolina |
"COl. Wigiall is in the flower Of ranhond, t
nd possesses mind Of the fl st order, and
ourage TO meet every emergency. lie isa ready,
ersc, vigorous, spirited speaker, of fine logical II
nd analytical power, Of fluent, easy and i'm II
ressive manner. c
"ln early life he had the misfortune to be in t
olyed In several personal alairs-onc with the a
lte Preston S. Brooks, in which the latter was P
'ounded-in all of which Wigtall bore himself P
18th great manliness. Time, however, and the p
,huence of noble wife and interesting family Il
al tod E,r lapa Ia
Vigfall will present himself in the United States il
enate worthy representative of the gallant
tate, which is destined to fill 80 high and i'm IL
ortant part in the future Of section Of the on
non-and most valuable accession to the tt
olendid array of talcnt and chivalry which is Il
ready marshaled in tho Senate of the United S
tates under tho Southern banner. "-Dska. in