Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-15

i EsIRsor FROM rHE lNAuGURAL ADDRESS or Go,
u ERNoR LtTcnFR, or VIRGINn 80 This controyel
y ~ has now reached q point which demands
speedy sot,lcnent, II the Union is to be save
from dissolution. if the aggressions to which "
have been subjected for so many years are to b
repeated, u mutual distrust and suspicion arn 4
continue, and if tho election of u sectional Re
publican candidate for the Presidency in 1860 4
10 he superadied, 1t Is useless TO attempt TO con
zeal the iaet that, in the present temper of th
Southern people, IL cannot be-, and will not be
submitted 20, The" IrTeprcssihle conflict " doc
trine. announced and advocated by tho ablest anl
most distinguished leader of the Republican par
ty, Is an open declaration of war against the in
srtution OF African slavery wherever il exists
and would he disnyal 90 Virginia and TO the
South, II did not declare that the election OF
such man, entertaining such sentiments and
advocating such doctrines. ought TO be resisted
by the Slayeholding States. The idea OF permit
ting such man to have the control and direction
ol the Army and Navy of the United States, and
the appointment of high judicial officers, post
masters included, cannot 10 entertained by the
South for n moment.
am now, and have ever been, friend 70
the Union Of the States. appreciate it's value
ardcntly desire it's preservation. and would not
rasLly hazard its existence. have presented
these views in the earnest hope that the North
ern mind may he brought to reflection and that
the conservatism of that section may be aroused
and stimulated to immediate action. II will re-
quire prompt and decided action ON their part, If
mutual confidence shall be revived, and distrust
and suspicion shall be banshed from among us
wise, prudent and cOnsiderate course may save
the Union, in the hour OF its peril. To this end,
am prepared to do all that honor, duty and
patriotism enjoins upon me"
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ID, \ Ii. r..
irritability produced by eating raw mutton chops,
and from indigestion produced by potato bullets.
My murderer is Betsy Jane. our cook. On my
kensal-grecn tombstone will be inscribed the
words, " Died from tho effects of II very plain
cook" In vain try to explain to her the chem
istry of the first elements Of cooking She fries
everything, and prefers that greasy, unwholesome
mode of cooking. to the racy, chustened gridiron,
that gives to u chop such II healthy flavor. She
prefers baking. with its soden senming, to juicy
roasting and when she bols, she bois things
so fast that they are hard yet undone She has
no forethought; she puts things down to roast
too late and then hurrics them too much. She
leaves the pot on the hob when it should hc on
the fire, and she boils at a jumping, potlid-shak-
ing canter, when she should simmer with n gem
tic, bubling gurglc. In fact, muscally speaking,
she takes joint at vivace when it should be al
legro, and at pa when it should be O.. In fact,
Betsy Jane has no sense of the dignity of her
art--no appreciation Of the poetry Of her craft
no knowledge Of the solemnity of her mission,
as the soother and nourisher of the human mind
through the human stomach. She is always hot
aud cross Cooking affects the liver and so spoils
the temper )--and is, in word, big heaoed, ir-
rational, nsensate, miserable hireling, who turns
potatoes into yellow tallow, meat into coke, and
bread into soluble lead. look on her rs per-
rerer of the gifts Of Providence, and, therefore,
ns ally of Apoiyon himself The effect of fire
on solids OF luids-the law of hoilng-thc ma
ture Of imprisoned iuicc-thc science of condi-
ment-are as unknown to my plain cook us the
pleasures Of dancing are to II hipropotamus, or
the joys of pedestranism to the great sea ser
pent. She never thinks-she did not take my
wages to think; she is only walking plate
portable ladle--a human cruet- stand.
She would never kill herself, like the famous
Vatel, becsuse the woodcocks did not come in
line for my dinner party. Our plain cook is the
cause of quarrels, too, between me and Mrs. 2.
Mrs. P. manages Betsy Jane badly. She hagges
1t her, and rates her, and speaks at her in cut
ing side winds that make your flesh creep, and
make our plain cook baste the meat with quick
ierce vindictvenees, as if she were roasting Mrs
,. herself, for cannibal feast Of plain cooks
The hints dreadful things of " missus' temper" ;"
nd tells her, twice week, to suit herself that !
lay month All The Year Round. 2