Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-15
Northern Men With Southern frin'
fipIts. go

Softhtfn men WIN bouthrfh W"
tiples.
This once numerous army o. martyrs mas
disappeared, OF rather have shr0wn On
the mask, ceased playing farce Ana se'a'
msnsed the character VI high tragedy IN,
der the impulse given them BY The stress OF
circumstances, Like the troops OF sen
naeherih, they have disappeared as u the
ANGEL Of Death had brssihed in their faces
Where nsw is Pierce, the fainiiHg hero Of
The Mexican War, the doughty buchanan,
with his, famous ihres-mile-muskei, Caleb
Cushing, the President Of the Southern
Convention, Gen, cass, Dix, Dickinson and
the whOle corps Of New York Wing and
Democratic politicians who planted them
selves upon that hgment Of the imsgina-
iion, "Norihern men with Southern Prin-
eirles." Not one Is ieft TO tell the tale OF
truth, Like vuliures, they have taken to
themselves wings and flown from the re-
past on which they once baiiened anu
glOaied ere the fight came, The Wise Man
has apily said that there is time for all
ihings; and verify is the truth Of the as.
ser,ion verified ia the History Of the men
Of the times, The time for testing the pu-
rity Of the metal has come and none Of
them has stood the test, We speak only Of
the professional politicians aud that pes
tilent class, yelept northern elergymen,
men in white crsysis, with black hearts,
acting the serio comic farce Of playing the
heroie.hypoeriie before God aud man.
"a Northern mau with Southern prineiPles!''
This was The idle creation OF an eIuberant
fancy, ushsrsi iutean ci.e neral existence,
| and FASTENED into speedy aud moribund
maturity. II has been consumed under the
torrid heat OF popular feeling, II never
enjoyed real existence, not even claiming
80 respectable an origin as decent saurians,
invertebrates and the myriads Of germ life
found In every department OF naiurei for
they all existed under the ARCHAEOLOGICAL
axiom omne rirum tr oro,p Their existence
was myth aud their origin, a falsehood.
They never really existed. They were,
from the beginning, m Impossible esnesp-
ton, for whatever Is impossible esotsrisnlly
considered, must necessarily DO such, from
its external relations with other objects.--
They sprang up under a partisan cry, to
catch Southern support, and when these
became unavailable, they showed their
true colors, and disappeared altogether.
Look at them as they now stand, to be
piticd rather than CONDEMNED. Some sor-
row they may have felt, some rcmorse may
have tortured their breasts, but We can
gather none of these facts from their pres
ent declarations. They are now all fire.
eaters, breathing blood and thunder against
the "rebellious South. They seem to DO
acting as men, who have suddenly become
aroused to sense Of their true position,--
realizing the fact that nothing more is to
DO expected from the once trusting South
They have laid aside the mask and are grim
ming the hideous smiles of their trcachcry and
deception in open daylight and heralding
the fact on every lightning line, as IL there
were no honesty in the land to make them
ashamed. They never possessed the hon
csty, magnanimity and heroism, necessary
to make up the true character Of "a North
ern man with Southern principles.
Stephen A. Douglas-eth Bruh,-the Little
giant, he too is gone the way Of the rest
From Icing giant among pigmics, he has
| degcnerated into the smallest Of the fry
and is hurried into the maelstrom, like a
wuif On the pillows. still small voice
comes up from the Illinois Legislature,
6rcnthig the coolest sort: or dcnuncintion.
FIRE and blood; it is the voice of Douglas,
bat the sentiments are those of the true
ulcn, Greeley, or the gorilla Lincoln. He
calls upon Abolitionists and territcrialists
to bury the Ratchet, and unite to crush the
South. He we'll nigh bursts with magnifi-
cent indignation and virtuous adherence
Of the unclcan thing. Like the frog which
emulated the bull, the Little Giant tries 10
swell INTO the Dimensions Of the ;ujoeeat
raaenl cfthem all, We wash our hands
! ci9sa If them all--thc South has had
enough OF northern men with southern
principles.
IN honorable exception 10 these, are ihe
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