Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-30
,6ncInllsd ri tYrst PaYe.l

'm, lean poillics-that they would
nos hey have donc) nulliiy laws Of
rulrrss made in pursuance ut ,irc
,H 'itution OF the United Sistcs,
p, ate legislation when those laws
w, enacted, 10 mcto out Jns,icc Ia
t ave Sta.os, uot because they
were unconstitutional; but for the
gt.Dn they alleged that they were
...iy unto themselves, being oI the
hr. lac orlcr, and above the con-
.... ION. That they would not sui
Tr .r allow the slave States Ia trade
a.. .,cir constitutional property
,...f searh u.Acr ~ soon rs they
,m.i prevent it-plclgcl further
wuhllsh slavery every where that
rIr Npdcml Constitute exists cX,
elusive jurisdiction, In Tine pledged
"a. gso every possible means nj eve
rs Lace tn war upon the institution
lccn States, This is the doml'
n1lt party of the government, and
.te nc from which we are told that
Nv. ~ill have justice done rs and
l..' 20 are in no danger, One OF
.. .pncIusions We must arrive nj
ipu tho premises, the first Is, that
t...f candidates have been elected
rn the principles set forth IN their
rir.frm and announced by their
0.a g that thcysyill carry th"M
oat. NJ they must prove rccr, ant I"
..e ast comhdcd to their charge,
r ~ traitors to the party that cl'
cvutcd them. This they will not do,
0cu,r we must expect the govern
mnu to be used to crush Us ont of
.s.el nee, rs far us the institution
at livery is concerned Mr., Lin.
coin las declared that this govern
,orn, cannot permanently endure,
HALF slave and half free, that it
"ut, BECOME all one, or The other;
which will he use the power Of the
gpynlnmcnt to accomplish? We
ne.,t not answer this rs all know
10. position; but then it is said that
the >tatcs are in no danger. Why.
n government is composed Of
SuY,vs and Lincoln says that they
cau,ot endure, half slave and half
free. Then if he is upon the half
Tree idc of the qucstion-hc certain
is will use all the power Of the gov
vrnulcnt that he can to make it all
roe Who is regarded rs the leader
OF Ills party? William ii. Seward
If New York! What has he said
'upon this subject? These are his
words "Frce labor has at last apprc-
hcuded its just rights and its dcsti-
~ and is organizing itself to AS
sumo the government Of the Rcpub-
lie. 1t will hcnc forth meet You
oddly and resolutely here wash
/, gton) it will meet you everywhere
in tie territories and out Of them
shorevcr you may 60 to extend sla-
y,v,, ithas driven you back in Cali
gurn,a, and in Kansas, it wiH inrade
y5r soon in Delaware, Maryland,
virginia, Missouri and Texas, it
viii meet YOU in Arizonia, in Cen
lral America, and even in Cuba
lrtlis is not q declaration of war
upon slavery in the States what is
tit tells the South in emphatic
terms, the design of the party, that
has recently succeeded to power
that it has for its object the total cX-
tinc'ion Of slavery in the States
And my opinion is, that if we de-
sire the continuation of African
slavery in the Southern States, that
Il can only be maintained by a
Southern Conftdcracy, in which
there shall not be admitted a sin
glc free Statc;-that the govern
mcn1 rs it now stands is hostile to
thc institution of slavery, and weak
ming the same every day that it
continues as such. The reason up
Oh which / found this opinion is,
tie deep settled and implacablc hos
,isity of a large majority Of the
Northern people against slavery,
and their determination if the South
ronlnins in the government with
tncr,, to keep up Il continual war
Eura upon the institution, even
should it involve the most terrible
cons cquences. Such as the extnc
ton of the white race by negro in
surr,ction. yea, there arc millions
Of thc northern people who would
rejoice to hear Of the destruction of
thcit. own color in the South, so that
thereby the African would be freed.
They feel that they are responsible
r." lavcry upon the principle that
we arc one nation. IF so should
the South scccdc, thereby rclicv-
ing hem of the position of respon-
shiity in relation to the institution?
We hope they will be satisfied, and
glad to get shut Of us, for | know
wc hall be to get rid of them. If
we ire so infamous rs they repre-
aent us to be they ought not to
wan; to be of us nor with us, and
they ought to oppose the infamous
and netarious doctrine, promulg gated
bv that arch demagogue, and de-
feated traitor, Stephen A. Douglas,
the duty of the United States gov
crnmcnt to coorcc a seeding State
back into the Union, when she has
left the Union. First, by the mad
ncss and folly Of the anti-slavery
rebels, they are driven out Of the
Union for asking their constitu-
tional rights, and when they
IRE tirst driven out, then comes the
same rebels to drive them back
in again, to make them submit to
moro fragrant and repeated injuries
! sincerely hope that the people Of
tho South have submitted to the
last injury, and that t|'c..- will now
bring this matter to tinality, eth