Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-01-16

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an underground railroad process
ofatcaling our slaves They open
ly endorse and encourage inccmdla'
~ publications, such as the Helper
| Book, to render our slaves dissatis-
fled with their condition, aud to in
cite them to insurroction, They
encourage abolition missionaries
and bloody despcradocs to come
among Ms and secretly or publicly
to assail our institutions, They
assail us in the pulpit, the press and
ON the floor of Congress, Southern
blood has been shed on Southern
soil-and our property has been
burnt to ashes before us. True, as
party, they do not openly advo-
cate all this, yet they are reSponS',,
bic for il, as the practical result OF
their principles,
What do they rublicnlly advo-
cate? Let us not he deceived, In
the Republican platform, lately
adopted ut Chicago, the lst. resoln-
ton adopts that part Of the DecIa-
ration of Independence, which pro-
claims that, call men are born free
and equal" This is the Abolition
tcxt OF the north, and means there
that all negroes are born free. That
this is the meaning intended is evil
dent, from the Sd. resolution, whore
they complain Of the Administra-
ton for constituting that "a man
can hold an unqualified property in
persons" The End. resolution is Il
threat to silence all attempts mt re-
sistance in the South. This is an
open avowal that all negroes are
born free and equal with whitemen,
and is the cardinal principal Of the
party. Their great leaders pro-
claim their prir cipals boldly to us
and the world, as follows:
"Shall tell you what this coils
ion means? 1t is an irrepressible
conflict between oppo ing and endu-
ring forces, and it means that the
United States must and will, sooner
or later, become entirely a slave
holding nation, or entirely a free
labor nation.
Free labor has at last apprehend-
cd its rights and its destiny, and is
organizing itself to assume the goc-
erament Of tile Republic. 1t has
driven you back in California and
in Kansas, it will invade you soon
in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
Missouri and Texas. 1t will meet
you in Arizona, in Central America
and even in Cuba. The white man
needs this continent to labor upon.
His head is clear, hisaarm is strong,
and his necessities are fixed. =
TSEwARD.
II believe this government can
not endure permanently half slave
and half free. 1t will become all
one thing or all the other. have
aluays hated slavery as much rs
any Abolitionist. | have always
hated it, and always believed it in
u course Of ultimate extinction. If L
were in Congress, an! a vote should
come up on a question whether
slavery should be prohibited in u
new territory, IN spite of the Dred
Scott Decision, L should uote that it
should." d."-Lincon's speech, Ch,cago,
18th 1858.
SO this new ruler over us would
override the Supreme Court to
strike at our institution of slavery.
But hear them since the election
listen to the "Chicago Democrat" "
Lincoln's home Organ:
"Our duties have been the more
arduous during the campaign in
consequence of the tongue Of oar great
champion being tied,-on account OF
his being candidate for the Pres
idency. Next to Abe Lincoln, the
Chicago Democrat has done more
for the anti-slavery cause than any
other agency in the State Of Illinois.
We see the day Of jubilee coming,
when millions of enfranchised slaves
will rcnd the heavens with their
shouts and all this underthe forms Of
the Constitution. n
And how is the late election re-
garded at the north ? We quote
from the Pittsburg Post, a Douglas
organ, and good authority:
"There is no longer any room for
dodging, the question has been fair
ly pvt to the people Of the free
States, and they have by large ma
iorities decided that negro slavery
is not authorized by the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and that
it must be extinguished. The time
of compromise is past, there can be
no more"
Can southern men be any longer
deceived? Is there any longer
hope in the Union for the preserva-
tion of our. institutions and our
rights as secured to us by our brave
ancestry? Should we look longer
for help from the few conservative
men of the north? They are pow
erless for help were they SO dispos-
ed, but let us not forget that even
they are socially opposed to slave
ry. Can we hurt even them, when
they are at heart opposed to US
A horse easily learns bad tricks and
can easily be rendered useless to
his owner. a child can be easily
spoiled, and made, by social influ-
ence, insubordinate and dishonest.
And how long can four millions OF
slaves remain uncorrupted from the
influence of this social and political
demonstration, ostensibly made IN
their behalf? How long can our
homes and our families remain safe
from the midnight torch. poison and