Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-21

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driven asunder by the iell spirit ol
fanaticism, tho philosophic Calhoun
remarked, in one of his speeches
'the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Union
will not long delay" Aud wei
night he say so. Iftho strong cord
OF christian affection will not hold
men together, civil compacts, how
ever ingenuously prepared, never
can, and besides, how easy Is II "a
transfer the feelings, good or bad
growing out of reiation TO the other
Soon alter these divisions, IL was
apparent, that the image ard super
scription ol this anti slavery t,radl
wac deeply ougWven uPou much Of
the legislation md much vi Tue po-
Utica man,uyoring oi the o0aniry
Whi,st Generals Coss aud Taylor
wcre couJcnD NJ ijr the pres !oncy
in ISIS, Mmun Van Bwen was
brou- h, out a. an Independent can
didate ny The lrce soil party Of New
York. Nc,, this man, who ia former
years ha been made President, and
that by Southern votes too, as "a
Northern man with Southern primer
pies" lent the prestige of his name
TO these disorganizers, to accomplish
their foul purposes. To him belongs
the distinction, if Birney be not an
exception, Of being the first section
al candidate for the Presidency of
the United States. And such dis
fiction Oh! Oh! Oh
Next comes Col. Fremont with
better success; for Van got not n
single vote, and certainly he aerer
deserved one. The Colonel was dis
appointed, and that is enough to say
about him. Last, and not least,
comes Abraham Lincoln-and, my
countrymcn, you know the rest
The long suffering and patience of
the South I'm States are Mt length
exhausted. For almost thirty years
they have borne with this remorse-
less course ofspoliation and outrage.
"ro your tents o Israel" is the tai
i,manic cry along their sunny plains.
They remember they have rights in
p, serve. and are determined to as
sert and maintain them. Yes, and
by the blessing Of God upon their
efforts, they will maintain them.
For this, our fair land, the home
of our childhood and the pride Of
ofour riper years, is threatened with
destruction. A war of extermina-
ton is to he wagad upon us. We are
to be ovcrrun- ahnihilotcd- wiped
Quit that is the wordi rurAmer-
lean Scandinavia is t. per iprlh her
myriad. TO servo Us rs GpH9h sad
he wuud serve the STRIPPING David,
Give his fesh and blood to the
beasts Of the field and TO the fowls
Of the air Yes friends, taking
Northern gasconade as evidence,
these yonaa's are to swarm out up.
on us as the frogs did upon ancient
Egypt-they are to come screaming
down our mountains and valleys Ike
an avalanch OF wildcats. The little
SOU. d Of house burners and well
polsoners who made us friendly
". last summer, was only engaged
in a prelude-only the advance
guard Of the main army OF freeboot-
ers, acting under the patronage OF
the old concern, to effect our exter-
mination.
But let not him that girdeth on
his harness boast himself as he that
putteth it Off" So said the King
of Israel to a braggart foe. The
proud King of ASsyria once sent an
insulting, blashhemous letter to
Hezekiah, King Of Judah, demand
ing an immediate surrender of his
country: "who are they among all
the gods of the countries that have
dol;vered their country ont of mine
hand that the Lord should deliver
Jerusalem ont of mind hane,? But
~ ,nsw3 +o tbe nr,var of nezekiab
nnJ h;s norntrymon tbe Lord bv
+h. ronntb of His nronhet told the
,,,oeun,,,tuous .yretch that He
ironld mt a hook in his nose and a
hn;dia r his lin and tnrn him
hack ike . beast, TO the land whence
ba oamo So Il was with Xerxes
tho M win nom mons persian onnressor:
sn'Io,.ad s' @ nd aattored hv mill;ons
liUs ~. h;s w naonla ~ ha maa;ned that not
VI nus Poope' hn+oil 0 % araa,;on @ ~ ornbt
on,y al ,I;a,+ " ~ h;s I'LL W.T.
W oo ~ uoeH'o Hsna1.. w I liz aoni,
were 'nc uloens, oo,"in 81 Inv ,,oS.i %
., s.eep' " upPoeII SUI "s