Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-06-12

unlawful Interference their prlVller
gcs and opportunities have been
curtailcd, aud their discipline, oI
necessity, more strict. II is surely
time for us to be freed from such al,
cntcrnal mtcrmed'lling with pri-
yilcgvs secured to us both by the
laws of God and man, We ask M
more, we want no more, Let us
aud our servants alone, let rs sattcnd
to our own business, We profess
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bvsin.,. lrr'I iur 1lt W.U,.'ra.lHr
poses lrd common Christianity '
'suruug fn, relation, aH 'I. "F'
npu,rhUlds Will pw Northern
brctN,ru nruru. 0uI ugr according
90 suuH principles NH.ilbnN Urr
tncir attention 10 lnu dcsll,ullon,
oppression, degradation, aud suffer,
ing of their own beloved North
and us their sympatlIics have been
enlisted for the servants ofthc South,
will they save such expenditures
for their servants in the North? We
ask il in all kindness, To contrast
tho negro North with the negro
South and see il the negro South is
not better provided for than the nel
gro NorthY See it the negro South
is not filling his place according to
Divine appointment, and his labors
rendered vastly useful, profitable,
and of incalculablc advantage, not
only ut home, but the commerce OF
all the civilized world is deeply in.
tcrcstcd in the work of their hands,
While the negro north is of little or
no rervicc to himself or society at
large ; is indolcnt, triiling, and use
less, nuisance and Il burden, for
whom there is no sympathy, no c':-
couragcmcnt, and no improvement,
And yet the negro South must he
placed in the same dcspicablc and
hopeless condition and their hap
py. contentcd, and useful employ
mcnt in the South, must he broken
up and relation OF master and SER
want must be severed, although God
has (thc Bible being II true record
of facts) appointed and sanctioned
these relations, from the days of the
patriarchal age until rercldtioa clos.
ed. Yet, with all these facts, that
have been reiterated again and
again by the statcman, the moralist,
the divine, 'thc irrcprcssiblc con.
nict" must be started; II govern
mcnt cannot exist half slave and
half free" although the government
of the Omitted States has existed for
nearly eighty years, and has been
one Of the most happy and prosper
Gus governments the world has ever
bchcld and no part of the United
States has added so much to our
wealth, growing prosperity, and
vast commerce as Il great nation, ms
the Southern States and this grow
ing prosperity might have continued
and the Union been saved, had it
not been for Northern interference
with our domestics, and "thc ire
pressibIc conflict" our servants be-
qucathcd to us by loving parents, or
bought with our money Gas did the
pious patriarch) and for whom we
have strong attachments and they
for us, whilst pursuing our honest
and lawful cmploymcnt--lawful be-
cause God has, and the Constitution
of the Uuited States made and ac-
knowledgcd it to be so. Yet this
lawful and peaceful state Of things
must be stopped, discord muse be
thrown into our midst tho'"conrtlct
must commence the spirit Of rcbel-
lion if possible must be aroused, and
a system of running away, stealing,
pl,ludering, and numbering must be
encouraged by fanatics and those
who have DO moral honesty or re.
gard for the laws of God or man {;
and if we do not submit to all these
outrages we must bear the odium OF
traitors, rebels, unjust, cruel, op-
prcssivc, and all the low and de-
grading cpithets that intidel pollti-
clans, a licentious press, and Il cor
rupt clergy can heap upon us. And
if we resist such unmanly, unjust,
and unconstitutional treatment the
arm of the government must be
used against us the power of coer-
cion must be employed, and we
must be lashcd into obedience and
silence under the pressure of all
these wrongs and outragcs that
have been visited upon us. Ah me
what folly and ignorance! what to-
tai misconccption of true christian
patriotism to even suppose that we
would submit to such degradation
and oppression These are causes
which have brought us to the pre-
sent crises. These are the causes,
monstrons as it may appear, that
placed the present Chief Erecuttre
of the United States in the Presidcn-
tial Chair, who was to head the
army and lead on the conflict. "
And these aye the causes which
have rent asundtr our glorious
Union. Oh what faDaticism What
great wickedness! What dcspotism
What a prcversion of the great
principles of a Confederate Rcpub-
lie! What disgrace to the fair
name of the sons and daughters OF,
Columbia! What AN exultatlon
among king and emperors What
a Jubilee in the halls and around
the trembling thrones oftyrants ana
autocrsts how sad the disappoInt,,
ment where despotism rciIgns, ana
the chains of oppression have Deen
riveted on its subjects. Amongst
these the star Of hope had begun to