Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-03-09

~ Dnurpi Hui.ui Cpg0ssi
The bdlow pg very important
,pcecli wns m~lc hy Mr. Edmund
I!urkc, President ofthc New lamp.
,hirc Democratic Conycntion held
NJ Concord IN the 10th aud 18th
nit:
GrnhrmcR II Inc Convention i
thank you most cordially for the
distinguished honor Of being select.
rd To preside over your dclibcru.
iions to-day. Such n token Of re
tpcct aud confidence from the intel.
ligcnt Democracy of Now llamp.
shirc is worthy the ambition ofany
man. W" have assembled hero To,
day gentlemen, under circumstances
81. great and absorbing interest
Our country i going through II rev.
dictionary crisis Of great aud immi.
vent peril. The conflict Of arms,
the least dangerous phase of this
revolution, has indeed ceased, by the
suppression ofthc late revolt against
the Government of the Union. But
~ ncw and more dangerous phase
l,as supcrvcnod, 1t il tho attempt
in Congress-, by n set Of political des-
rr,adoes, through the chicancry and
legerdemain of legislation to sub
vert our constitutional republic as
founded by the fathers, and 10 sub.
ktitute in its place a consolidate.
despotism, in which the Jew will rule
and the many obey and serve. And
he party who are guilty Of this
mcdtated treason against the Re.
public, claims par excellence to be
friends Of freedom and liberty. On
the preteXt Of giving freedom to the
negro, for thirty years they waged
q warfare uron the domestic inst
tutions Of portion Of the States of
this Union which are guaranteed
and protected by the constitution.
This crusade at last eliminated in
sectional war, the sacrifice of 80, 900
precious lives, the destruction of ton
millions Of property, and the entail
ment of national debt and taxa
ton which are to harrass and OPP
press the people for generations TO
como. Under the prctext of giving
suffrage to tho negro, this party has
endoavored to disfranchise and take
from the white man the sovereign
ballot. Clamoring for the rule Of
the majority, they are attempting
to establish the dospotism of the mi
1lority in tho States and in tho I'm
ion. hcpe, gentlemen, that the
people ofthis country will not tame
ly submit to the Capitalization of
tho sovereign States of this Union,
and the overthrow Of constitutional
liberty. They have made up their
minds not only to resolve but to act.
Resolutions and protests on paper
are mere cowardly expedients if not
backed up by a firm and brave pur-
pose to sustain them by correspond
ing action. The Republic should
not BIO permitted to fall without
struggle worthy of our revolution
airy fathers. | cannot, gentlemen,
anticipate what your action may be |
here to- day, in reference to the great
questions which tho events Of the
times present for your considera-
ton. But, in conclusion, allow me
to hope that it will be worthy of the
intelligent and patriotic Dcmocra
cy Of. the Granite State-worthy of
the men who can claim Stark, q
Sullivan, a Scammel, a Pierce, a Nc
Neil for compatriots -worth y of
men who know their rights, and |
knowing dare maintain them. 1t is
high time for tho Democracy, COM
prising a large majority of the peo-
ple OF this country to speak out in
u voice not to be misunderstood by
the conspirators against the consti-
tuition and the Republican Congress
and ont Of that body. Let the De-
mocracy of this State, say to the
men consp ring against the cause of
liberty and the rights Of man, that
it they fail in their reasonable de-
signs, they shall cxpiato their mon
strous crime against tho people, on
the scatiold. And let us tell the men
OF capital, the owners of the banks
tho manufacturing establishments,
and the ships and commerce of the
country, who countenance and sup
port the Radical fanatcism, which
is rending and destroying the Re-
public, that they are inviting anoth-
er war--a war which will not be
sectional, but general and inferno
cine; whose great theatre will be the
North, and which will involve their
own lives, fortunes and honors in its
distractions and dcvastations. To
accomplish this. wicked schom @,
State sovereignties, which form the
very basis of our Republican system
must be annihilated and reduced to
Territories. And as intermediate
steps in this bold scheme of revolu-
ton, the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States must be practically su-
perceded by the addition of partisan
judges; and tho President of the
United States, who stands in the
way and blocks the game of these
conspirators, must be i'm
peached and deposod from hig high
Office. This is the startling pro-
grammee promulgated by the lead
ders OF tho revolutionary party.
who arc working out their designs
under the sacred name of Republi-
canism.. 1t involves tho most dar-
ing and atrocious treason ever yet
against our republican
system of government, and should
be mot by the firm and stern, and
steady courage Of the people; and
gentlemen, let me add by arms if 4
need be.