Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-26

Az n which mas H. smboiiei in
The ~ short and memofsbls aofds
That the strength Iowsr and dura.
iion N foFefnm ent u derived hon
the consent and support oflhe GOV
sTned, aud that every people have
an inherent right 10 alter amend o.
abolish their government a. soems
beet 10 them Why were those bold
and innoYaiing declarations made
laundering aeross the ocean 10 shake
"a their foundations the cruel des-
polisms o. the Old world, aud which
carried 10 oppressed millions the
first ray ~ hope, glimmering ga
their political horizon for many cen
turiesf Alas, alas 80 s0on u b.
forgotten By ,heir doughty prumul
gators at home, while enligLlenlng
henighled millions abroad and hy
the dread p0toney Of their meaning
ameliorAling the condition Of lhr
whole transatlantic world, 4he
dread policy which has usurpel tho
place Of those cardinal principles, Is
That the States once in AFRO always
Ia, aud, although they come in and
could only come In Voluntarily, they
shall be kept in nolens yolens, hy
fhroo OF arms, il necessary TO carry
nut the cruel wrong. Such prop0
silions las tesis) barely made in the
Convention which framed tho Con
sillution, $50 much were such ideas
secuted scarcely received tangible
shape, aud no support. The States
were weak, divided; but their weak
ness, however, was their own. They
came in voluntarily for strength,
under conditions aud restrictions
which sufficiently proved the rc.er
walton Of their sovereignty; the only
remedy in the bond of union, ifvio,
lated or proving distas!ciiil, was 10
leave il, II thoy lel il, IL was To
return 10 their original condition Of
weakness. Tan il be supposed that
II State would return to this without
cause? but If IL determined 10 10 50,
who could gainsay ilg
There IL 10 dodgiug the question
we are conquered people, aud
with us have gone down, God only
knows how long, the Constitution
of the North American States, and
practically all the brave declarations
of human rights. Timc will yet
determine that the priAciPles for
which the Southern States have OK
haustcd argument and cntrcaty in
council, and when forced in the last
cruel extremity, took mp arms to
defend. and shed, though unavuil.
ingly, her best blood TO secure for
themselves, must be rc.cstahlishcd,
or the cause of Civil and Religious
Liberty must take step back, and
seek better protection and more
quiet under Constitutional Monar.
chy. Does the Rulcr Of nations
and men intend that we shall thus
rctrogadc? | hope not, but His
will be done.
The heart OF every true Confed
crate pulsatcs quicker at the name
of Gen. r. Il. Lee, none more so
than my own. But in our vcnera.
ton for that self.sacrificing and no.
BILE chicftain, we must not forget
that he is human and may err, and
his errors of opinion are only the
more dangerous, in proportion to
the universal love borne him by
his own people, and the respect felt
for him by all the outside world
Ever since the correspondence be-
tween General Rosecrans and Gen.
Lee, | have looked with anxiety for
a suitable commentary on some of
the avcrments Of General Lees let
ter.
This desire has been fully met
and gratified in the proper spirit by
master hand, in a letter to the
Ne,o York Day. Book of November.
1t is written over the nomme de
plume of "Warwick," Il writer whose
Communications have for many
months past repaid the reader moro
than the subscription price Of the
Day Book. He is a writer who is
not afraid to speak the truth and
clothe it in plain language, and
seems to have all ancient and mod
ern lore at command to illustrate
and enforce it. Long may he live
to do battle for the right and adorn
the pages of the fearless Day Book
with his brave, manly and cogcnt
communications, and to SGT Il lance
in rest in favor of cause which
seems to be so low that, in some
quarters at least, it has mono to do
it reverence. What, then, shall we
do?-Keep alive in our hearts, our
heart of hearts, the true vestal fro
of the old Revolution, with the un,
dying fidelity inherited from our
Huguenot ancestors and not from
Plymouth Rock-tcach the great
truths then elected to our children
hand them down to posterity sa-
cred and indebted, and let the chief
est of them all be the right of So
cession, first declared by Massachu-
sctts on the purchase of Louisiana,
carried out by that State upon the
annexation of Texas, reserved d.
rcctly or by implication by all the
States at the ratification of the con
stitution of 1889, and by our own
State of Texas distinctly reserved,
rs a condition of annexation to the
United Statcs.-Chiefest OF all be
cause all individual safety lies in
the perfect sovereignty of the State
and its right to take its citizens, if
need be, from under oppressive leg
islation. We must bear and for
bear; we are suffering and will suf-
fer; but lot us never suffer the con-
seriousness of establishment, which
must follow the abandonment of
principle. ah slsa- i
Some true men have spoken be-