Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-03-06

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YIRGINIUs HUGHES, ESQ DsHr
Sri fnd my letter 10 the Dallas
HERALB rspublished ia the Day
Book, one among the few papers Ia
the North, brave aud just enough 10
yenlinale ''sueh rebel treason" !
am old, but truth aud honor are still
older, aud will Yet 0utliye all the
frenzied madness of the hour, The
treatment OF the Southern people
since the surrender" has triumph
antly yindieated the Confederate
rebellion,
The great soldier Of the first rev,
Oluti0n, fOreshad0wed the crisis OF
| 1860 in his Farewell Address, The
great leader of the second, in TAX
ing solemn leave Of tho United
States Senate. besought them to do
nothing Ia prevent reconstruction
Mr., Clay, the unpurehasable cham
pion Of human liberty, throughout
tho world, in his speech on the rs'
monstraneo Of tho people Of the
District of Columbia against the
abolition Of slavery in the District,
warned the North of the "impend-
ing crisis" although an ardent
friend Of emancipation, (vo'untary
on the part of the owners OF course)
ho there took leave of tho extreme
wing of the fanatical party, and
ayowed his adhesion TO tho South
in any coming conflict, Mr., Clay
and Mr.. Calhoun both understood
the value OF the great American
Union, hence they frequently acted
together.
The difference between them was
simply this-Mr, Clay believed that
by reason and argument the Union
could DO saved. Mr.. Calhoun rs
honestly believed il could not, Mr.
Clay had strong faith in the good
sense of tho Northern people, and
in their latent magnan:mity, (per.
haps,) Mr.. Calhoun had not the
least, and forcSaw with prophetic
vision, the crusade against the pros
perity of the South generally, and
especially against the property they
had sold us, and the increase rather
than diminution of the hatred of
the Northern people, by the educa-
ton of their children to that lamen-
table end. Clay's earnest entrcat-
les and Calhoun's threatening in
vectivcs, were alike unavailing, and
kind Providence in reward of their
patriotic integrity, removed them
from the terrible ruin, both had so
eloqucntly foretold, one hypcrthcti-
cally, the other positively.
was then II force political oppo-
nent of Mr.. Calhoun. | now cheer
fully award to him as much truth
and love of country as Mr. Clay,
and shall / not say, clearer pre-
science of the future than his great
contemporary. Let those. who, like
me, were young and fiery in the
days of those mighty intellectual
giants, look up the speeches Of both,
and if the scales of prejudice and
passion, do not fall from their eyes
they are icss ior'u''''o '''ah l ""'o
Ceen. =, go
WHAT was MI caihou'l . graz
faults IN lHs launa'cou Eyes % ms
political enemies? The lore Of the
South and Of ms orn C"'9''"a " M
will now blame him VINO small G"ii
in question his PATRIOTISM or Ms
political sagacity? VIII the ruined /
ianes Of his loved South Carolina,
bear witness for or against nm l
need not answer the question. But
he threatened to nuliliy the inju
rious acts OF Congress, made as he
believed against the interests OF his
own sovereign State OF South Car
DINA. Well thirteen Northern
States did positively nulllfy the
fugitive slave law, after 1t had re-
ceived the sanction of the Constitu-
tional tribunal OF the Union, the
court of the last resort, and the high
est judicial authority OF tho Conted-
Grafton Several of the Northern
States had committed acts OF quasi
rebellion during the war 'ot 1872,
and in the Hartford Convention.
Massachusetts had asserted the right
of secession in the Presidency OF
Mr.. Jefferson, and as far as revolu
ton could go, took herself out of
the Union during the adminstra-
ton of Mr.. Polk. Shall not these
overt acts of tue North fully vindi-
cate Mr. Calhoun's threatened null
LITIGATION?
sob! that mine enemy would
write book" Well, the Harpers'
have written and published a good
many, one in particular, 1.-The
Weekly" which shame to say, is
still permitted to enter Southern
homes, and form part of the read
ing matter of their innocent and
unsuspecting children. In that