The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-06-29


Icrnnirnt that tine world had ever "i'H'''''
would be dcstrovcd-the last ,csiigo OF hh'rA
hc feared ON earth
One hour having elapsed the people were
cal.d 10 The stand. The audience was lars'
and respectable
Upon hoing introduced 20 the assenllng'
senator Hos said he was conliden. that
more was expected of him on that occasion ihan
M. v,s able 10 perform. lie would therefore
hahn the charitable Indulgence of the audience
Fifteen wears ago, said he, this country was
m uneult,aicd Wild, the abode of the raven the
.acr. and the savage. Within the space of Al
c,y Years the pioneer has appropriated tins
l,,,ut,lul country. The axe and the plowshare
nave sublncd the wildnoss OF the SOIL and sa' /
,re Grority has given way to an empire Of civ
llzalou.
lie highly complimentcd the citizens Of liar
ri.on county, and their beautiful and thriving
comfy site (NarshalD, and with them, IN COM
mon with the whole state, identified himself
n. had witnessed all the mutations which Tex
A. had undergone. II he had not been a part
- ,f herself in her struggles, her trials and hcf
tuumpls II he had not done all he could wlsh 1
and il he had not done all st which he had aimed
he had 4, least the proud satisfaction of having
done his whole duty. His tume good or o'iI'
/ WAS the fame Of Texas.
Bnt all ,h. had not saved him from being
Hbranded with the epithets Of condfd-TEAlToH
in this far land whose history was his history
H. hose fame was his fame. lie Was CHARGED
y,,ith dt>erlinr rexas-with dcscring the South
with selling himself to the iree-soll party OF
the Norih-wrlh voting iof the Oregon Bill
INilmot proyso, and ALL 1t was said that he
Ioarht. for all this, TO be held up to public rep
robaiien.
liz said, in voting Tor the Oregon Bill he act
led in good faith. The people OF Oregon had
cmiratcl 10 The flr west under an implied
promise Of the protection Of tie Umted States
1'Their wives and their ehiiarra wen gposed I,
an the horrors and damages Of hostile savages
rhcy appealed to Us to extend to them the pro
Election OF our laws. They demanded their her
;t,,,. and their bjrthriphi. For one, he answer
HI that appeal with n cheerful heart, and 'N
,nded that protection with Il willing hand. II
ihs, he observed the compromise Of SO deg
l 20 min. The issue between the North and th
.South had been settled on that line. He con
4aered himself bound by it. There he punte,
brm4elf one foot upon the North and the othc
lupar the South He would never Weld anoth
IT, inch 10 the slavery question. This com
1rromi5e VAS observed upon the admission o
Iowa and W,scousin--was any complain, mad
yuf tbis' None. Why then complain of It's OBJ
craucc in the case of OREGON
lie did not fear thc Wlmot pro,iso. Tn,
day had never We, teen when IT eu..a have he
Crome law. II ever passed, the prcsiden
Iwoul1 arr 3, il with \ veto. But If ever ia,
Npr,silfnt should approve IT, he would first, n
H. lau-abiding man. lover Of the sacred Union
a. defender Of the Constitution, haze tried al
Il lawful aud constitutional means 10 arrest IT
vFailme IN all these, be would then, and not til
Ihfn, hlk of Committees II ligiiance am
uSGip! lie said Mr. Calhoun had made thi
clmrgc against HIM But Mr. Calhoun ha'
been known more than once to Kill of hi
friends, while ho was never yet known 10 kill at
Icnciny. lic CWr. 10 would abide, a, nii haz
ards, the Missouri Compromise. The Nortl
and the South were both pledged to abide b,
he Soath, it was when he voted with the bal
aneo for annexation .applauso.h and therein
ur,ailine slave territory by becoming party 4
Ic compact which fixed So deg 80 min, as lh'
limit Of slave territory.