The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-08-10
YTnl SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.


..iat of Government, an election SHAH te ho'u-
en- ,hropyhou, the state a, the usual places OF
ho,.li,, ,leetion.. on the FIR, MONDAY IN March.
on. thousand eight hundred and hi',' winch
shall BE- conducted according to law, at winch
time the people shall vote Tor such Place ~
they NAV see proper for the seat OF Govern
m.n,. The returns Of said election to BE- trans
mit,ed 10 the Governor by the hrs, MONDAY IN
june. If either place voted for shall have a
,,,;ori,y of the whole number of votes east,
then the same shall be the permanent seat Of
Government until the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, unless the state shall
sooner be di,id,d But IN case neither 7 ace
voted for shall have the majority of the whole
number Of votes gwen IN, then the noveTnor
shall issue his proclamation. for an election to
ID, holden IN the san,e manner, on the first
Mouday in October, one thousand eight hundred
and ffty, between the two places having The
highest number OF votes at the FIRST election.
The election shall be conducted IN tine same
manner as at the irst, and the returns made 10
the Governor, and the place having the highest
number Of votes shall bee the scat Of govern
ment for the time herein provided. '-Ari'eie ,,
o-',oH IS
!, !, important that the people should take Il
deliberate view of tins subject. IN due time 10
do themselves Justice Next March Is the time
for action and when it arrives, there should
be unapimity of purpose
The first question that presents itself Is this
shall the sea, of government be located ~ith n
view to division of the state II So, what
mas bc the probable consequence, The loca-
t.on viii be- made with view to permanently
for the state in which i j, made. The other
portion If the state will be dissatisfied and will
urge division, perhaps, premaiurely. This
might involve serious damage TO the whole
state There are objections existing. sufficient
10 forbid presen, division, and some of them
may increase IN magnitude. that It will be-
found imprac,icahe To diyid. a. any future pc
INDEPENDENTLY that involving the question
Of slavery. II that portion Of Texas west OF
the Brasos river, was TO assemble m conycn-
,ion Tomorrow, for the purpose of forming a
state government, how would III" vote Of the
foreign population meet the question of slave
~ Would they, or would they not mcorpo-
rate the Wilmot pfo,so IN it, We apprchrnd
that they would, II the vote should h., sufficient
fof that purpose W. are no, adj, ised of the
present strength of the foreign population IN
western TcNa-, or what opinion they entertain
on the subject but, Of one thing We are Ger
tain that whilst eastern Texas Is accommodating
a native American population, western TeHa'
is Cling up with Foreigners and, # a majority
Of the western vote Is no, foreign at present, 1t
Is probable that Il viii be At no distant DAY In
such an event the institution Of slavery would
be- endangered, # placed IN their power This
( i. n matter Of serious consideration II deeply
involved in the location of the seat Of govern
mcnt. With tins difficulty before them, will
the people blindly disregard it, threatening.
VIII the east contend for sectional vote Ia
locate the seat OF goNcrnmen, Tor her accom-
mediation, to the pr adicc of the west, or nee
r,rsa' The operations for such a state of
things has commenced West OF the Brasos
river The people ARE agiiating tlc subject. Al
ready San Antonio. Washington, Au,tin, &c,
Sc. have become rivals for the honor OF tins
distinction East Of that ri,cr, Palestine, Hunts
vile, 81, are coplcndIng for it, suppose Pal
cstinc should obtain a majority the west will
be dissit, hed. Suppose san Antonio the east
will be dissatisfied Either event will become
injurious TO the state and furnish reason for
It's division. Nothing should be done that AZ
forwards would add u reason for dividing the
s,nic Difficulties may arise which wil render
a division impoli,c. \ sale course requires the
people to act in this matter a. il the state was
to remain entire and this can bc-, be done by
a central location, This should, if possible,
be made by common agreement between the
two portions OF the state.
/ The Palestine convention me, for nomina-
counties were represented. and Palestine was
their choice. We think this choice was well
radc # ii were polite to divide the state This
matter we l"aSc 10 the people. Thcy cannot
begin to consider 1t too early. For thu, pur.
pose, the people of Harrison county VIII be in.
sitcd 10 meet at Marshall ON the last Saturda,
in August, inst, to consider the subject
| J DIR. Caleb Carr, John { Hanna. and a