The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-07-27
TiIr srIANNo ON SATURDAY


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G,. n, ado iaei tasI ieA2w -'iie'
iaru. .oorp o.; this sce 30 iAe o.a-' %
their claims. We were i-iae. rsffs ia '.-'
Appearance among Us, without previous appoint
men,. ow ny to which. the asscmb'age was ho'
20 Arr, az might have been expected As "
va Saturday. however day upon "hlsh there
sr,. usually q number Of peisons IN town from
Che surrounding country, the attendance was
respectable. The speaking took place IN inc
rs,,, o.,f Mcssr.. Ward q Wilson's store oc-
-,,p... A. the eoaft room during the late term
ct oug D-tust touri.
Gen Wood spoke first We did not hear
III, orcung When We reached the court room
be- had finished his exordium, and Was occupied
ira discs, ,ing the boundary question, the speed!
settlement of which be regarded Is matter OF
area, Importance lie had no fear OF any az
aetly 90 It's adW-imcui-ouF ngnt to the whole
81 tho ,orrtor, claimed was too clear to meet
with elective oppo.l'.pn--bu', should any ARSE
rcAa. mus, be prepared to defend her right az
ever, aalard He then entered into bret de-
FENCE Of thai claim, winch We deem It unneoes-
.ary to give. During the past year Judge Bard
had been IS, nj 10 Santa f. to organize the courts
tb,ra. g..l to extend the laws of Texas over
th1l country but had met with opposition
'rh. resistance of our authority had not arisen
tom the people Of the territory, who were
iaeud, 10 Texas, and had he expected, ere THIS
Organized Themselves under it, laws bat by
political dcmagogues who had been sent there
to create disturbance. lie had written TO Judge
b. that the laws must be- enforced, and the au-
thorty Of Texas respected. II necessary, he
must organize the militia, and, at a momen, :
notice Sc would send HIM thousand armed
Texans 70 assist him in enforcing the authority
of the Stai" (ipliause) All that we had
TO fear was from demagogues and from the
military government established there. For
she continuance of TIN. government he blamed
ibc lai, administration. When the country
was first occupied by military authority his
predecessor Gen Henderson, addressed a let
ter tp ihr President of thc United States, pro-
testing against 1t, Us interfering with the rights
Of Texas. aud calculated to in,aldaie her claim
10 that TERRITORY The President through the
Sccretaf, ol State, Mr. Buchanan, replied that
-nch was not the intention of the executive
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a.,on., nor measurable, in the mower Of hcr
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,.,, t,l t. ..,,o,r,,j,, part, IN all their prin.
.,,ie.. la, IA, wand .uppori TcNa, before any
,'.,y
If. views in relation to the DISPOSAL of A
porfion Of our public land. to the United State,
W, brljrye mr., GENERALLY known Th, he be.
g,.r.d .Lo,,lj h, do,c as soon ~ ro<.,blr
W. ,ni.bt .,ll tbat por,ion or i, lyipo above
3G- 3o 10 tbe General Goycrnment-and he
believed il could be- done-for suilicien, to pay
opr publie debt. and 10 carry ont our most
imnortsui works Of internal Improvement Thi.
would .eitl, the question of slavery a, regard.
al Texas for all time to come.
Rat il would settle a question of more i'm.
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