The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-04-18

any parties who may take par, in what the
government may proclaim to be reasonable
10 the Mon,
Kentucky
Much has been said about the course of
kentucky with regard to the Nashville
Convention. The following article, taken
irom the Louisville Democrat, clearly shows
which parI, Is the southern party in that
State
NASHVILLE Co>vENrIoN-Thcr is "A
strong effort making To raise the crv Of mad
dog against the Nashville convention. II is
assumed tina, It's object is disunion and
consequent, treason to the government Of
the nited states The wing press oil this
state. are very busy III this patriotic em.
ploymcnt. Meeting after meeting can take
place in the free States, at which the mon
is openly denounced a Wing cN-Presldeut
can write, and his friend. can publish, that
tn, bargain between freedom aud slavery Is
vicious, and IT exciies but little remark
The Nashville convention have no design to
assail the mon, but Ia preserve it as it has
been and as ii is. The north have made
great progress IN uniting IN certain section
al measures. 1t is tine the southern ,,coplc
should understand each other. and unite IN
demanding their rights. The, have indeed
spoken OF dlsuulon. and VIII, should they
not, When the north puts out denpncia
tons against the institutions of the south,
aud the people who sustain them rs rob
beers. a. u slaseocracy when portion of
the north dcnounce the Union, aud propose
to abolish it, why should not the south
speak of possible event to be he forced
upon her 1t may be sad, tha, only
small portion Of the north have thus de
nounccd the mon. We are aware of that,
but we also remember that the whole free.
soil part, hold aud preach the very doctrine
which must lead 10 the same result, if con
sisiently carried out. These fanatics as
the, are called are the only consistent men
to he found IN the whole phalanN OF free
soilcrs. II domestic slavery /. the evil. the
crime, the n,roclty, which the iree.soi or
gans hold it To he. no homes, christian man
can. in the end, stop short of the most ultra
aboliionism.
We remember too, that some years ago,
when the anIi.s.ayery agitation started, IT
was scented by all parties north. 1t had
been lar better i less unlustiiiable means
had been employed Ia suppress it, So grca,
was the general adherence ot IT IN the free
states. We see what the result has since
been. Perseverance on the one side. and
lust Of Office on the other, have enabled this
little band of fanatics To reyoluiIonllc the
whole north IN their political and sectional
action. Onc proposition has followed an
other offensive to the south and gained
strength. VIVA, the rcsul, will be, il is
easy to iorcsec.
first. There are to be no moro slave
states
.seeoad slavery il to be abolished, not
hy the people concerned in IT, bu' by See
t,onal malo,iiy, in the District of Columbia,
about our forts, and arscnals. DC
Third. The slave trade between the
states is 10 be prohibited, not by the states
bu, by the free states in Con
crcss.
Fourth. Slavery is to be abolished in the
states. with or without m alteration OF the
Federal Constitution.
Such is the progres, Of the present cur
rent of sentiment aud action of the Federal
authorities. The result to the southern
country is plainly to be- seen. The states
now so prosperou. will in the end be redu-
ced 10 negro colonIes--poor, miserable. and
degraded The interest OF the negro is the
pretended object Of the ahol'lion,sts north,
and they have theory that the negro Is
ike the white man. capable OF self govern
m.nt. The, are reckless destructives, ready
to tear down the institutions OF the south,
before they know what the, can band AZ
in their stead and nothing bat the des"a'
ton and misery OF the experiment viii open
the eyes Of tn. innovaiors IN a business that
does not concern them.
The south should make n stand now. It's
better To fight for the hrs, foot OF ground
than the last The north. even the mode
rate and practical men Of that region. have
nothing to loose II the south acgu,esce.
They greatly prefer tina, all the states which
come into the mon should be free. They
will have il 50, il It Is not particularly OBJ
iect,onahIc to the south. Their lnieres's,
their prcjad,ces, all lean that way, aud II is
easier fos the people Of the north to swim
with th~ current 81 fanaticism than to re-
sist t. n the south will scquiesce or offer
bnt timid resistance. put in no claims, or
urge them with bat feeble effort, the sen
sible and just people Of tho north will have
no reason to stern. the current or cc,nc 10
the rescue A firm and resoiute tone south
is necessary for the sake Of those who
would deal literally with Us mt the north.
E,Rr.-An alarming fire was raging !"
New Orleans on Tuesday morning, "nd u''.
,.A.. Tho p,~csr,r vent ~ pYess.