The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-01-24

mp professions IN honor ola brutal prizc-fghtcr.
b and raise riots at the bidding VI n worthlcss
player, in which scores Of lives are sacrificed
without dreaming that there is ANYTHING Ia all
this uubecomng the descendants Of the pilgrim
fathers Look at home, ! say; correct Your
own impurities, relieve your own sufferers, and
then but not oil then, you may pirate of the
crime and misery which slavery engunder-
regret 'lr President, that This debate has
sprung up. regret still more the course it
has taken, mot, however, from prudential con-
-Iderations--not because. ~ the senator from
hcntucl4 has inlimaled, II is mprudcui to dis.
cuss matters in relation To slaycry-but be-
cause this question must soon be met in an
other form, and was willing TO let it sumbcr
I'll then Bat may as well now say, that the
, time for prudential action is past The disease
Is a desperate one, and requires desperate rem
cdic. For one, sir, Yield no inch of ground
lilo, not one hairs breadth Nhcncsrr thi,
anti--aNcry sentiment shows itself, whatever
form it may assume, | am ready TO do battle
against H. The time for halt measures has
gone by. Nou may let it alone, or take the
consequence
Ma MASON "NIr President, the senator
from New York Mr.. Seward has left Us an.
der 40 nisapprehcHslon a. To his opinion upon
this question. understand that that senator
having heard from thc senator from Alabama
who has Just taken his seat. that The gentle
man to whom tins distinguished compliment is
proposed TO be- paid b., the American Senate
while foreigner ia foreign land, and a sub
Jeci OF a monarch, clothed with the authority oi
q church which calls itself ullllble, clothed
with the sill higher authority Of successful
mission ~ " work of great philanthropy aud
bcue, ocnee, which gave him II command over
his icliew-cltlzeus superior 70 the monarch
which he ohcyet--the senator from New York,
| SAY, having heard that foreigner, armed with
such moral authority, had indeed, ia an address
10 the people of his country, then in ours, urged
them To embark iu q crusade for the demolition
Of that which he denounced as ,n--Nhcn the
senator knew that this sin, thus denounced.
was one Of our domestic institutions, dear 30
the people where 1t has IT.. rNi-lcncc--whcn the
senator from \cW \ ofk knew that Interference
100 that institution would peril the country IN
which We LIVE understood him 10 declare
that this act Of that foreigner had his approval :,
that he sympathllcd With him Ia what he had
done that he was ready here IN his place, thus
sympathizng, to lend his powerful aid to carry
on his work against the institutions of the
south, aud called upon the American senate To
pay him this compliment
Nov, sir what are We called upon to dc
To pay a compliment never Vet paid 10 any but
one. who has been called, and justly, too, the
Apostle of Liberty the distinguished la
hyetjc. We are called upon to renew tina,
compliment in favor OF man who take II
upon myself To say has committed AN act of
aggression upon the AmcncaH people winch
wear. Of regret can never ctilcc | may not be-
understood say that It IS the pleasure of
that gentleman Ia couucct the opinions of that
viia the compliment uoN asked 90 be- paid 10
mm D. iUc Amcricau Senate, aud be- calls upon
men Nho represent southern interests To ..iltc
with mm
"Sr. what ha, been done lie 10 whom
You propose TO pay ih., compliment IN the res
ouiou now before H., ~ "a man of pencils
one clothed with the robes Of the chutch-a~
one exercising among men d momI power un-
pariilclcd iu the World, h} the sue 50 OF ms
mission ia great and phaulhrepIc eilori-did
bend the authority of lhat position to Interfere
iu that qucsli-u here while Foreigner ln for
rieu hand lIa, hc rviracled No, Aud NC
are told that We are 10 endorse H. With that
.iu un, Nplalrd, Wc are told that the American
Senate -huuid pay a compliment that ! have
said has been PAID specially hul once. Now
sir, mean not to express any disiru>i "l ihh
rrutlrman'- mission. lcnterjDin for hm feel.
ins- Of uubouudcd respect and gratitude for
Che great mission u which bc is embarked. !
regret extremely that 90 amy unguarird mo-
mput. # 30 were $50. or wuh ANY fixed and set
tied design. De eyer lent ht> mme to ANY pun
pose If such utter dt-rc-pce, to the American
pcop', and their institutions But bee dad it.
And humhh submit Ia Won, II You pay this
compliment which l.. uow asked of the Nmcrl-
can Senate. what authority have Ne that hc
r,gy not feel himself called upon Ia connect hs