The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-10-05
TAs Meeting on MsaAay Lest.

suliciudt, Inc uay wh'h i'hfHr"h V""N'} Vs.
4 to -pcsk ou, upon tiss ,,eai questions that nov
aeita,~ the country had arrived L was clsaT
and eloudles- and fhe call which We hsd
made upon our fcliow-eiti1cns. rom one en-
trcme of the county 10 the other, soon begn
to manifest itself Before ten O'clock our
streets wcr. ihfonrcd with an assembling, such
a. has never been seen ia Marshall More
4 than tive third. oi the voters in the county were
present About II O'Clock the meeting con
yeucd at the Baptist church It. proceedings
Will lie found IN another eelumn. 10 winch We
would call the attention Of iIe reader. Il VII
be seen that Senator TAsLoE first addressed ilie
assembiagu IN defence OF ms course IN the leg.
I stature He was listened TO with patient aud
respectful attention. pin could have been
heard to drop on the floor. We turned for y
momcni 10 look II the audience, aud $50 must
.ay tAai sc have never seen such an array Of
anxious faec- as be progressed step BY stop With
recital Of h,reeur.e IN lbe Legislature, Of
which orr readers have been advised lie STA
ted that be- had T,--ossod considerably the war
"a VA, before reflection, iaasmuch n be- had
i-,comc convinced that it was our best policy
10 sell the territory There was no MONEY IN
the treasury TO raise force 70 send TO Slnia
Fr Il would cost great icaL 'he amom'
calculated hc mcnt oucd. but 40 have forgotten
t THIS would have to be- raised b., taxation
10 which hc ws- opposed. Our crops ild been
short for two or three years and our taxes were
sufficiently high, already liz proceeded to
argue that the country was worthless, that II
was a good bargain 10 sell il for 3 5000 900
that II could never be slave territory that Il
we held on to Is, We would run the hazard,
whenever The State was divided of having the
western portion Of il frec-soi, by the votes Of
Santa Re, and the fvfcRn population IN the
Wc., w. said that il a force had been raiscd
10 60 to Santa f., 1t was expected Gov Bell
would take command Of H. lie had great per
-onal respect. for that gentleman but he was Il
man without family and an ulirai-i, aud be
believed he would sink himself and the State
before lac would yield one uch Of the territory
At this remark the applause in honor Of the
courage and patriotism Of Gov Bell was long and
loud Mr. Taylor soon recovered himself and
explained lie did not believe that Gov u
would de- ihi. for patriotic motives but for pur.
poses Of SELF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT lie next spoke
Of rcarcc', bill, commended Il warmly, and urg.
ed IL. acceptance lie had voted for raising
force next spring. in ease the matter vas not
settled before, but was unwilling to proceed
rashly now.
Mr Clough was next called out and was
warmly received He spoke at some length
IN rotation to his course rs the Legislature and
commended the patriotic stand taken by Cos.
Bell he was frequently cbccrcd II, bad
been IN ftyor Of prompt aud elicicui action, and
thought ba small force was necessary to have
organized the Santa FL territory AZ the con-
claalon Of his remarks he sad he would avail
himself OF that occasion to ro'ign into the
hand, Of his constituents the trust with which
they had honored hun THIS decision ~c THINK
was received with surprise 1t certainly was
unsouFht aud unexpected senator Taylor
Immediately afterwards arose and also resigned
which was received with applause 'pon the
re-assemhl'ns OF the crowd Judge MtiIs was
loudly called Tor, aud he mounted the roN'um
amidst enthusiastic congratulations II may De-
ss "rll here to state mat Judge W. was an III
vtcd guest, through letter signed 10y over one
hundred OF our citizens. We shall not pretend
to give even an outline o' ms remarks bn'
we may say one ihihg 'ha'v' Legislative o"dy
Ae's' got u mort eo"P'''' ana "''"'f'"g o"'"-
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b"' to resume After Judge N'iis gave way
the resolutions were read "hen Cot j. A. n''lp-
son came forward ana offered substitute n
'"n"g feafc" biii' "heh ne d'lrnd"d ~
'hg'nl sfe'''' ~ "h''h nc 'Nh'uN''d 'h' "'Bn-
ineh' "l'hoh erect Ater ne had e"hoiud'd' o.
!" J. "i''NLL WIS '"i''u 'of bu' ~ " WIS
s''"'e ''''' 80" "'e F'oP' from 'n' country
"e'' s'"''"'p NuPPoS'u 10 o' 'es'f"u' OF go
'ns NUM- 'o| w o''''nou 'l'"A'he' I"'f' 4
va been great desire to set up a hiile SYM
P"'"S ny "'c minority ana 'h'y charge" INC