The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-05-30
Ths Southern Convention


Bic 10 deliberate over the wrongs Of the south
err states and 10 avert If /, be possible the
evil. that are impending over them and over
the Union. Never since the formation Of the
Coufrdcracy have ;he political heavens been so
-urcaargcd with evils the troubled winds have
hcca let loose and the signs arr significant Of
an approaching storm whose mallguIiy has yet
to be- revealed. BIZ, dark a. that storm may
be-. It wiil be- better TO face It than submit to it.
fury
When we take into consideration the occa-
sion which causes the assembling of the con-
ycntion. the magnitude Of the interest. ai stake.
and the importance Of the decision, likely to
be rendered. 1t can but be regarded as the
most august tribunal that ha. assembled during
the present century The very elect Of It's
ccnsocaiion, We believe. Will have sanitary
elect IN -lencing northern mnaiici-ln and ~
producing good results IN the national councils.
But whatever effect II may have upon the en-
cmie. Of the constitution abroad Nr look for
ward with a hopeful spirit 10 tbe benign inilu-
euce. which it ~ bring to bear upon our
people at home ~ nlpppy for oorselyc. We
arc at present divided and present TO the north
a broken front We trust q VIII BE- the result
of thc deliberations Of thp Convention 10 unite
the south upon some common platform, on
which cycf} lower Of hi. country and Of con-
,,ituiiouul bcrty can stand When We take
into consideration the talent and patriotism Of
which that Convention will be- composed--the
nyidual responsibility which each one viii
feel as a member Of it, and the information
on the subject. at ISSUE between the north and
south which the progress OF the proceedings
will scatter throughout the whole Union, We
have every reason to believe that ITS delibe-
ration, will meet the almost unanimous ap-
prevail Of onr people BESIDE. this IT will cN-
pose to the north the juslico Of our positions,
while il win show them the disastrous effects
Of the wrongs which they would iuhel upon
u.s. These are some Of the good effects which
uc have every reason TO believe Viii result
from the southern convention. We trust that
j., viii have happy effect upon tine whole
Union, and end va re.cstabltshing those friendly
relations between the two sections. without
which the states cannot long expect TO remain
united
Bot we cannot conceal the fic, that this last
&, bat q faint hope IN vain do we look at the
tone Of the northern presses, the sentiment OF
her statesmen, or Of her Legislatures, for a
warrant IN believing that such result wl be
achieved. Nor is 1t to be- disguised that if it
should so happen that SOME Of the southern
states may conclude to submit to further nosln-
crn aggression thcf, are lthcrs that viii not
but who, believing that ther safety depend,
upon it, viii insist upon permanent settle
mcnt Of the question
D. We understand that our mail agent Mr.
CHAR, was in this vicinity few days ago. II
!, to be hoped that he VIII make himself fully
acquainted with the causes nf the arrangement
Of uur mails aud endcayor 10 remedy the c,jl-.
For instance, we have had no papers from
western TcNa- for scycnl weeks The last
mail from Austin brought ms a Ga;,Hc dated
ia December last, We have not had Mans.
field mail for about 81. weeks, and ,hcrc must
be- q couple Of wagon loads Of mail matter at
Fort Jes-up aud other places on tine route
This IS matter that addresses itself earnestly
to all paper, that base subscribers m this por-
ton OF Texas, aud particularly the NeW Or-
leans press, n- they are likely To lose all thc
patronage they get here, # TIN. wrcichcd state
of things continues The southern mail : also
very irregular; for weeks this route * suspend.
ed. And, whca The mails do arrive, they bring
such loads Of mail matter, that il takes weeks
for 1t to find It's way into the Interior Our
readers are well aware that tins arrangement
has existed for a long time; and although at
tenion has been called to it, time and again, it
has been thus far without success Under the
circumstances we feel fully warranted in as.
cribing the blame to the department at Wash
ing'ou. for, if the officers appointed by Mr
Collamcr do not attend to their duties. they
should bee turned out and other. put in their
places We are inclined TO believe that Mr.
Clap j, 81, last about to de- something. bat of
VII, We shall soon know more
. The editor Of the liesfrrn Star in a re-
cent editorial Of some length, ,eY grycly re-
marks:
ave would lust here, not that we mean any.
thing by Il but merely TO show the community
that we have read 'hc tragedy of the Morning
n Il H.. Ia. 10.