The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-09-07

hia Is. ca Telegraph The editor shows
in n very brief but lucid manner the dl-in.
gcnuousness and iallacious character of
this composition. Indeed, it seems to have
been the object % VIZ. ". to misreprcsent
or to lose sight Of all the material facts of
the question of the rights of Texas, and
To have lent himself completely to the
Vaccinations of irec.soH demagogucs.
When we consider that the positions as
sumed by this paper are So much II, sarl-
ancc with his memorable speech delivered
few months ago Mr. Webster must fall
in the estimation of every sincere and truth.
iul man. There is in this respect reck
less dcpravity--a prostitution OF all that Is
truthful! and noble. The more the ques.
ton is studied and explained, the more az
parent will be his peryersions; and ~
more we consider his previous fame, and
the moral character he assumed before the
country, the lower ne must sink in public
opinion. Who now can place confidence
in the sincerity OF his declarations in hi,
boosted love for the Union, when he is
using his cndeavors to iomeut civil war
in his admiration % the constitution when
he would make war upon the rights of
State. against his own previously expressed
opinions If lusticel From the character
of grca, statesman he sinks To that
of pc,,ilogging politcian-a mao
who follows the popular current and who
sacrifices feeling, principle. and patriotism,
for the sake Of political aggrand cement,
A an honest politicians a sincere sud
candid man-Mr. Wsb,ter is politically
DEAD But to the extract from the 1eie-
graph
"The first impression produced on our
mind BY reading this important dispatch,
was that OF its decided inferiority in point
of style aud ,igor, and in those peculiar ex.
ccllcncies which mark the other productions
Of DANIEL WEBSTER We look IN vain
for the cw,osa tel,cuas- nice iuncture
OF words-thc harmonious compac,uess of
sentences, and the elaborate concisencss OF
expression. of which he iscaPable, and which
have placed him By common consent, both
as writer and speaker, among the great
masters of English. The premier was evi.
IDENTIFY doing n work not eongenIal to him.
incompatible with his own convictions in
preparing this his first dispatch, and accord.
lngly we find in it nearly all the faults and
none Of the redceming merits OF the dplo.
matte style
"ln one point however the letter we trust
will do gcod-in enabling all to appreciate
the true nature aud merits OF the case NOW
docketed rs Fillmore RS. IeIas. Mr,
WEBSTER states the controversy directly,
as enc between the United States aud Tex.
as. and has condemed by his official ac,
that very lame analogy by which it was at
tempted 10 Justify executive Interference IN
the character Of a stakeholder. The rights
Of Texas can only be disputed BY the Fed.
eral Government claiming in its own name,
there being no such body polite as New
Mexico. That term since the treaty Of ces
sion, has but a geographical and no, q pc.
litical Specification, and consequently to
speak Of contest between the State OF
Texas aud New Mexico, is Just a. accu
rate as ii would be 10 task of State con.
troversy between Texas and the Seminole
Indians.
eff Texas is resisted at all, then il is by
the United States--as we have all along
contended, and we regard this view ~ def
nitey settled BY Mr.. WE.srxR's letter
We can now at least understand what the
question is--a condition precedent to any
satisfactory settlement. In the answer to
the two questions OF Governor Bell. the
dispatch is vague. Pathological. and unsatis.
factory. What righ,s has the President Of
the United States but ~ MI executive Off.
Ger. or NJ commander. chief! Whence
dos he derive his power of instructing n
military officer to take any steps wha,ev.
or as IAN agent Of the inhabitants" or
whence ia this new relation derived We
cannot tell, but we think that Mr.. CLAYTON,
in his letter Of instructions to Mr.. King,
was far more successful than his successor
has been in explaining the conduct Of the
envoy extraordinary and agent Of the in.
habitants in New Mexico. The sum aud
substance Of Mr.. CLAyToNs letter to the
State compelling KING, was" Yon are
possessed of the Presidents views. and
can suggest all measures needed to carry
them into cffect-but remember all such
measures must originate with the people
themselves.
"Mr. WEssrER seems to mean the same
thing. IL that portion Of his letter means
anything, but he has not expressed il 40
plainly. Col. MuNxoE, was there i, seems
to do nothing and in issuing his procla.
nation, fixing the time Of the convention,
the number and qaahhc atom. OF the dele.
gates, &c. he was not acting - Lieutsn-
ant MuSsox, under orders Of his military
supsrior-butas an agent Of the inhabitants.
who by some miraculous process impaired
10 him powers which they did not possess
themselves
"ln answering the second question
whether the Prssident approves Of Mus.
nose Proclamation and The procssdiass
consequent on il, we 6nd ths saass vagus.
ress M uncertainty. Thr whole v1tse Of