The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-11-02

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K.rraAs, rs We expected. ts'led TO make
their appearance. ~ they were not. 10 all
probability within the eoafincsoi the state
their admirers might we'll excuse their mp
pa rent ina.tcniior 70 enga ycments, so kind
" volunteered hy their iealou. friend.
Bn, Judge OcurIrssn, fresh with ihe
laurels OF States campaign, aud comb
dent Of success in this section made hls ap'
p.arancc. Indeed, we learned that he made
Nj. losst before he reached here OF The
ease and overwhelming force with which
he would demolsh his political adscrsarie-
Alas FOR the wb.pcfings Of fancy anc the
illusions Of Jeceitiul vanity this rcnown'
ed orator Of >acogdochcs, fell far below
the mark Il IS unnecessary To say, that he
disappointed and dafspcned the hopes OF
bis friends Iii, speech was rhapsody
on the lives and characters Of the supporters
Of the ui.calicd compromise, intermiscd
with few weak arguments which had been
exploded weeks ago. at the commencement
Of the canvass His speech was by no
means to compare in point OF ability, with
tina, made by " J. H,tL, Esq In truth,
il was all defamation froiI and fury. In
the course Of his remarks, We understand
he spoke of the Uafids Heraid, and said
tina, he had forced tina, Journal to come
out in favor of the Pcarcc Bill We walk.
ed over to our office aud got the back mum.
beers of the Heraid. That paper announc.
ed itself in favor of the Bill on the Bird Of
September; the Judge spoke there on the
2s,h. III course, IA the Judge Is truth
ful man !, was the fcr,or Of has mann that
worked ,hi. wonderful change. Mr. VIC
r,LL, who replied to Judge q, uLrnrt, did
no, think proper to alludc to this little mat
ter, which is our reason for mentioning 1t
Mr. WIGrALL replied to the Judge in a
very effective aud forciblc manner, and
the hitter, discounted aud entirely broke
down, lorgo, his position and his place
and lost not only bis cause but his ten
per. During Mr. " = speech be took up
the map of Judge OcnILrnrr--a map
which had been no doubt exhibited all over
the Stat. and showed the audience that it
cut off nearly all Of Texas above the 3~,h
parallel Of latitude. VIZ ". remarked
that il was unfortunate the gentleman had
relied SO confidently on names. lIc then
briefly discussed the characters Of Mcssrs
Clay, Cass. Webster and Dickinson, and
showed their true positions IA opposition 10
the South He then spoke of Southern al.
tras aud showed who several Of them were.
Geo. Mason, OF Virginia was the son Of
Geo. Mason, member OF the touScn-
ton that framed the present Constitution
The brother of Mr. Butler, nulliher Of
South Carolina. fell at the head of h req
ment at Chcrru6usco, gallantly fighting for
the cau'e of his country. Look at The
Alamo, before which Judge OcniLrErr
said Gen. RISK had barred his breast Il.
certainly astoni.hed him To hear such n
declaration. |, was the frs, time he had
heard that Gen RISK was in that engage.
mcnt. II he had read the histosy of Texas
Alright II was not Gen RrsK who was there
bn, BoNuAs and TR,,I-, Souib Carolina
nullhcrs, who fell fighting where the people
Of the South were ever to be found, where
ibert, had uniurIed its standard Tie had
not called names nor had he spoken of
Gen. RISK AZ a traitor or an enemy to the
South but be had said snlliclcn, to show
that names were not always to be relied on.
No man had iongh, more gallant, during
the war Of the revolution than Benedict
Arnold; ,c, in an csil hour. he would have
sold the liberties Of his country, and have
placed Gen. Washing,ons neck in the
halter.
H. next alluded TO Mr.. k,rru,S-
whom he handled pretty severely After
this he entered into brief argumcn, OF the
question. designed merely to meet the very
few points made by Judge OcurLrRsr
The Judge attempted a reply. but made
a signal failure
A the novelists say, we draw the curtain
over the scene, with the simple remark that
If ever Judge OcmILrRrE stumps il over
the State, in our opinion Marshall will no,
be among his appointments,