The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-10-11

II. psaslassn CSlIssPo~ds"es ees.'s
to ). ~ es,.. sheas9f eom''s"s " The
pres, ~ most 81. sn declaring n .
scheme r Bsnnet's tstsshc capitol fps "
p.per. n Prrshytesiae, publ'skes At
nssssvials, ~ sssiivsss y Gen. iiesssos.
ssrshlei.lss ! lsstsv psvponing g NV
ksss wilton ~ NJ. De~sIlso". addressesl
TO :ls editor Of the Bonhsm Adyktiser. re-
qssssing his name TO Ike withdrawn -
candidate Tor Congress IN this district.
This letter he considers ~ conclusive ~v''
,icure ihx. tho Who'll. affair 10 hoax. we
think i, much more likely that some one
fabricated the letter addressed 10 the Advcr'
tis~t; for whoever Mr.. Donaldson may
Ike. he writes like y man who had some
iJess about him. The editor of the Free
by,e,is, dabbles rather largely in politics
Than We ,hiuk Is corn,ncndah!c in the editor
Of . religious newspaper During the pen
deocv Of the Gubevuat"sisi contest he sta
ted TIM, Gov. BELL gave the public ndve'-
tisemenis only to ihc,s papers which sup
ported him. This he ought to hav. Know"
WAS untrue. But il WAS u statement rcck'
lrssly made, and. 20 Ear ~ we are aware.
never corrected. Now be has undertaken
the defence Of Gen. Houston; and his
las. paper contains y lengthy l.ud't'on
Of that gemtleman's speech lately delivered
nj Huntsville. II 10 10 20 anxious to en-.
ter, the political arena, willhe have she Kind
ness 10 answer our structures upon Zen.
Hous,on's political course. Some time ny"
the editor Of the l'rcsl,yt c,inn desired the
PRAYERS Of his readers for his surccss ~ M
editor. n he should again invoke their ali,
we hope they may pray for hint" he speedily
delivered of iloustouism, aud return !"
the Gospel. A man cannot serve tw"
masters. II the editor Of the Presbyterian
wished to know whether the Donnldso"
correspondence was really \ hoax. We pre-
sume hs might fiud out from Gen. Houston"
himself without entering into any specula.
tons about it.
1t appears from the following, which we
take from the Item, MISC published at Hunts
vile. that Gen. Houston seems to know
Mr.. Donaldson. aud is very HAPPY TO
hear from him. when he may write"
The recent Gu, ious letters Of {. u. Don
aid sou, aud the replies Of the Democratic
leaders. ARE creating quite an excitement
among the politicians. and the independent
Press are commenting with mcri'cd severity
upon this nnd.rhanJed aud deep laid plot
To hoodwiuk the people. aud bolster up the
to,,ering fortunes of hrosen down party
hacks. Among thu letters Published. i.
one lrcm Col. Noakom, rendering his thanks
To {. II. Donaldson. for his suggestions
What these suggestions were, we n,e at
a loss tn conjecture. as the letter "f Don
ald.on to Mr.. Yonkun'. (which drew ont
Coi Yoakum's reply is not among those
published We hope the Cclon'l will graft
" the public curiosity bv publishing it.
The response Of Col. Y. we copy from the
New York Herald, rs follows:
"GyS. S>n tI-..,"N, CNrrsU O.>v",
SENATOR FROM TxxAs.-t;en. Sam llous'
ton. through Mr.. Yoakum. private secrcta.
IVY thanks Donsldson for his suggestions.
aud SAYS the pain in his (the Generally
wounded arm, prevenis lis writing with
ANY 4, gree Of comfort. The old Gen. will
he glad to hear from D. whenever he thinks