The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-05-31

We puWyon VI A00tner e0eo"o eoJnmv'
n;eaton fron Col. ~. J. Hat. in reply 70
Zone Of the Dsmocrass," which appeared
in our pspsr Of las. week. 1t y nos our
province II defend Gae author of the latter
article. He Is no doubt fully sspsbh Of
the task himself We will merely state
that We have always regarded him ~ gen.
,lsman n ssspessabaity. When he wrote
ths eennssnjcation in question, he imposed
NO secrecy upon Us. bot authorized vs. 70
give his name Il required, The mann was
demanded by Mr.. Hall. aud 10 gave bss
that Of Mr.. II. l.. BrsxY-
But inassnsrh - NJ. HxEL has alluded
to tho Republican md In shsmsetios. which
. matter Of public concern and just
snnsad~ersion, few remarks are demanded
at our hands.
And first Of the meeting. Mr. BEKRr
aays 10 found Is or 30 in attendance. the
friends Of the meeting say there ~erc about
rs present We would ask Mr. NALL, in
al eandor, II this can be said to have been
a fair representation Of Harrison county !
VIII he fenl warranted in attending the
Convention a. Henderson, and plsdging the
Democracy Of his own county when the
people Of Harrison have expressed 49, -
appreciation of the meeting BY
ing IL Does it look liz : s6hg Of the
Democracy. q al 56mros,-l of dis
A1Aa)ed 49, 5mocrats L. il rca-
Z 6s9&Pposc that e Democratic meet
Flhg would invite an editor of Why news
paper to act ~ Secretary Of their meeting,
and appoin. him ms a delegate to a Couven-
ton over the heads Of every prominent
democrat in the county! But Mr.. HALL
contends that Mr.. BEany, who It appears is
4 very humble mud unprotonding democrat,
called out n Wing to run for Congress;
therefore, he very prominent one was war.
ranted 10 batting for Wing editors. This
assertion Of Mr.. Halls is moro ingenious
than logical.
Mr.. HALL says that he had right TO
entertain and to express n preference Cor
candidate for Congress This is very true.
But has he right 10 carry his own prcdi.
lsctions so far 40 to dictate to the whole
seuntyl We moan no dsrespect to Mr..
HALL, nor do We intend to reflect uron the
popularity of either himself or tho chairman
Of the meeting in question, whsn we ca
press our astonishment 1t Tho novelty OF
drngoonng wings and wing editor, into
meeting assigning = prominent position to
She latter, in meeting composed at most
of not ovor seventy five persons. and calling
i. a meeting OF the democracy OF Harrison
How will it sound abroad How will the
delegates fesl' Whit will they say when
they 10 to Henderson All that they can
say will he this. Friends. wo did all we
could. We advertised tho meeting in the
newspapers for two weeks We drummcd
together all the Democrats and nhigs we
could muster. Tho balance were in the
grass, md did not feel sufficient interest to
attend"
Mr.. HAL says tia. we were opposed to
the Convention This 10 true. And why
Because wa believed that such a Couvsn.
ton would not bc COTTON up fairly. We
saw an svNi-nt intent upon the part Of press.
~ aud politicians to Leave tho beaten track
Of democracy and to run into federalism.
We were assaulted As agitAtors and disu.
nionists. because we opposed the latc com.
promise measures, aud were in favor of
uniting the SoutI, in view of further aggres.
sions How did wo meet this detrnction
by stating frankly that we would unite
with our democratic brethren upon the
platform of Tennessee, and that adopted by
the Union party Of Georgia; in one Of
which il is declared tina, they will resist
further aggression upon our rights even to
disunon. On this ground majority of
both democrats and wings, in Harrison nro
agreed And tho election of aboliionists
from the most pcpulous States Of the North
to the United States Congress resolu.
tons Of approval by tho Legislature Of New
York Of Stewards higher law doctrine
their throwing Mr.. Dickinson overheard,
because he WAS supposed TO lean towards
the South, and tho election Of Mr. Fish an
aboli'onist in his placs--,hs fnct TINT Mr..
Webster WAS compelled to seek safety from
. similar fate by going into the cabinet Of
Mr. Fillmore--the fact that Fanusil Hall
was denied him--,hs mob At Boston and
the mohs elsewhere well ~ the general
sentiment pervading the FREQ States in OPP
position to the fugitive slave law, A. wcll A.
tho declarations Of prominent and leading
politicians At the North, all warrant the DO.
lief that further sggrsssionsupon our rights
arc seriously entertained. We would have
been recrcant to our trust to hide those facts
or to treat them ~ matters Of little moment:
mueh less to pledge ourseli' to support =
should such candidate ret the
nomination. And we venture 10 assert
that il such candidate - we desire were
in tie field. he would unite upon himself the
popular strength Of tho country.