The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-05-17

Tin P.ttsot. 'iu speaking Of All ss.
trac, from ths 'Rcpabl ~, says The
gra, ~hisk~resi gentleman who wrote the
above" &c. How excrueisting y mast be
10 the "clqns Of the Patriot to be whip |
ped 40 badly by "bessdieAs hoy" They
first tried u make their readers believe that
we were a" clique" Of which Col. Wigfsll
was leader. IN. Colonel being a private
citizen, and intcrrup,iug no body. did not
like the frequent stacks upon him in the
Ps.'ios. and stopped this loud cry OF
"cl,que"' clique. by drawing up little
piece Of writing. and getting the nominal
editors signature to Il, on Ao~or. stating
that no more " declarations or iosiouations'
that Colonel WigfAll had "any connection
with, or control over the editorial depart
men, Of tho Repaid ~" should be made
IN the Patriot II IN D4itcr really believed
thu, Cob Wigfa.l wrote for the Republican,
why did he act 80 cowardiy in taking il
back, IT he did not believe il. he was
guilty Of ,xirase~ai misrepresentation. Tie
can " choose between The two Now that
The Patriot cannot cry out clique agsless
the Republican. they say "gsef
gentleman does it, writing
hear this i, eonvinees h. weight
Of ssr sdisasisls
- ~ SBJg.lo:
E& khavllvlkfn requested To ask you no, to
Frive any statement this week IN regard to
the difficulty that occurred in town ,e~ter
day between Hin and Smith. II is desired
that We agree upon a card Ibis is by re-
qu-Ht A. \. WfIHEkSfoo>.
May och, 1851
! The above note was sent US on Friday
night Of last week, after supper f. the usual
timc for our paper to go to press. as the
Patriot would saw. He. nr. Witherspoon
coald have the cHrontery to address US So
contemplate note wb' 9 his pa
per was issuing forth, classifying and rdi
cuIine cur conduct, on The morning of the
ith Instant, is more than we are able TO
account for. Why were we asked to
withhold statement in regard to the dill
Guilty between Hill aud Smith Was il,
because they thought we would nlisrcpre
sent the matter No: but because they
wosld be ashamed TO look the truth in the
face and therefore " i, is desired that We
agree upon card, or. tIixt re adopt their
version OF the affair. We ear sssure them
that we consider onrself under no obligation
10 them Whatever. Wrarc 40, however. dis
posed to make capital out of it. Ii is true
VIC might say tina, H,ll made the attack,
followed out fair fight" and then
scratched gravel to get behind post at the
horse rack near by but be had the brorery
to remain behind il while Smith was on
open ground advancing upon him, both
shooting. We can say one thing for
" liam Arthur, there are few men who
slnnd pto thpirpos s. or tracks, nsueb
occasions, az faithfully rs he did to his.
ali. w. A. H. or. William Arflur Hn
This is the editor a. fpcrtm of the Star
Stat. Patriot, who, few weeks back, offered
TO compare has character with ours, w. de-
clinsd the pfotlered aonor no, wishing 10 inter
i~re with the Jurisdiction of the Di-,rie, Court,
on the records Of which, portion IL his h,>-
tory is now probafed Republican.
That H.. fIl has been writing for the Pa
trio, ia an admitted fact and universally known;
end what capital can be made gu, OF ii we know
moi
II tho writer Of the above will look over the
indictments on fIe against Mr.. Hlt, he will lind
that fro Of them are for sisshing the backs Of
tsno insoism pnppies.-Patr'oi.
The fact" "that Mr.. Hill has been
writing for the Patriot" never was before
made known through the columns Of that pa.
per, although the question WAS asked in the
Republican, Who Nv. A. H."Ssns. The ed
itor n.;sunder~tands us in regard to the "cnp-
tat" We didn't suppose much would 10
made out of the fact wo only limited that
he would lose wha, he had already invested,
which Experience alone will teach him.
A. to the indictments on Gle against Mr.
HILL" we nevcr counted them, but ~ the
editor saws :" i,ro Of them are for alashing
the backs Of tro insoleni puppies" thonr
able VIC are left TO infer that there are sev.
eraI others. viii the editor please inform
US what they are for.
The war " still rage. ferc-y between The PAri.
nj aI,d Rsruhii..nn nj Marrhnu The fl.rnnex haA