The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-01-18

Of our own happy homes. We are ca'lc'
upon to shout hosannas to "A union wA'cl
has been entirely perverted from its originn
purposes into an engine Of fraud, corrup
ton, and oppression, or incur the odnm .
reckless disorranizcrs who for ambition 81
wicked purposes would pull down n glori
Gus fabric ccmcnted by the blood OF our
fathers.
The history of our State. from the first
dawnug ii our revolutions to the present
time brands the fonl aspersion as false
Whenever aud wherever the star spanglcd
banner has been raised, her patriot sons
have been Among the first to rally To its
support, aud the bloody tracks over which
they have trod testify that they did their
duty
\ few years back. when ii first became
mauitcs, tia. corruption had crcpt into our
system. that the powers OF the federal gov
eminent were about To be used to Cypress
and plumber its citizens, that the copstitn-
ton was in danger South Carolina, prompt.
ed by her ardent love of the nion, threw
herself. solitary aud alone, into the breach,
Ly the interposition Of her State sovereign
", to save both the Cons, non mud the
Union. Yet for this generous, this self
sacrificing act, all the power. patronage,
aud influence of the federal government,
have been used to brand the actors in that
scene ~ dsarionisis, aud cover their names
with all the in'amy which should attach il.
self to Hartford eonven;iouisis. hut how
-, II.
they acted-how different their motives :
The Hartford conven,ionists attacked the
government when il wns weak. when il was
engaged in war with foreign power.
and when n generous patriotism called
upon them to forget their private grieis and
rush to the standard OF their common coun-
try. South Carolina d" bearded the lion in
his dcn.' the " Douglas in his hail." We
would have established upon n firm and
lnsing basis the principles of liberty and
equality, upon which our country would have
llourishcd forever. They. like traitors,
would have given assistance to the enemies
o. their country in the hour of its dangers.
In future days, the impartial historian,
unintlucnccd by the passions and prcjudices
which surround us, and possessing the ad-
vaniagcs of the developments which time
IN is progress will make rs TO this effect Of
that event, viii record this hated and dcri.
dcd act Of nuIlilicaiion ms the FIRST step to-
wards the restoration of "A dovn.trodden
liberl, aud the names of Calhoun, Of liar.
per. of iaync, of Turnbull, and of Miller.
with all their talents, their patriotism, and
their virtues. will have no halo Of glory en-.
crcliug them more brilliant than that
which cnshiincs their memories in the
hearts OF posierity MS the able defenders Of
constitutional liberty, and the fearless ad.
vocates of the only remedy by which the
Union could have been saved. No: we
never have been false 10 the Union of our
tmhcrs. Just give us back that glorious
iaioa, under which Just and equal laws
threw their broad ngis over n coptentcd.
conll'ling, and n happy people, and we will
cling to il with all the devoted londnc>s of
n child TO n mother bosom. But to this
Union with iyrants aud plundcrers We owe
no allegiance; for it ue have no love; un.
der il we will not I've, unless we are re-
crcant 10 all we have heretofore held dear
or sncrcd--,o our honor our interest, the
bright example of gallant ancestry. ny. to
the bright aud eIorieus destiny which
awaits us. II wc could have saved the
Union, we wouId have done SO. u the
South were united. rs their common dan.
gers plead Trumpet toneued they should he,
il could bring hack the Mon TO it, original
purity and dictate the terms of future Sc
curity. But MS long rs these unhappy di.
visions exist. MS long rs amongst prominent
politicians treason iiour,shes and traitors
are rewarded, the ouly hope which is lei'
s.. is NJ be derived from bold hearts and
.iron. arms, and il the MON is to be dis.
solved, las dissolved it will bed and all the
dirciul consequences are to flow from its
dissolution which the Imagination Of some
have pictnrcd--if with it, downfall the last
expiring shnuts of Liberty are Ia he heard
let the curses OF posicfiiy light nct upon
our heads. hat urea he heads Of those who
might have saved it. but that they preferred
the hopes ot office, or even the filthy lorre,
to their allegiance 10 their Countrywide
the base Judean" who for thirty pieces
81 silver sold his fidelity TO his God. and
with ii his hopes Of everlasting salvation.