The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-05-24

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down. Il tA.s paars, shossd ns"ess
t., the debate whish took plses %
u,, between Jsdes Roberts and Jsdgt
,rce Col. l. r. WpvALL was hsdiy q
Cob ". Responded in brief but Psse ~
drc.., in ~.rrh he denounced Tive visws Nh
the gentlemen who had preceded AL
did no, hear the whole Of hi. apsssl could
not consequently tiss il We 60 Non AND
force which betonged to H. l shakot attempt
to repcr. il. I, wss aleGG0bn upon the
theory Of the go,s,aas q the rights Of the
States. lie eo~n,ss with THO organization
Of p.r,ie. under c. k.hinston's Admin.tra-
.son. and proess1 ; define the principles
wAeh govss~si I ~ publican party Of Ne, in
opposasa - Fedsr.li.''.
$780, bod Of Iaris>a in the evening. On
Ae5|ext evening I started for Rush, Cherokcc
Z Bounty The country around lArisss Is thchly
|ket,irA by ar entsrprizing, industrious, and
Ssoral population The lasds are rich, the gen.
oral fscc Of the country inviting. ard everything
around kctokcns contentment and prosperity
Abou, c.eh, milca from lAriasa, il the town Of
Jacksonville, formerly Gum Creck) which Is
also growing up rapidly. We were much
pleased ~s,h the whole Of this couHtry, and
cannot but regret that We were not permitted
10 remain longer.
On Monday night VIC get within four miles
Of Rusk, at which place we Arrived on tho fol-
lowing morning. The county around Rusk
il beautiful and romantic; towering hills, wide
spreading, fertile wales; grottoes In which the
muses. might worship all conspirins 70 swskeu
fancy and disiuse . SECRET pleasure over ths
mind. Ru.k is quite pretty p'sce, and IA I'm.
proving rapidly. II has good society, good
schools, and the general elements Of proaper
~. We found many friends Of the Republican
in this place, and were kinky treated. Ou'
best regards arr due to Mr.. Jackson, Of the
Sentinel, who showed Us every attention, n'
well as other gentlemen whom w might men
ton. The Sentinel is doing good business
and its prcprictors arr much esteemed.
On Wednesday We had political speaking
Judge Roberts opened; he was followed b,
Judge Ochittee, and he by Judge Evsns. I
is hardly necessary to give report Of thes'
speeches, as they did not differ j. scts.auc,
from those delivered in Tyler. ! regret t
state, however, that personal alteration oc
cured between Juds, Evans and Judge Ochil
tree, The circumstances which caused il A.,
about these; The latter gentleman wrote
communication for the Cherokee Sentinel SON,
time since, over the signature Of Justice,
charging Judge Evans with having run 1t
Arkansas against the regular democratic nomi
nee; with entertaining agraran notions, which
he had urged before the Convention tina
framed our present State Con.iituticn--takirl
the broad ground that such convention hst
tho power to destroy vested rights, and will
having introduced resolution in tina. body
which, if carried, would have destroyed ever,
hend.right in Tesas. Judge Evans, it appears
took offence III this ar.icle, and demanded from
the Editor Of the Sep;9;ssl the name cf N,
author Tha, Of William u. Uchiltrec wa,
given, As Judge O. spoke first, he alluded tc
the matter. and stated tina, the matter in Tho
article IN question was all true. For this ru-
pose he read it, aud commented on il at som,
length.
When he had finished, Judge Evans ARISE
under much excitement and denounced Judge
Ochil,rce as having been guilty Of wiiul and
deliberate falschcod, in n,tribnting TO him ar
intention to destroy the head. rights Of settlers
stating that il was the first tune in the history
Of any canvass OF which he had heard, tina, an
opponent had taken advantage Of an anony.
nous signature to coaeeaI himself while hs
made a personal attack upon the rct,rss Of an
antagonist. That Judge o. had made use OF
this very communication TO injurs him private.
~, and that persons had been prcjudiced
against him by IL of this he had been informed
through private letters before he had seen The
communication 10 which he alluded; thai
Judge Ochiltrsc had made this disguised attach
sku!king behind the columns Of press, whcrs
he intended to have remained concealed II h
had not dragged him to the light
Herr Judge Ochitrce walked Immediately tc
the stand, and personal difficulty looked a.
most inevitable.
Judge Evens reiterated the charge and pro
ceeded to say that the object Of the resolution
introduced BY him in the convention VIVA Il
protect tbs rights Of the settler and not Il
destroy them. Such would be the intsrprctA
ton given il, by every lawyer in the land
Every member Of the Convention knew Il no
man knew Il better than Jsdgs Ochiltscc him.
self He had declared that the Convention
possessed the power to destroy vested rights
He reiterated II. Il was = principle well sst.
tied, thas al rights were held in obsyance, and
had to BE- recognized either directly or indirectly
by the Convention. II was aid that he had
made war on lawyers It was true, hat he he'd
declared that courts and lawyers, with thsiF
appsndagcs, were = fraud upon the body polite.
Judge Evans sta.ed The sane in his speech al
Lsrissa lie believed that the proper mode to
settle all difficulties was by system of arbi,ra.
ton; systcm which had been adopted by one
Of the States Of the Union. lie was new in
the country when Nv wss elected to msat in
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