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

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Il - t.sa p.ssed. would have bssa y dsseoy
every hssl hght claim 10 Texas; aad ~ y
l,evsd sseh would be The inserPsststIse g'vsA \
BY every easasa man. lie hsrs rsad the ''essS-
ton. And ssuasksd that the intent Wa pssss
h Invited every man to read II and jsdgs IT
hirsself There were ZONE reptiles that crawl
ed bvfo.c HIM with shsif venom and their s''me
Al which he A,d not strife, but-stsrped over.
Judge Evans again atoss AID denounced
Judge Ochiltrec ~ guilty Of m'ssAood. lie
would convict him Of lying before Gen. Nuak,
Judge Iipscombe, before every lswyer and
every hoaest man in the 'and.
Al this crisis in the proceedings Judgc Rob
erts came forward, and with little wel'.tirncd
pleasantly put the crowd once more in good
hurror, when the meeting adjourned.
We have stated thus infinitely the substance
Of thls extraordinary debate between these gen.
.!emen, no, for the purpose Of stirring up
strife fov the period Of settling il after this
fashion hss gone BY But ~ they have thrown
themselves upon the Judgment Of their Fellow
citizens il 10 but just that I. should he known
how the matter originated
In his speech a. laflssa on the 10Th, Cast
satr rday and in his speech at this place t'ien'
dctson) on Thursday the 18th, Judge Evans
cnsersd more particularly into. an esp'srn''on
of his course In the Convention, and in defence
of the resolution named but ~ il would take
M too much room 10 give his stater.ent At
length, VIC will net attempt II.
Judge Ochil,rte left Inc Cherokee Court for
home and, We are sorry to learn, received In
formation Of the death Of one Of his children
by ANAL. poz, A. well ~ the llnsss Of other
members Of his family, attacked by the ssme
disease, At Galveston, to which place hs ha'
gc1c.
W. icft Kusk on the ID Of May, for Pa'cs.
tine. Judge Roberts addressed the people Il
this place on the 9Th, and Judge Evans day or
two afterwards We heard the first speech.
Il contained but little that was new. II was
shorter than his previous efforts. lie made but
little allusion 10 the Southern question. lie
said he WAS opposed tn the exercise 81 fierce
but believed that the General Government pos
sessed the right TO coerce a State into submis-
sion. lie expressed the samc thing with more
force at Rusk, where he said that he believed
that the first Federal gun fired TO subjugale
State, would sound the kneli of this Union.
Palestine il quite pretty village, and in,
proving; and from the number Of negroes
saw in town on Sunday, should suppose thcrs
was considerable wealth in the neighbo'hord
From Palestine, Went ont to Mount Prairie
Here there IA thick sediment Of refined and
intelligent people. -irid all night with Col
Lawrence, gentleman of the old school,
whose acquaintance was happy to make Fsou'
this point went into thu kickapoo settlement
Here, too the lands arc fertile, and the country
thickly settled BY an enterprizing, industrious
and intelligent peoples spent two or thfss
days in this ncighborhood very agreeably.
Judge Roberts in his speech at Palestine
spoke Of his course on the Pcarcc Bill; and us
it is possible tina, ! may have misunderstood
him in his speech nj Tyler, ! take occasion to
mention H. ile said that he Ind made stet-t
at ban Augustine in favor Of sustaining GOV.
Bell, and of taking possession of the territory,
when il was threatened to BIZ held by military
force But when the PcaFcc Bill was offered
to ,hp people Of Texas, he considered il a dif.
fcrent question, and not enc Of 40 much conse-
queuce lie took br' little interest in the
matter nc dislihed the invasion Of the Mis-.
sour compromise, and the manner in which the
subject was presented. But then, again, ten
millions WAS more than the country was worth
lie did not know how the South regarded il.
lie had feared from reported Indications rte.
viou~ly given that the South would not submit
to the bargain offered her In the compromise
and being remote from news Of what was 10.
Ing on In other States, Ne could NAT make Up A!s
mind. and therefore did NM rofs at all. Bu. "a
he had since found that the South was pacific
he had become satisfied that the adoption oil
the Peare Bill was good thing.
On Saturday the 10th inst, Judge Evans md
JUG ~ Roberts made speech At lArissa. Here
Judge Evans brought up the matter between
himself and Judge Uchiltree and discussed H.
lie then defined again his .iews in relation 10
secession, substantially ~ have given them
before. lie said that there would he two things
TO meet in the nes. Congress-: one was the
growing influence Of FIRE s0ilism; the other
WA tho ultraisn Of South Carolina The
Santa Fe country was ours to all intents and
purposes, a. h ever commended; our right to il
had been recognised by every department Of
the Federal 0overnment II Gen Taylor had
lived, war must have snsusd between ths Gen.
eral Government and Tesas; that would not
b. denlsA. II the eonsoldatonsts were cor.
rect In thsif views ths Government would have
possessed the power 10 take il from MS; that
Il was MOI the bare love Of acres that aetuated
the Government In deai.ing to retain possession
Of our territory; but II grew ont Of the inhu-
encs Of the fres-soil spirit, that wished 10 mp
psoprAss il to itsslf Tbs question Of the
right Of South Carolina to seseds from The
Union would h. one speedily 70 Be- brought BE-
fore the American people. II would enter
largely into the action Of the next Congress.