The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-12-04
The Nacordoehcs Chronicle and General
Rusk again

Congress, and especially IN opposition 70
oar remarks upon said speech, as quoted
D., the Chronicle although. the editor says
" be is no, the apologist OF the General
vet be- seems to take great interest 10 rec.
eoneiing hi. Inconsistencies, and endorsing
iis course both ia aud out Of tongress
rnihe- fa.ni Ctren,i-.
. rhon eani q 900 .u'h pnsatotaHlr shtI',
tu4tl siA 'l~ah o. iii-r
ou say " We arc ont IN philippe aeait :
Gen Rusk. hall argumenl and ball u'ec
i've" Admitted. if At plesses you we'll :
.til. he has given us more credit than we
are willing to accord HIM, as the chosen
etpnnndcr and defender Of the General s
views aod opinions, Notwithstanding the
Aforesaid editor has succeeded IA spinning
out a whole calumo OF hling 10 mend and
match the General. breaches ~ the dcno
cratic ranks, set, he has not taxed hs
ingenuity to furnish the first thread Of warp,
the Grsi ounce OF consistency, proof. fact,
Or Argument to weave into the fabric, 10
give III. article body color, or strength
We charge Cen Rusk with violating the
principles OF the democratic parry We
charge him with Inconsistency and double.
dealing at hpmr aud in Congress, We
charge him with faudefius to the power
and Influence OF Northern votes and interest,
by trampiing under foot. to the prejudice
If the south, and to the aggrandUement
of the North the mos; sacred, long estab,
lshcd aud wel cherished principles of dem
ocratic Gith aud this is not all, We can
provo wha, We charge, II ho denies 1t, and
still more If we bad space and time to search
up the facts
We find b, hi. votes that he voted for
the riyer aud harbour bill during President
rolk's administration, and when the bill
was vetoed by Nr Polk, he still voted ton
its returning to Congress- in opposition 10
the veto under the two thirds rule
But Independent OF his political tcrgiy-
crsntions, we propose showing, and have
got the documents at our elbow mot the
fall extent Of injustice done the SOUTH
enough though to brand the Hon senator
rs traitor To his party, who has elevated
him to office and dignity the pse d,,H Of
the editor of the Chronicle tn the contrary,
notwithstanding
The whole appropriations and eNpendI-
lures up to 1880, for the following purposes
by the Congress of the United States, were
s3~l 900 900, n notifications light houses,
public debt, pensions. and internal improve.
ments. Of which sum $3.50 600 n00 were
distributed IN the North and Northwestern
States, and Si2 900 600 in the Southern
and Southwestern States, or one in the
South to eight in the North Let us see
now what the appropriations of last Con
gres- were, aud how they were appoftoned
out among the different sections of The
country, for internal improvements alone,
referring this chatteripg Magpic Of the
Chronicle, to facts and figures, in lieu of
his ,widle and twadcde.
This bill, that the General supported and
applauds so Justify n. the best OF the kind,
&c, grants to the North aud Northwestern
States, sl.lsa3l5 to the Southern aud
Southwestern States, $3.50 900 about one
MIN OF the "h"lc-,ake out tb2 item 'or
the mouth of the Mississippi winch Is "a
mnch Tor The benefit OF The Northwestern
rs the southwestern states anu the pro-
portion VIII be, one to the south, Tor seven
teen to the North. ,et, tlis Is PdTiof'Sm'
this Is democrdcy' tins IS CONSISTENCY tins IS
Tue a"'iity Inc editor ol the chronicle 'N'ois
so pathe'lcaIly; or, probably the 'eneral'
was not thorc, an not vote; surely he
would not have violated the known aud
well defined principles OF our party, that
party that elevated hun to power Office,
aud dignity or, was he too IN New York
uith oLp SAN, making buneum, stump, aud
temperance speeches, (ins'ead Of d,scharg
ing his duty in the Senate to feed his lofty
patriotism, and train his ability for the next
Baltimore Convention.
Time after time has the great champions
and heads of the democratic marty placed