The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-05-22

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honest CONNECTIONS Of public duty in silence.
dat our candidate cor the proudest honor OF
earth may have dis opinions Interpreted va
ri"usls to suit the changing pfejudices or
prrpo sessions Of particular lat,ndes :
Fellow Wings such a policy viii not
should not succeed. II is unworthy Of n
great party whose sentiments are consrrv
ntive, aud whose aim is the prosperity aud
happiness of the people. Is tendency i, to
reduce the Wing party to mere helcfoge
neous compound of discordant sectional
factions the ballot box to receptacle for
votes obtained hy fraud upon one OF other
of the sections OF the United States; and
the presidential election to n trial of ehica.
merry and dlssimulatlon among political
mountebanks We do no, seek to make
an injurious ascription of motive To man
or association ot men; but we repudiate
aud refuse. for our pant, NOW and hereafter,
Ia leud our supper, TO any candidate whose
principles are not plainly deirsd, or to Join
in ANY crusade against pop liar rights. the
honesty Of politics, OF the palpaile interest
OF the country, for the purpose OF achiev.
ing temporary political triumph.
But to return. What WIS the iugredicn,
in Gen,ry's amendment ,hai Induced the
Chairman TO rule i, ont Of order! The
only aiu of the amendment was to exclude
n conclusion. 1t was framed distinctly
with view To ahsalvo the Wing members
present from an implied pledge TO support
the nominees bt the National Convention.
"unless those nominees shall be publicly
and unequgocally pledged to regard the
series of measures known as the compto
mise measures rs final settlement OF the
dangerous questions they cmhraced. and to
maintain them inviolnie" W bat inference
can hc drawn from the refusal to gran, this
exemption but that the determination exist.
ed to commit all who participated IA the
meeting to the support of the nominees OF
the National Con, eniou, whether he shall
be pledged to support the compromise on
uoti Some of the undersigned are bound
bog our solemn public declaration, made IN
1850. that we will support uo mau for office
unless he IL known, untquhocally and
beyond controversy. 10 be determined to
maintain support. and execute the laws
known as the compromise measures # uei.
tive slave law and all. We shall religious.
is redeem, our word We ielt, after the dc.
feat oi Gentry's amendment, that silence
or acqacsce6cc, under the circumstances.
would commit us 10 au Inconsistency, aud
Justly awaken suspicion OF our sincerity.
Regarding the vote On Gently amendment
Hs the emphatic declaration b., the meeting
Us4.l
uurommittod as to their own support Of the
adjustment measures, or that they refused
to establish ans such test of the gualliica.
ton al tie nominee of the National Cou
,eutiou, $50 course remained, consistent witi,
our convictions Of duty and sense ul selt te.
.pect. bat to withdraw formally from tho
mect.e, and to retain the position we de-.
signed to main' .in.
It has bean charged that it is our dplibe.
rate purpose Ia distract the counsel. oi the
" mss. and to create nn unnecessary scli.m
Ia the bod, OF ,he " big party, lthas been
charged that our object Is to open aifosh
the agitation upon the slavery questions,
and to create sectional sirfc, ia order to
.lrcycnt a concentration 81 Wing strength
At the approaching presidential election. 1t
has been charged that We present insulting
terms 10 tle Mouth by r,qliriug the reiicr
alton of pledges TO mautan AND To enforce
laws which exist on the statute book, aud
which no member al tougtess ar political
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So far from opening agitation upon The
slavery questions, our avowed object ~ ana
The effect OF the proposition We assert must
bc, to terminate agitation by assuming asa
stating point Tor The canvass that the en-
tire =, North and South, faithfully ahides
by .aw AS It exists, and MAINTAINS the
compromise measures as a final settlement
OF the exciting questions they embrace
How is II possible that tins question can
Afford b,sls Tor renewed agitation, unless
there Is q determination not to abide by
that settlement ! he p'mcilte "" assert
may he avoWed as consistently hY Vie op