The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-01-31
The Demserasy or TEXAS at Austin.

course. In our last, we thlikN We adfHhffu
enough to show tina. Is proceedings werc
III advised and If acted upon. generally.
calculated to destroy entirely the harmony
Of the party. And TO adi to al, The nom
nation Of Gen saw ilor.1oN. who il de.
.isnatod rs "pa'doi, cbieltan, aud states
man. cmineutly worth, TO be the standard.
tearr Of the part, ia The approaching can.
,ass for the Presidency wo lock upon as
the wors, feature IN The whole business.
Gen Houston car never command Tire vote
Of the South. aud b. is certainly not euii-
tied to the confidence OF tho Democracy.
Thefe hss never been an occasion whore
be could make capital With lhc North that
Do be-. not ahapdalfd. aud voted against
his own section 1herc has never ana oe.
aasion offered. that b. has not been ready
10 denounco those who were battling for
our rights Til, j. not cmpl, declaration
IT, truth Is ,ndicaied hy the history of his
course in the Scugic since his OREGON vote
We take It. then. tbnt,t Is llo otleet OF
the Democracy At tn..iu who proiess 10
represent the Democracy Of The stat, to
abandon al the cher he'd aud Jine hoaor.d
principles of the panty and to cutter The
ned rs mere scrabble fer the sg0.Is OF
Office, aud The vain ard .iiu.ory Insignia pt
power. IN this contest wc can have 600
choice, no part nor parcel With us, de.
mocrac suot mere uamri but itis com
posed Of priuc Plies, sacred in tarh' selsc..
aud laying at the heart OF our political .,s
tom Whom tcy are abandoned. we wish
no longer to belong TO The patty auAmorc
especially, when that ra,,y taiaa mp 'hc
old federal doctrine against wheItlbe true
Democracy have increasingly waned
of all ihc old issues which tata divided
the Democrats aHd lho Whig-, only iworc.
main that OF internal Improvement by the
General Goycrnmeni and the tauf Vet
Gen Houston tells IL, 10 his recent aehato
with Footc. that these ave mo- longer tests
Of democratic faith, that thare ayo .atarnI
improvement democrats aud proiectIgcarid
democrats What are We to infer from
dis Simply, that democracy ia BIZ 'iew,
ia n mere name
But the great principles out Of which
arose the questions Of banh tnrih' and cv.
eryiLiug else which divided the Wings and
Democrats Of ihe l'Hipu. have been ahani
oned by Gen Houston aud this Convention
The great struggle Tor the rights Of the
States aud against Capitalization, II the
views Of the convention are mgrhiHed 3.
at an end The convention endorses tlc
Virginia and kentucky Resolutions, but de-
clarcs them r. be "ogaaijg opposed To con
solidatou. secession, and d.suuion.' Nj
Jefferson, the nuthor Of those resolution, IN
the Protest prepared by him aud adopted
by the Legislature of Virginia, poute'ily
,ir,i ares that be should feeard disrnion
rs among the great calamities which
could bcial them, 1.-The States, but not ttc
greatest There is yet one greater sub
mission to Government oil unlimited pow
crs' In one of the last letters written by
this illustrious man, addressed TO VIM. T.
Giles, aud dated December %, iN46.i hr
deplores " the rapid strides With which tIic
Federal branch Of the Government lr ad-
yancing towards The usurpation Of all rights
migrant violations OF the compact. hc ia.
stances the tariff, aud the night assumed TO
create internal improvements by TIE Icnor.
al Government, " Md what 'he romatksl
is our resource Tor the preservation ct the
Constitution Reason aud ar. ument Pou
mgh, rs well reason aud argue Hthth mar.
bic columns encircling them. The Repre-.
seniatyes chosen by ourselves! They arc
loined in the combination, some from in
correct views Of Government, some from
corrupt ones, sufficient voting together to
outnumbcr the soundcr parts, aud with ma.
lortics OF ouls / ,, or 3, bold enough to
70 forward in defiance
These were the views Of Mr. Jefferson,
the Father Of Democracy who believed
that the durability Of the Union and the
liberties OF the people depended upon up.
holding the rights OF the States, and keep.
IN, ihe ConeraI Goyerumrnt within tho