The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-12-18
. AisAs." and the Resiruasisa.

d.,v,,i,ty 10 exhpu~fa'e him from all
blame ia d,pd,ius the people Of t'i' DIS
,,i., of their Courts. N,w. 1t does stthc Us
very forenl.. ihat Alha's iaioftuA'i'n
,uf..t either come from very un"o'neuiir
source, OF his admiration OF, OF su''ei1'Ance
TO the man, has gained the asceudeacy over
his better Judgment. Dead mea teH no
,oies. and besides. it SO happens the Judge
was no, elected In the summer, when Judge
Martin died and at which tine It vas not
known whether the Judge would be req"'f'
"a IN r..tsn ar not. Now. we also nap
men TO have a bitter from under the hatd 'i
Gov. Bell: do al b. alarmed " Nlpha' '''
T.. cha. o,,,,.r sys have ~ doubt ,oa are '7
your 4 Il e.. The Governor says mp
=, the lclh Of November h. hal maie 80
,,.oi,,,p,ert TO IN the vacancy, and that
there had been no Application lfom any
source, for the appointment, ar to that
time.
How does this correspond with "
pha'." ipse dl1p. when we fad In"t '"r
Iud,. was in the city OF Ausuu, on THE
2,th OF November, two days alter the Gov
,,n.r'. declaration to the eHec. that there
had not been az applicant for the Office
&c. Again. NphA saws Al appointment
va. made through the influence OF Judge
Evans 81 gentleman IN this county We
4, not cnr, whether one was maoe or u"i'
mr. whether toe sad gentleman had coasu
t,t.oaa or personal scfupies about accept
,,, sad appoiutneut. Bot thl, much we
do kuow--aed feiterate-that It IS "io'"
through hi. bluude.ius and tlonndenHs 90
pol,f,r. aud the Judiciary at the same lnne'
and lis grasp,ug az political d'stncuon To
the utter prostra'ion aud abandonment "'
b,. Judicial duties, that We hte deprived o
our courts. we dui, upon inYrstis atom
a letter upon our table, from Respectable
gentleman. all aud responsible one
too, stating that on the 29tl or 3o'h oil
Sepiembrr last Judge Eyaps stated ia Lin
den. 10 seyeml of the Marshall bar, that
he did not consider the tw" offices neon
,,uI,l. and miles. his Judgment was con.
ylnc.d to the contrarr, be would certainly
hold court IN tin. county AS ne va, wei
informed aud advised ga t,i. mu'er- aud
he would no, take the ip,c d1H at any
rau."
Now. marx The result. ON the 2od OF oe
tober. only three day. alter he ar.nes IN
Naf,hal,. pens his resignation IN TINS town,
without inlimauug that u change had come
over his d,eams--tiat his judgment was
convinced Vet, AIpht says he had
prey,ously made arrangements Win judge
Martin to hold his tall trrm--aud after hts
resignation. he recommended adlsunsuish'
cd LAWYER OF iicndel son--this letter, Gov
Ben denies fatty. Surely, Alpha, YOU
are not IN the Judges contidence--you are
irving to increase the tolls of his unenNa
ble po.iton. before this community For
had the Judge wished ar INTENDED "a t.
have had a court all that was necessary to
let bls resignation be known, when such
names would have been sent on to the Gov
eruor. wno had neither constitutional nor
ner,onal scruples about accepting the ol
hce. " Alpha SPEAKS OF pecunlary eon
s,derations let US see II 40 one else T.
governed by them We dad the Judg'
holding two Offices at the same time, wncl
he wa, going to Austin to cast the elrctn
raj waite Of the state he was still dmwbs
h,s salary as Judge, up To the 2ith last, a
the rate Of $3.50 per auuum--at tue sam
time he received his mileage. auG - pc
daX. while Ia ,u,tln--su Soon rs hl' Judge
shin expires. he receives the appointment %
state Messenger to carry the vote t'
Washington City, with the same mileage ~
member, ol Congress. thus, from an ac
cnmahtiou OF Offices. instead of recelvln.
IL lt,Ie sum of si37 Tor the las, qnarse
of the wear, he will get the handsome sun
Of 8 1900. Ic, this is democracy lhs
Z. philanthropy THIS IS the dIslntere'led
Statesman Oh iie upon thee, " Alpha.
We would not be surprised, from has point
(
next coup d'eiai would be to supplant 10 The
affections ot his constituents, the great nn
combed, unnasked, Richard himself. W.
wish II distinctly understood, We have NJ
other object In view. or to accomplish. thar
the right aud interest OF our citizens dictate
in this matter--and our duty as public
journalist prompts US to speak. We ar
not OF that Wing school, who hold thar thu
leaders of their party can do no wrong.
Blu, on the contrary, our structures are, ane
shall be, more as,rlngeut on our own party
who grossly violate the sacred nights o
their constituency matter what may h'
his position, power. or influence. On tn
other band, were he or they wings, W,
should no, expect anything good from thri
hands, and If we got nothing, We would n
be disappointed.
OurRAoR--A Touch of hc Moo lar -
\ daguerreotypst, MAIN" Abbott, who has
beer travelling ABOUT the country with cal
fitted up for taking pictures, located him
snlf in pnrtN on MnndaY OF List Mnek o.