The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-03-13

ton on Saturday last, aud cheeriully give
| il place IN our columns
I MR. EpIroR
Vhv il il. there have been no prin'ar,
meetings Of the people in our county III RET
ercncs 10 the great National Convention
of the Democratic Party 10 he held !" '"''
timore, in June, in obedience to Tune non
ored usage, for the pnroose OF seies'"s
f,oun among the host, who are worthy, those
vino ans TO be- the honored bearers oil the
olo5ious old Democratic Flag, IN the ar'
proaching Presidential campaign nave
wc no interest a. stake as party has
e,norience demonstrated to our minds, the
inanplicabilty Of the principle ana 'h'
r,casufes of the Democratic Party to the
condition and the wants OF the country, that
they should no longer challenge our a"''''
ration or receive our support II so, 'hey
should be abandoned II not, why then
.ucb callou.-such apathelic indifference
/, it characteristic of the democratic party
to commit to the keeping OF seq 'dpPo'm'"
fe,r. their righ,s-their privileges
conscieures, On the contrary, does not
the onposi,c coursc--a bold and mani. bat
fe.pertlul declaration of opiaioh on the
mar, of the maSscs-universall Obtain.
And why is it, Mr.. Editor, you have not
disturbed The mafers, Is the game not
worth the powderi In the contest. do YOU
mean to be mere locker on IN Venice
Speak out. Call the sovereigns together
To deliberate. to determine. The AUSTIN
convention did doubtless, what they con
ceiycd to be their duty in the premises,
Shall the people sanction their proceedings
purpose to support the nominee OF the
Baltimore Convention. shall ABIDE ny 'he'f
decision in casting my vote, onless Reason
shall have been dethroned. aud over their
proceedings rih fanaiicism shall weld
control. OF that have no fears, The
sober second thought of the people is ever
RIGHT Al all events, when we cannot trust
the people we will be prepared to wear the
woke of \apoleonic Dictator. Let the
names of Douglass and jeff Davis be IN
.cfibcd upon our banners, and an easy VIC
tory awaits us. They are men into whose
hand. the union of the States and the rights
OF the South may be safely confided.
\ our mos, obedent and humble servant
UPPER WlRE.GRASS.
M,non ith 1892.
We shall reply to the foregoing commnn''
cation briefly We do not know why there
have been no primary meetings of the Democ'
racy ia this county, unless i, has arisen ron
the fact, that there has been no one suiii
GENTLY interested in the matter to call them
d" And why such apathetic indifference
Simply, we suppose because no one sa"
ANYTHING To be gained by county meeting
The Convention at Austin committed the
State to the support Of Gen. Sam. Houston
a majority OF the people of Harrison county
are opposed to such nomination. We
presume meeting of the people might be
called. and their course in the promises de
termined. But we cannot perceive wha'
good could arise from it, For one, we ear
say, very frankly, that we are not willing
TO commit oursei In advance, blindly to tn,
action of the Democratic Convention moi
that we have any doubt in the integrity o
the people, nor their sober second thought
But, in Conventions, the wishes OF the PEG
pe are not always consulted. The "'she'
of the people were not consulted in the
in the one at Baltimore Besides, the latter
will be composed of more discordant and
l.. .l.u iln f,r,ti
and it was bad enough in all conscience.
The democracy in Ohio, Pennsylvania,
are strongly impregnated with abolition, aud
those states will be largely represented in
there will be a considerable number irou,
the South willing to make any concession
to produce what they term the harmony
of the party" The expenses OF the Gen
era Government for the last few years. have
feariully increased, aud its patronage is
now immense The large majority Of !hc
men who are active in getting up and Wis
eye to these things consequently, the pu
rty of mans political life, his firm and
honest support of principle, have not al
WAYS their just weight in such conventions
in selecting candidates, but man is chosen
with view only to his availability. We
fear that this will be particularly the case
in the Baltis,ore Convention. There viii
be discordant materials in it, which il will
be difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile
Hence the greater chance for corruption.
In view Of these things, we are willing tc
wait until the convention meets and deter
mines the plan of the campaign. lf prin.
cip,e is consulted, and candidate nomina
ted worthy, us we conceive, to be the stan
dard bearer of the party, we shall give him
our cordial support, We do not look for.
ward to the result without solicitude and
if the democracy of Harrison county could
do anything towards result so much de.
sired, we would cheerfally take the rcspon.
sibility of calling meeting of the people
But as il is, some one more interested mus,
take the lead.
OF Our readers have heard Of the ex.
traordinary accounts of the discovery OF
gold mines in Australia We had looked
upon this intelligence MS n humhup votten