The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-02-14


dual advancement. and heart and hand ioin
u" The effort to restore power To those by
whose administration his principles will b..
advanced. and the common good promoted
To the Union Democrats. b. address. d the
argument. that II they wished 10 proven, the
creation oG n national bank. and the over
'lr"" OF the present fnanrml policy OF the
Government, they must RELY upon the demo.
ctacy: II they wished rs avoid class lepis.
ia'ion. hv the destruction Of the existing re.
venue system, and n return TO protective
duties, they must rely upon the d. mocrar,;
generally, II they wished to maintain "A
si''ct construction of the Constitution, and
thus to perpeiuete the Union OF the States.
"hlrh their fathers had formed, they must
rely upon the democracy.
10 the State Rights men, whatever their
patty alliances had heretofore been, he An.
re"led lor support 10 democratic principles
because there they saw the doctrine OF
strut construction of the Constitution,
which was the doctrine Of State Rights.
aud to which alone he believed they could
look Tor respect and protection to the rights
ii the South. There was not such unani.
nifty among Southern men Ms would give
moral power Ia n sectional minority; and
the history Of the democratic party, rem
the first struggle between State Rights and
the split OF consolidation. pointed to it MS
the source from which our best, il not our
only hope. must be drawn.
Oftbose who honestly desired to preserve
the Union OF the States, and had been in.
duced To leave the democratic party and
enter into new organization for that pnr
pose. he asked, what was there in the m.
Gent or recent history of democracy, which
indicated the necessity OF such course. or
the wisdom OF their new aliance' Who
obs'rncted the prosecution of the war with
Mexico. bv embarrassing the administration
nj our government, when its armies were
fighting battles upon foreign soil Who
burned blue lights along the coast Of New
England, in the war ol lsl2i Who has
uulii.d recent law, passed to carry gu,
provision Of the constitutional compact
Was i, their old friends or rev allies
lie adserted 10 those misrepresentation
made hy sons ol Mississippi aud which hrd
spread broad cast the impression, that there
VA. dlsnnion party within our borders
and said it was one OF those perve,.ions of
Truth, which leas, of all others. he felt abb.
to forgive. lie had, when her representa-.
tive abroad, replied Indignantly to such n
suprosi:ion. and pointed to the h'lef hut
brilliant history Of Mississippi, rs the sub
staritnl evidence which should have pre-
vent, d any ind from originating OF enter
tanning the calumnv. As senator from
Mississippi. h. had considered the honor oi
his State, and hl, own honor invoked IN
the supposition. that while she kept repf-
s.nta'i,,s To the Federal Government, aud
participated IN its action, sh. WAS plotting
the destruction Of that government To which
he was thus 1t edited. aud formed par,
For himself. ,dusllv, he had never an,
other answer To max. Ia the charge ol be
my di,unioui.t, than that it vas inlsc.
Tie SAID. that all Democrats, all State
Rights men, should unite to wtesi the All
niui-trallnn from the iplecll. hands into
which II had fallen. aud eutrui it To- those
who. IN times past, had given u peace aud
security ut home. aud safety aud honor
abroad The c-usurs which one should
hr,tuw on the hluuders aud of,ncc ni thus
administration, in ih. management Of our
domestic affairs, might have been severe. IT
It were not swallowed up IN the shame and
Uoitllicatluu produced by It's conduct o'
our foreign relations. Aud scared, has
the mind time to measure the magnitude oi
Que offence, belor. it Is followed hy another
at n character SO different. t'at it WAS nj
most Impossible 10 helieve ihrn the acts OF
the same individual When Spanish iuso.
lence ,nsnl.d our flag IN the waters OF lia.
wanna, Ihe couhtrt had scarcely time to won.
der al the tame splfit ui The administration,
before It's surprise "as demanded by the
ptoher of n.,oual salute L, the ilig -.
>pAlu as an aionemeui for tie unwarraut
able conduc, al an excited mob. And how
we're the passions Of that woh aroused
Young men of the United States. whose
heart, were filed with such love OF liberty,
AS they nigh, have legitinn',lv inherited
from their sir.s ot the revolution saw a
n.,yhho,ing people oppressed lay the harsh
rs, despot,stn. aud heard that they appealed
to the sous of America to aid ~ bursting
tn. frt.rs which bound them They W. ut
on such mi sion rs broUgh, LA fayette,
kosciusko, De kslh, and n host OF others,
To the aid OF our fathers in their rev '!u,lon
AIRY struggle and the President marked
their devotion by proclamation which
branded them As pirates, and deprived them
of rights secured to American c'iIxeus. by
treaty, and As enemies OF mankind, not only
surrendered them to Spanish cruelty, but To
be slam by whomsoever might mud them
A yull,nt haLd of these brave youths, dts