The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-01-15

few days. perhaps N time Tor our hei'
,..,. w. "a N receive the Governors Mes.
.,r.. We look for thss document With a
great deal of interest III. views OF an
Executive have always gfea, weight with
the people and with the Legislature. la'''
ms,cly acquainted as be Is bound to b"
with the diversified inieresl. of the state
surrounded q. he j. with the fret ,alen, 81
the country. as advisers; isSofed with
ahRndaui leisure to survey The held OF or
era,ious and ,o mature hi. Judgment aud
a, the same time stimulated VIA the feilrc
ton tina, his course viii be- the suhlec, 81
criticism and auimadvefsion that he Is an
.werahle to po.tcrit,. Tor the character OF
"A. administration it IA bat lu,l thni the
Legislature aud the county should look
" ith interest To bis opiulon-. lust at thi'
psy,od Ne were called out TO collect = rum
Of money to pas freight bib Didhtsue
coed IL raising the dough = Not ~ with
The members ol w" f'giF't"''' Wv Wv
them. indeed. are acquainted With the im.
pottAmi interests whigh they are depni"d to
represent. Few Of them are aware oi the
defects in ,hc statute laws of the country,
or prepared tn contend against the cor
run, Influence. y, work at the State capital .
and perhaps it is reasonable to inirr. that
few are prepared To eulisi IN that system oi
,Ntravagance and plumber which has marked
the legislative history Of oar state.
font of wood Lost two honf' N hunt
ing up a load Stood on the public square
until our nose was AS red IS a beet
The history Of the proceedings OF the
las: Legislature Will he memorable IN all
time for its weakness and folly. If not for
,s corruption. During tina session our
statute books were loaded with fresh
batch ol relief bills, the aggregate amount
of which we have never seen gwen, bill
was passed uominally for The relief of the
..ttl.fs in peters's colony. but which N
reality gave up the control of the valuable
land, IN that section to that rapscinus com.
pany. thu. adding still greater confusion to
land titles IN the colony aud fsiardtug ITS
settlement, aud ut n clear cot TO the state
OF over a million Of dollars, an apportlon.
NEST bill was matuted after an angry con.
test IN which each section va. labpflng 10
get the advantage OF the other. A. might
have been expected this last bill was IN
nus, in II. provisions, aud met the coudeu
nation OF the popular JudRmen, Here a
gentleman called 10 to talk to ia sbou, the
candidates for Congress; four others called
IN alternately on lriendly visits another
dropped in aud paid us four dollars. We
feel decidedly better But few bills were
passed Of "A saluiary character; few, II any,
were passed calculated to settle those great
questions with which the prosperity OF the
state is So Intimately connected All these
are still prominent IN the public mod aud
are presented for immediate adjustment by
TIN. Legislature.
Here the d shouts copy copy
copy We stop this article and write him
a short paragraph.
Ia ii competent to the task Have
the subjects been sufficiently discussed
to mature the opinions OF It's members
Have events TRANSFERRED that Will give
them the ground work OF the plan To
be pursued These are important ques.
tons and pregnant with meaning. II we
were l. udge of this Legislature by the
last, lapd 1t is composed substantially OF the
same members. ". should entertain serious
doubts of its capacity But when we take
into consideration {, at the probability Is
that majority OF the members notwith
standing the bunder. Of the past. arc actu'
a,ed by desire To suhseive the interests
OF their constituents, and when we iuriher
consider that their past acts have been the
subjects Of discussion throughout tn. State,
We may entertain the hope that their delIb'
era,ions at iii, time will 10 distinguished
By more wisdom than the past, and be bet
ter calculated to advance the interests of
the State.
Here we are interrupted by four sue.
ce-.ive dun-" We feel ,olerably sshy."
Why don't our patrons pay up' Reader,
do YOU owe us any thngi
Il the different members would but re.
fleet, that they represent an honest consii,
usncy who desire no advantage OF their
neishbors, but who wish to see An appor-
tom t law passed. dealing justly with
every portion of the State II they would
hut consider that an undue increase of leg
isla,ors would serve but to increase the
public expenditures, not only withou,
corresponding benefit, bu, that it would &C
,aaliy retard business and &C. ass public
evil, We think tina, hey would have but little
difficulty in framing such = bill a. would
BE- generally acceptable.
We regard it as particularly unfortunate
that the Governor found it necessary to
call the Legislature together in ea,raordi-
nary session. Much has been said against
him Tor taking this step. The remarks