The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-08-20

Beech 81 Gen. Cushing.
We published hast week the .peech made
by Attorney General Gushing, IN th" Sta'e
OF Delaware. during the late tour OF the
President, We intended At the lime TO have
called par'cuar attention to II, bot "er"
prevented from So doing Tor the want oi
room. Nothing Was lost by this failure
upl,.s Il be that the speech is not no" so
prominently .-lore the reader. 50 that he
ml,h, marx the bold and emphatic language
OF the speaker ASIDE from this, We can
nilude 10 II now with more freedom than We
could have dome then. Then u came be
fore Us merely ~ the speech of General
Cushing. and whatever significance We
might have attached to ". ~ view OF the
our comments upon 1t would have been
REGARDED merely as our own deductions
The cas-. IS now different The leadlng pa
p.fs OF the country have alluded to this
speech OF cen Cushing. and the concur
rent view. of Col DAVIS. espfe .-d upon
the same occasion, a. evidence uai alone ol
their own sediments. but as the settled
convictions of the President, aud a- indica
tive OF the policy Of the administration.
Ih.y have commended that these distin
euished gentlemen -the highest officers M
the Pre.ldent. shinet. and his eon'tltu
tional advisers would not have gwen ex-
pr-s.ion To- ueir view. IN so marked and
bold manner. II they had not been salts
d,d tina, the declaration of such opinions
were not personally obnoxious to him
manned silent. through respect, unless they
we're satisfied lhs, h. lull, coucurfcd IN the
sentiments they were known to entertain,
aud which they embraced this important
occasion to feiterate
aud what were these sentiments 10
which Gen. ushlng so strongly glses *
precision aud So tore bis illustrates |, l.
embraced IN the doctrlne of state Rights
H. -penks ct II as tina. glorious, grand,
aud sublime conception ot the CO equal
Sights Of the ~tate.. one ~ the presence Of
the other, hieh 10 dag ~ cdilcd Secession,
and 10 morrop Dieunion, hy whatever name
al r.p'oarh wise man may see it la Sian.
der it - that 1t l.. 10 truth, the original ear
dnal apirit ol the Constitution al the | ul
ted States lie tells u> that IN his opition
the integrity, may, the salvation OF the
tninn depends upon this principle. lie
speak, OF those who framed the lOusttu
ton Of Government under winch Ne live,
as wl.e ard good men the deui.gods OF
our country's heroic age; and when they
fofmrd 'hl- | MON, they assembled TIM
teen lnd, pendent n,pulrs, and by the
blessing of God, pronounced The dscldra,
tim i separation from England, each in
dependent. no, only or Great Britain, but
Ut each other lie tells VA to look
around upon Spanish American Republics,
upon Mexico anr the rest, with wohder that
then, h,,tor, is hut n history Of civil war;
that IN all but a generation OF liberty, they
.m to hav" discovered nothing hut how
To perpetual. disorder that they live, as 1t
were. 10 a chronic d-temper Of revolution
that their governments are hu, constitu.
ted anarchy and that every year as 1t res
wolves. brings around a new milii7ry lnsut.
recuon, aud new pronuuc'ameuio to add
to the long roll OF faction and civil ear.
mage" A d these evils he attributes to the
sacrificed and consolidation h,, gradually
usurped the liberties of the people Could
language be more forclb- It heralds the
doctrine that the present administration is
pledged to protect the rights of she States
against aggression. aud that j, will repudl-
ate no party, by whatever opprohrious epiN
tibet It may be denounced, which stands
uron this platform, and which i, prepared
To fesis, federal encroachmrnt
Ana how do these views accord with the
previous course OF ,hc presidrnti The
history ot Gen. Pierces career IN Congress,
shows that b. was ever identified with the
sric; cons,rucrionists Tie went farther
than Gen, Jackson he was even more
rigid than Mr Calhoun himself In his let.
ter accepting the nomination of the BALI
more Convention, be stated That he endor-
,ed the platform adopted by that body, lin
which was incorporated the Kentucky and
Virginia Resolutions of l7o> and 90 not
nercl, that they were proclaimed II. the
sentiments OF the party. but because every
act of his life had been in accordance with
them
Let IA now nsk the question, with what
proprlety eau a few dsorgsnirlng politi,
clsns ~ this State make war upon those
,,ho entertain similar sentiments to JEFF
Davis. Mr. Gushing, aud President Pierce
With what justice can they jenounce the
State Rights paf,y @: Texas, aud the editor
Of the Republican, when b. has done moth
ug more than advocat. til. same sentiment,
Ms are promulgated 10y the great leaders OF