The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-06-07
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uuahht-Nlhe Fip1ah@'"f "H f
Is to the world. The winter Of our discon-
tented is gore, the time Of the sprnging Of
the flowers is come, and the voice Of the tur-
lie is heard in our land. Amid the scenes Of
these / have concluded to "while away a mo-
ments ease" in writing You a letter, if
should not be so apt in quotation as his excel
lences was, I trust you viii excuse an effort
made as much for my W pleasure as for
your edifeation. by the by, is supposed here
that Gov. Bell will be the next Representative
in Congress from the Western District of Tex
as. If his excellency, should be elected, he
will, no doubt he prepared to defend the pro-
priety of his quotation even on the floor Of
the House.
Some of the Democracy have been endeay-
oring to get up a State Convention, each prom
inent man however, for the seat in Congress,
and also for the gubernatorial chair has his
peculiar followers and they are so fearful that
their fasorite may be defeated before a con-
v%ention, it would be safer to wager two to one
that no convention will be holden, at least, no
general convention-should such be the fact,
we will have some half dozen candidates for
each Office, and in the contest, Texas may not
prove herself quite so Democratic as she has
always been supposed to be. Our friends the
wings say nothing of course, there is no chance
for them ct all if the democracy are united let
them divide, however, between two or more
candidates, and success to the whig party in
Texas is tolerably certain. There are many
good Wings in our State who are ostensibty
known as Democrats, Taylor-D Democrats, Scott
Democrats, peoples men wonld not vote for
Pierce because he was fetched up north of
Mason and Dixon's line. Some are Demo-
erats, and some are wings you know because
their fathers were so before them-this might
have been a reason so years ago, but in this
progressive age it has ceased to claim any con-
sideration. In the event Of failure of a gem
erai State Convention, Pease, johnson, Cham
bers, Smyth and others that are spoken of for
Governor, the result for the triumph of De
mocraey is rendered very strikingly" uncer-
tain-equally so, for Representation in Con-
gress between Bell, Lewis and Servis, Blake
and others. So far as the office of Cover
nor is concerned, there are local questions
which may override either democratic or
whig principle, a system of internal improve
ments seems to be the all absorbing topic, our
people want it, and while some Of our leading
men advocate internal improvements By the
State others are opposed to appropriating one
dollar of the means of State to that object
many have been the plans suggested, they
all have their advocates, and opposes the truth,
if Texas has more means than she knows
what to do with. and the money must be ex-
pended, until it is, no settled policy will be
adopted, when she had nothing her people
were united and if she gets once again. in the
same fix, they will be united again-some
want a system of comnon schools-others
want our rivers made navigable-others want
to pay the debt at its face value-so between
log cabins-iron ~horses--snags and money
it is scarcely within the Ken of Amman Ma
ture to tell her result. The world was not
made in a minute, and the architect was Om-
nipotent too, yet some of we TEXANS believe
that we can build railroads, establish schools
render our rivers navigable-pay our debts
at its face value, and expend the ten millions
in a various of other minor ways, and have
enough left to make us all rich, when we
only have five millions really at our disposal
of which, near two millions has been paid
from the Treasury-"verrily we are a great
people"
Ii is said that gold has been discovered
above this place on the tributaries of the Col
orado river, it is no doubt so, but whether thu
deposits are sufficiently extensive to justif,
the work required to obtain it, is a matter Q
doubt-many persons have been to the golC
region, many are now there, those who hav'
returned talk knowingly, look wise, and init
mate that there is "enough" Is be had. Should
it turn out as California or Australia, no tell
ing the effect. Texas is so much nearer home
that a greater rush may be expected in searcl
Of the "flthy stuff" More anon.
J, TEXAS.
: AusrfN, Texas, 1853.
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