The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-08-04
Ten. henderson.

o common place speech. Dot tbs address
Surpassed 10 powerful arpmeai0 ad appeal
say speech wo have eve, beard hia deliver.
4 would De Impossible for ps To give a
asamI rcror, q .,. essen il aas i.'....s aou!d
permit
There wero several points embraced ia
e sa.cb be handled with a great deal Of
power
Fret. lie showed what Know Nolh
iagsm WIS lie traced is counterpart to
Federalism, in lbo days Of 'he elder Adams
aud wiki the passage Of the Alien and Sc
aan laws lie traced il again in the
erfci Hartford Convention, which passed
q resolution against foreigners
Secondly IL demonstrated that ]. was
connected Wlh federalism. MT only IN this
bat that ils organization was based upon o
destruction of the rights Of the Ststes, and
the concentration Of 81 power in the Fed
cral Government Il was this tendency TO
Capitalization tia, was one Of the most
alarming features Of Know Noihiugsm
The constitution Of the United States de>
clafed lhat electors or voters in the several
states should De composed Of those quail,
ded - vote for members oi the most uu,
merous branch Of the stst- Legislature
The eligibility of voters had been regulated
ever since the adoption Of jhe S. Con,
.iiution by the States. and he showed that
i1 several Of tho States Itch were NOW
most clamorous for repeal or extension Of
the natural laws, alien foreigners wero al
lowed to vote within two years after they
came into the State. But what docs this
new purity prop1.ei No, to correc. the
c,,l where il is lflt, bat take tie power Of
saving who shah aud who shall not be the
voters from the States, and to give j. to
the General togernmeul. This WAS fed
eralism ,his was Capitalization. Take
away from the new party this principle, at
war with the rights oil the States aud the
whole fabric will totter and fsl
Gen Henderson then took up tho sub,
jet of foreign emigration, He demon,
STATED that there was nothing dangerous
to DO appreheoded from it, that II as al
legged tho influx Of foreigners was so grea,
as to create alarm, that tho repeal of the
naturalization laws would not correc, TIE
owl. but would create others Of far more
alarming chatacter. hen had iofesl s.s.-
been wanting in patriotism or fidelity to
the land Of their edoptionf He adverted to
the 'clieions aspect OF the question, Dem
oastfaiei that the iutolersut sectsfian sp,r
u maintained by the X Ms was at war
with the Constitution. with common sense.
with true religion and repugnant to the
spirit Of the age lie adyerted to the long
lst oil ilusifiaus names. Of foreigners and
Catholics, which adorned the pages OF our
history, Ia i'Hyetic, De kalh, hosciusco,
Charles Carroll, Of Carulton, Catholic,
the last sarvvorof the sruers Of the Declar
alton OF Independence whom God, in his
Providence. bad permitted to be the last Of
TINT noble band Of patriots, coHsecraied in
oar affections. to look upon this glorious
republic, He was not prepared to endorse
priaspic which would ost'aciss such
namea as these.
lie appealed to old Texans lie asked
them il they were willing to endorse this
principle a lin, Of policy which il it bad
leeo adopted prior 10 annexation, would
have denied then and their children the
rights Of citizenship that would hayed drawn
40 odiogs line Of distinction between theni
AID the citizens Of the uited States that
would have brought them into the lnion
shorn Of the rights aud privileges Of frees
men.
True Democracy planted itself upon the
Constitution. /, had uniformly resisted all
attempts at Capitalization every effort to
weaken the rights aud powers of the States;
every influence calculated TO interfere with
religious freedom every attempt to destroy
the equal rights Of freemep He took it
Tor granted that there were none of this
class OF democrats in the new organization.
Il any had been deceived in,o it, he hoped
they would no, be induced BY any feelings
oil false moGesty, or = fear Of being con
siiered Inconsistent or TascillAling to re-.
main IN It. ihey could see very nlainly
that they had got into the wrong place. and
one IN which they could not remain without
a sacrifice OF principle and patriotism The
right WAY, aud the easiest way, wa, to
come on, Of It. and to feel once more as
ireemen
lie appealed to State RICH, whigs--men
who had ever been true to the Constitution.
Where would they be found in this cleo
ton Here were two parties. One. the
very first principle Of which, contemplated