The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-03-03

mentioned, or 70 tATlAiN nAttaiNeA'fiif WV
reasons which had induced h,,n to leave
such fruitful hsld, to absent himself from
hi. fsmiy, ard travel over State 80 tar
d.s,,at % ours. ~ ia stead, however hi'
remarks were composed Of bitter, bat ann
less satires, aarcasms, and anecdotes M
which bufroonery supplied the place OF VIZ
lie ridieulcd our efforts as & temperance
man. aud thought that Whatever ouf PEE
tensions might be, We were repudaird by
The temperance portion Of tho community.
But the portions Of Our article which
seemed most to offend him were those
which spoke Of bis q" al taptandum style.
his "desultory discourse bis want of orig
inality, and that we were satisfied be had
been oyorrated by our contemporaries.
(Ches,eraeld, we bclicyc it Is, who says
never Interfere with ys.n mans vanity, II
you ever expect forgiveness We eeflsiuiy
reere, lha, our candor would no, pomnius
TO speak OF him IN more favorable light
's su evidence ol Mr. ioune's 's'eat a.
buif,onery wo viii give an extract itom
bis eloquent speech. We are panied
to make these remarks" l,ho orator read
from the conclusion Of oar previous arIclel
" we are paiued to make these rcmafks,
be- repen,ed, drawing himself up 20 his iail
height, and repeating The words with comic
seriousness we are pa'uod to mtfe these
remarks Eyes. my friends" be coniin'
uel, lowering his voice, expect be was
panied. lie had a pain, presume. about
the seat of his misery" A be said this,
he placed bic left hand upon his abdomen,
and made face indicative Of great physi
cal pain lie concluded bis remarkable
address by comparing himself to the moon,
sailing IN s}ea, and uudisiarbed grandeur
through the heavens. and the editor Of the
Republican as a lt,lo dog barking at h.m.
llo is certainly Ike the moon in one r,s.
pcct, biz light "a borrowed.
So much for ibis gen'lrnan's spf ch,
which we are sorry TO be compelled 10 nos
tee. Editors arc sometimes compelled to
do diaaereeablo things, however, AID while
we do NOT shrink from the responsibility Of
such as fall to our lot, we will not initiate
those who assail US With scuuility.
NJ Aoang, minister Of the 6ospol-a
follower Of tho meek apd lowly Jesus
whose mission is to preach "gcacp and
good will to men, aud who profrsseg to
square bis conduct by The divine Lass, which
SAYS " love your enemies, bless them that
curse YOU. do good to them that hate YOU,
and ptal for them which despiieIally use
yoa. and persecuie YOU 1T 81 for him, wc
say. to dead ia scurfiiiy aud dpiraeiior.
How does as conduct compoH with lis
character as christian minister aud q
eeutcmanl II wo had done him injustice,
either in our report of bis speech, or in the
differences which we had drawn from bis
language, why could he not had have come
To US, and said 80 or. II be lid not like 10
do that, why could he not have cautcntcd
himself in bis public speech, with simply
correcting our errors When vo stated
that we had been for five yeats au advocate
of the temperance cause, It was not for the
purpose Of making an idle boast, but TO
show that our objections to him were sin
cere. lle overlooked this, and the further
assevcfaiion on our part, that we were
panied to bear wituoss against him. Mud
we leave it to the public to judge whether
his conduct has been that Of an injured and
innocent man. or Of one who felt the just
ness Of our remarks. aud whose pride and
vanity were mortified at uuvelcome truths.
We have the highest respect for preach
eva Of the Gospel--thc paiient, self saer
fcng ministers Of Christ, whose conduct is
an evidence Of the divine lose shed
abroad in thoir hearts" We respcc, the
church to whi,h l,e belongs, aud iis preach
eFs. Bat, because we en,eftsin ;hese feel,
ings, it ia certainly no reason why we
should have an equal gcnerstion Tor every
QUO who oess the preachers gafh, or
because we entertain the strongest couric-
tons upon the subject of ;emperHncc, that
!, Is necessary to Halter and eytol au ad-
yenturer, whose aim is to make temperance
IA matter of speculation, aud whose views,
II adopted, are destined, IN our opinion, to
inure the cause
II our structures had no others, they had
at leas, one or two good cGecta The
gentleman had DOTTED l,ilo Of The AFRO
ganta which he manifested upon his preri
Gus yisi, his speech, though coarse enough
in oil conscience, was somewhat purer than
before; while he was much more modest
on the subject Of money.
Bat, Mr. Young thinks We are plocea in
bad company that The temperance portion
Of the community repudiate our course.
lie is lamenlaby mistaken. \ very cxs
cellent clergyman man who has grown
gray in the temperance eause--one of
whom we have no hesi,aucy 10 saying has
done more for temperance than any single
individual in the State OF Texas--sald to
US, that We served Mr.. Young perfectly