The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-06-13
'VMr discussion ~ carthage
II and ~ henderson.

Gen Houston and Judge Evans mh"e
.peeehc. at Cm,hsge. Pamela county, on
THURSDAY the i,h inst Gen. Houston
spoke first, From what we have learned
If was q decided failure. lie was followed
by Judge Evans, whose speech was nesry
Identical with tn. Que delivered here.
They were replied to by l.. T. WiGrAtL,
Who made speech OF great power. COM
plrirly demolishiug all their positions
Neither Of them staid to witness the cons
hic, Both ingorinu-iy fed. The DENIAL
OF discussion. the various attempts TO pres
vent It. and when all other resources failed,
the ninht Of the " distinguished aspirsnts,
shows that they are nav Hing and unable
IN ,,.s, the issue. of III. canvas aud that
both they and their more intelligent friends
regard their present position aud their past
course a. ndrleusibie.
Ca Saturday the Oh, Houston and
Evan. spoke at Henderson. \ TREND,
wf,ung tom that place on the Slh, says
81 am aavell this evening, but concln'
dsd would Jet YOU hear from Us here,
what Gen. Houston Effected aud the course
thing. took We tried to get discussion
out Of them. But no, they would no,
consen, f,r either Henderson or NigfalI to
follow Gen Houston, although we pro-
pesed 10 let Gen. Houston have the con
cluson. They prepared tho stand N
back yard II MAJOR Flanagan. which he'
iug private property was under the control
Of the owner, and upon which we could
not lh,uk Of lresps'sing We gave them
notice, however, that when zen. Houston
va, through. we would invite such IS
waited to hear reply, to repair to the
Courthouse, which was public property
There were about 800 present llous'
ton commenced speaking about hall past
2 o'clock and spoke two hour" II was \
far speech los him or course he fell Tar
short OF the expectations of his friends,
created no excitement, and was chsered
only two or three times during the entire
.pesch. and then very f,ntl lie WA.
down on the Waco Convention, and made
the IDENTICAL speech delivered at the OPEN
inc o. the campaign at Houston, and which
he has continued to repeat everywhere
Gentlemen who have heard him three times.
say that each effort was precisely Ike
the other; the same anecdotes, the same
address to the ladies. even to the allusion
to the coffee, which he invntibly repeats
After Gen. Houston had concluded
Major Linens announced that judy.
Evans would address tho crowd, after mn
intermssion of five minutes. 1t was then
announced BY Democrat, that Cen. Hen
derson would reply Immediately, at the
Courthouse, to the speech just delivered
and respectfully invited all who desired To
hear him to 90 over. At least t~o,thrds
Of tn. crowd left rhs Courthouse was
Incapable of holding moro than two 'th'rd'
OF thi, number
"Gen. Henderson, upon taking the
stand WAS loudly rheefsd and As he fired
broadside after broad-ide into the craft OF
Know Nothingism sailing under false col-
ORR. YOU would have thought. had YOU been
IN hearing. tina, the Courthouse would have
fallen down. Gen. llender.on's speech
wa. not very long. but 1t was telling ono,
and to the purpose.
"Col Wigfsl was loudly called for.
lie came forward. and ! hesitate not to
say. made one OF the greatest efforts OF
hi. life. | hope it may be published entire.
Tor it would be repubished oil over the
State. and would kill Sam Ilouston as
dead as Benton has been killed in Missouri /.
and rs all men should be who ml,rep5esent
their constituents, and desert their psrty.
The Know Nothiugs were completely
whipped, and many Of them acknowledged
it. sam Houston, you may dspend upon
1t. hiss lost votes by hs WIS.,, to this county.
"p 5. A. for Judge Evans, no one
had any curiosity to hear him lie had
spoken only few weeks before, and he is
BY no means a favori!e, lie closed in
about thirty minutes. aud left Immediately
with Gen. Houston.
The most amusing portion OF tue affair,
remain, to be told We learn that the
oldest wings of Henderson hsve erected a
hickory pole, In honor Of Gen. Houston .
and jackson Democracy and that con-
.picuous among these, are MAJOR l.lkens
and MAJOR Flanagan We shouldn't he
.urprised # a few OF the coffin hsnd'blls
could ys, bs found among some Of those
Jackson Democrats. BY the way, i,
remind. us of Il lte affair tina, is said to
have recently occurred in this county. A
Democrat meets I; X y aud remarks to .
him, IL understand. g., YOU are going to
vote for UoGstoni" Yes" replied b.
4" Are Won Jackson Democrat 4" No