The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-06-13

.srysriyo man of the North. She has
taken him and rcpudIa'ed Democracy.
u. i, TO expires. her sentiments through
hi, messages Or viii she elect n sound
southern man. a .lerling Democrat. whose
opinions, feelings. and sympat'es are with
the great meu OF the North and south
The question OF Southern rights is no
longer seeiionsl question. Il IS national
\ great national psdy, planting Itself upon
the Constitution, Is bsllling for oar nights
and against tts' party Gen. ilorsroN has
ar,.,.d himself IN deadly hostility.
Therefore i, Bellows. that every Texan
opposed To Cen Houston on account oi
bi. de.eftion OF the South aui lis opposi
ton to the Democratic party, IS a' deeply
interested IN this election ~ the candidates
IN the held We repeat, II IL not a per
.onsl contest. but n contest OF principle,
and before II Gen. Houston mus, .tsnd or
tall Ito mus, lusiify himself to his cons
sl,tuents for the extraordinary position he
occupies as a Southern Senator on The
slavery question. and he must justify his
imposition to the Democratic pnf,v.
III, possible that Hon. II u. RnhneI'
who, perhaps never made stump speech
ia his hfe. tsl,hough n highly intellectual
mani may 10, be able 10 meet him sues
cs,,h,ily. snd to expose all his spph.ms aud
m,uepre.entsiion.. But does this eonst'
tn,e a valid reason why he should not
be replied to by those who are his equals
m debate. lie claims, and bis friends
contend for htm, that he is the finest stump
orator IN the mon Ought he not to meet
any one who may propose to call N que''
ton hi. political conduct II he refuses
to do SO, we may set it down, tina, he re-
CARDS II a. indsisn.ible.
or The TYLER Reporter OF the 9Th,
fountains an article IN relation to the South.
srn Pacific Railroad. in reply to the State
Gazette. in which he srragus Hon. H. T..
RrNSyl~ and ca,echise. him upon the
subject Of Railroad, This is an attempt
to n,erpola,e upon the Democratic creed,
aud to insert new plank ia the platform
Against this, Tor one, wa protest The
Democratic party IS party OF national
principles. and the present contest IS one
Tor the support Of those prlaaplas, and The
preservation OF the party tn Texas The
overthrow of Democracy in thus state, by
Gen. Houston, who has tor ten years pan
dared to freesollism, would be regarded As
great calamity by tho Democracy oil the
Union.
II cur eo,smporNy desires to sustain a
man. who in addition to his supper, OF
(rsesoiism, sndesvorsd to consgn the
State to Know \o,hingisn. aud who sup
ported Fillmore for President. h. 10 wei
come TO do so. The Democratic party
will be glad to get rid Of him. !. will be
infinitely hetlsr Off without such material
Blu, before be does so, perhaps It would be
a. well for him TO ascertain Gen. llouston's
position on this railroad question Ia this
connec,ion, we would advise him TO read
"Old Sans" speech delivered At Nscog>
doches in 1888. and he may find tina, he
will jump most elegantly from the flying
pan into the fire.
Gen. Henderson. l.. T. Wigfsll, Col.
Ward, and a number Of others, who own
large amounts of stock in the Pacific road,
are satisfied with Mr.. Kunnels But this
Tyler gentleman. who is not, Phrbaps. in>
terested in the enterprike to the amount OF
hundred dollars, is singulsry uncomlort
able and unhappy,
". make these remarks, because we
think il evident from the tenor of the Re'
pofter's editorial, that the editor is desrous
of prete1t TO support Gen. Houston.
Ito says Ia any event, we carnot, and
will no, make war upon Gen Houston,
personally" He then prononuces a eulo>
~ upon him. We might ask who required
Or expected the editor to turn the canvass
into a personal wsrfsre' and how he, a
comparative stranger IN the State. became
so suddenly acquainted with the past his
tory Of Gen. Houston, aud ensmofed with
his character
OF The frisnds OF Gen Houston oh
lect to tho Democratic party, because, as
they falsely alledgs, it fvors -quatter SOY.
eregnly Yet Gen. IIor.roN himself Ell
dorsed this odlous doctrine, as will be seen
by reference to the Congressional Globe
nj lsln and to Mr. Cslbouu's Sueech