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

,eniiun oi the reader II - ft'"Nh '"'
a.. .hoald understand elcsfl, and deinI,sly
IN, ou..,ien. involved not ouly IN the
Governor. election, but IN tho contest lor
Congress.
II !, the sedulou. object Of Gen. Houston
and h. fiend. To disguise, =. fsr ~ they
can. that issue. IN order to deceive Dem
ocr.,ic voter. into b,. support II We are
to believe them, 1t il simply personal
contest between Gen. Houston aud Hon.
H. 4, Ruuuel.. ~ to who shall be toy
arm, and thu, 1. to be determined by as,
Containing the one capable OF making the
best lump speech Gen Houston himself
toll, n. that l.. will NEE, Mr. Rannsls
&c with pleasure" bu, objects To " whipper'
in and tea.srs" In other words, that no
on. else i. Interested in the contest that
the attempt OF other parties to reply 10
him is an impertinent interference WIN
matter that does not concern them and
tina, il, in the contest, he pfov"s ths' he -
mar. finished orator than Mr Runnels,
mn matter how lndpienslblc bis course NAV
II. that h. is the man whom the people
ought to make Governor
We mus, confess tina, We look nj the
matter very differently Gen. Houston Is
not running simply To he made ''oref"of
but what ho desires, and what his Im;ne'
date friend. aud supporters desire, - an
endorsement Of his political course. lie
ha. been condemned 10y the South Tho
Legislature Of his own State, With unpat
slleled unanimity, voted a censure upon us
ooI,t,eal conduct. lls has appealed to the
peop. and strange to say the very hoow
Nothing members of the Legislature, VINO
had not the nerve to stand by him, and TO
,Jentil, themselves personally with lis vote
arain,t the Kansas Nebraska bill, are now
enthusiastic in his support. II IS not mat
they bellows him rgb, now, more than they
did then. bat for the reason that ihey are
willing to sncourag. any man who is
making war upon tho Democratic parry
with prospect, however remote, oil
success
Il i, notorious tina, Gen. Houston has
be.n. for ten years, pandsring to lrsesoilism
10 Congress, and out Of It, with vie" u
rendering himself an avallablc candidate
for the Presidency. |, il not simply that
We find him arayed sgnins, the men OF the
south, but he stand. IN \ position equally
hostile aud. II possible. more offensive, to
the conservative men Of !ts North. on
the Kansas Nebraska hill bs was arsyed
side By side with Hale, Sumner. and Gid,
ding. and all the other sboIl'onls'' IL Con
ytes. in opposition to President Pierce
Senators Douglas, Cas-, and the host OF
conservative Northern men who planted
themselves upon the Constitution and
drove back tho tide OF abolition. And IN
TIN. connection, it iss remarkable fact, that
when tho Kansas Nebraska bill WAS be
fore Congress. and the aboliionists. with n
view OF intmidating Northern men from
voting Tor 1t, sent in \ petition signed by
three thousand abolition clergymen. calling
down upon Congress the msledIc,lons o.!
heaven, aud after Senator Douglas. met
this f,nslieal attack with heroic courage
aud defiance, Gen. Houston came forward
a. their defender.
Hu, no, content with this, he has srrsysd
himself in opposition to the Democratic
party Two year. ago he eud"avored to
consign the State to Know Nothlng'sm,
and wrote ls,tsr on the eve ci the elec-
ton, which was indus;rloosly distributed
from one end Of tho State to the other. tho
object of which WAS to break down the
Democratic party and If possible To render
it odious. H. tho late contest for Presl
dent. he took decided grornd against the
Democracy and Sgaius, the South. lie
liked Mr. Buchanan. bu, denounced the
platform upon which he stood platform
made by Jefferson aud sanctioned by Mad
l.on. HIS position WAS Ideutlcally the
same as that OF Fremont, They both re,
regarded the repeal OF the Missouri Com,
promise as An outage, aud As the violation
OF VIVA, they we're pleased TO term a SOL
emu compact. In tina, contest, II was
struggle, not simply for the preservation OF
the Democratic party, but Tor the existence
OF III. Union And at time. when patti
otto wings in both sections OF the country,
were laying down lhei' preju1ices upon the
altar Of patriotism, aud tockIog to the Dem
ocrslc standard. in order to oppose the abo
ltionl.,., we fnd Gen Houston supporting
Nillsrd Fillmore, twithstaujing his black
record, and endeavoriug 10 distrsc, aud
divide tn. South lie It was who assured
the people Of the North that Mr. Fremont's
election would no, produce "A dissolution Of
the Iuion.
II will bs .ean tbarafore that this is not