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

/ OF those engaged IN 1t, to foster the seita'
ton OF the slavery question in order to
/ keep themselves in power. and by others
with an intention to destroy the Union.
Those whom the gods intend to destroy
they 'ir,, make mad" As Il these posi-
lion. were not sufficiently contradictory
snd incompatible he assumes third. The
people Of the North. he says, a" a body,
are opposed 10 slavery. because It bring'
slave labor in immediate contsc. with Tree
labor. which they consider degrading to
the latter That the trueand just mode to
settle the point, would be by dividing the
territory, the North and South taking equal
portions.
Without attempting to dong the abstract
ia,tice of the Kansas Nebraska bin, he ca.
deavofs to arraisn the friends Of that meas
ufe, and to susaH the administration which
supported it, by chasging them with all OF
the agitation which has grown out Of It's
passage With as much justice might We
accnse the authors OF the American reyo,
luton of being guilty of murder and the
calami,ie. which befell the people IN the
war which accompanied 1t, simply because
thew asserted certain cardinal truths. |. !,
condenuing equally the aggres.ot and The
man who acts in self defence. Il IS not
denied that the Missouri compromise was
unconstitutional that il excluded u, un-
Justly from a territory IN which we had as
much luterc,, as the people Of the North
But il, repeal created agitation. Tho rb>
oli,,uuists moved heaven and earth 70 rem,
der It obnoxious They denounced 1t tom
the press. the pulpit, the bench. and, with
iohamntoty appeals at the hustIns'. ihey
got up emigfant aid socieiie' and sent armed
boile, OF men TO the territory. And tbs
agitation. commenced and fomeuted al the
North, and witch brought tho country to
the verge Of disruption, proved that the
passage Of the bill was wrong, Way !.
it there was no disturbance in Nebraska
Simply because the aboliIoul,Is have re.
manned quiet IN relation to that territory.
Had they pursued the same course ia rela>
ton 10 Kansas, the Kansas bill would have
been a Just measure. That is the logic 81
JUDI. Evans Instead OF condemniug the
authors OF the mischief. lie assails as equal
ly guilty Of agitation and wrong. those
Who carried out measure the intrinsic
justice Of which !. uaque,iionahle. II this
logic ho correct, a senator who originates a
measure, the President and others who
sustain it. are guilty OF great wrong aud
NANTES, a desire TO break up tie govern
meut, no matter how Just the measure may
be. provided it il, followed by agitation.
But, says Judge Evans, the Northern
view Of the kansas tIl. -. that 1t adopt
ed the doctrine Of squauer sovereignty,
aud sach, IN fact was It's practical opera
ton. Admit It. Would this not have been
the effect Of any bill which Congress
might have passed Suppose the hansa'
bill had set forth la term, Instead Of micren
tally, that the STAKEHOLDER might ,ske us
slaves 10 the territory, and ,ba. no Ia"
should be passed by the TcrfiIuuh
Legislature interfering with his figh's
to hold such property, would tho
agitation ut the North have been less IN
tense than il vast would not enigrant
aid societies base been gotten up, just AS
they were under the kans. bill aud If,
through their agency, the ab'llt'onIs:s had
succeeded in getting majority in the ter .
ritory. would they not have passed the most
stringent laws against slavery, IN defiance .
Of the action OF Congress And yet we
We are told the agitation OF the question,
has produced al the mischief, and that
rather than wiaes, the agitation which
ha, grown out Of i. Jadgs Evans would
pr.lef to see slavery abolished in all the
territories Gen. Houston, and Bell OF
Tenrssee--a renegade Wing to Know
\olhin gism. a man who never had The
conf fence OF bis party were the hfst to
perceive the effects of the Kansas bill, and
according to Judge Evans, deserve credit
Tor having opposed it, In other words,
tina, bili WAS sustained by every man from
the South IN the senate, except THIS worthy
couple and By every conservative, consti
tuloual man from the North IN both houses
Of Congress, aad WAS bitterly opposed by
every sbolitionist and every man from the
South notorious for his fecfeancy to the
interests Of hs section, and yet Gen.
Houston and Mr. Bell were light, and
these parties were wrong. Why Is, then,
that the aboltlon.sis even to thu, day, have
been unable 10 make the discovery They
denounce the Kansas bin to-day a, bitterly
AS they did at the time of is passage.
II we are 10 believe him. Mr. buchanan
l., IN the nam the same sort Of 4 Dem>
oerat that Ike Judge Evans 10 Yet Mr.
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