The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-04-11
4 state Rights Democrat.

W e iNhNe III" ItsAr9 httFHftNh W tRt7
remarkable publication. Why It was the
author Of It should have sen, it to !leuder.
son to he published we are at loss TO in
arinr. Was it because he was fearful the
statement Of facts contained IN u, would
prove - overwhelming that II was not
likely To fad place ia our columns o.
can IT be possible he was ashamed TO be
recognized by US as it. au'hoti
We have taken some pains to 6nd out
who II State Rights Democrat" il, and
tho result Of our invest cations. will pto>
woke .mls from the reader, when We 10 &,
form him that we have every reason TO be-
lieve him 10 be q well known gentleman
Of this city. whose iucoe sis,encies we shall
tha' set forth
Is He u the gentleman. who got up
the csll for Cob ". T. Scott. and rs We
understand, the letter or call is ia his
bandwf.tr
Bad. lie has personal intercourse with
that gentleman every week and conse.
uncntly could very easily have drawn hi.
attention to our article aud the remarks Of
the Henderson Democrat, and thus have
relieved himself from the necessity Of
writing lengthy communication, ia which
he has really answered nothing
I'D. lie WAS one Of the most strenuous
opposef. Of Col WiglaiI. two years ago.
on account oil the very speech aud resolu-
lions which he now censutes us for failing
to sustain.
lhi. certainly puts a ncw and Interesting
face upon the maze, srd explains why II
WAS no, Published IN Marshall. 1t had to
be sen, abroad where these facts were not
known, o,ter, ise, it woeld have made It's
appeaf.nce, We presume IN the Flag, a
paper which has been recently, We believe.
somewhat OF pet Of his.
II will strike the public with surprisc
,hat the political consistency OF Cot scott
should have been the subject OF rcnalA
Tor seyernl weeks by the pres. OF the State
without his being aware Of II. or a friend
to communists it to him. ard that an int
mate associate, instead of consulting him
upon the subject, and leaning whether he
would not like To answer fof himself. speak.
for him IA Il he were a ia usaud miles
away
a State Rights Democrat sets out
with declaration that he " feels called
uppn" to "r,iuie some Of the aspersious y
which he alleges we have heaped upon the
Democracy OF thi, county, aud the lair
ana well earned fame Of Cot Scott" while
iu.t below il occur. u sentence ey.ncng a
I.sp1f,aon 10 leave hrs friend lcol. ScotV
to shin Tor himself, ia which he declares
that his object alone is to place the
Democracy OF old lIarsou' iu n Just
mad correct position
IL order TO test whether these grave
charges are cuuted to consideration, it
viii, perhaps. be as well II examine the
article OF ours to which he objects, aud the
circumstances which clcied il
As i, well understood herc, the object
in getting ap n call tot Col. scott to be>
cumr a cant date for Governor, was not
50 much to exalt him. ~ a determination
TO inAlet injury upon o,hers aud to iniroN
ducc a new element into tho Democratic
rteod The men who were foremost IN
dis movement knew fall well that he did
not stand tho shadow Of a chance Of get,
ting the nomination. They did not there,
lore expect it, But their object was TO
possible to arrss agsius, han aud those
who might support blm, the prejndices Of
throughout, the State It was a cunningly
devised scheme Very few men viii refuse
10 sign a cali upon citizen Of their own
county f,r State office, unless they have
soma objection to him which renders him
obnoxious. particularly when they regard II
A. more formal act lI,uce It was, many
Democrats. without lhinkug OF or perhaps
caring Tor Col SCOTS antecedenis signed
the call il question. It was only after the
movers ia this III advised and injadicion,
scheme had succeeded Ia their purpose and
were arfuyed ia sufficient force. as they
supposed, to bear down all opposition that
they begun to show their hands. They
were defeated no, simply because re
offered opposition TO their movements, but
rom the fact that they found mtayed
against them majority Of the leading
Democrats OF this county, many OF whom
It is bu, Justice to say are interested pc
cunialiiy to large amounts 10 the southern
Pacific Railroad. These gentlemen we
expect are personally friendly to Mr. Scott.
tive know nothing to the contrary but were
not disposed to sanction interpretations on
the Democratic creed They regarded the
attempt Of railroad company to weld pc
litical power as .eiting dangerous pre-,