The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-06-20
PUBLIC MEETING os FRIDAY LAST re-.
fFfTlpN OF GENERAL iAt ~lns HIS
srEEt II /. T. WsfAiL's REPLY

Intelligence bayiog been received Ia
Marshall, on Thursday evening the ! ltb
INST. tisi Gen llon.ton had taken lodgings
at GAIT. G.. g. DiNl's, threo miles ifom
town. on tho Gii.nsf road, arrangements
were made for his reception the next day. IL
the morning = considerable ngmbcf Of per
sons assembled. to meet hin 81 t.Ie oat,kitt.
OF town. and hs was conducted into the
place with great ceremony hurel ia 'front.'
Of the C.nilhousc. b. was welcomed Nth
flourish Of tunpe'-. by J. NARsu,Li,
leo. who made long 0pdaI rbelor'eal
speech 10 which "OI sam replied
briefly The whole a6ar was well m-
tended bu, came oil exceedingly tame.
thus much performed the crowd was
notified to dispense. lJr the time being, and
Gen. ilous'on made bis way to the tavern.
lie was waited On soon after by bis
competitor Ion II L. RrNsrL', who had
been here Tor day OF $40. but We regret
to say. was in bad health.
At o'clock. the company assembled at
the Barbecue Ground. near the residence
Of Col O. + Boulwarc. whefo spacious
aibor aud very neat stand had been
erected
Il was then announced. as the order
Of DE dsY. that Gcn Houston would speak
for two hours. whom they would haye din
nor After dinner, lion II K Ruunel-
who had been invited to speak, would be
called on. aud would bs allowed "a speak
two hours aad malt after which Gen
Houston would reply IN a speech Of thirty
minutes
The s..cn.b'aeo Was large and respec,
table and while there was an absence, aN
most total and entire OF enthusiasm, there
was y degree of interest manifested, such
- we baye seldom Witnessed. Macy had
heard ol Houston. IS maa whose thrl,
inr eloduence charmed even, his enemies,
ead that bis posof on the stump wa. ire
ssuble they wore anxious to listen to
bis dcfeuce; to witness an exhibition Of his
intellectual power Ilsposesse, certainly
commanding and graceful exterior; hi.
voice /. eieaf aud melodI1us his ariicu>
latioa d..tinct lie speak, slowly there
a. remarkable precision in his st,le, and as
you listen 10 him, You ere Impressed with
the tdea that each sentence has been cares
fully prepared aud repeated over a. au
actor would repeat the words Of one Of
Shakspearr's plays And this, by the by,
ths.by, has bad gfeaI deal to DO with hi.
success before the people,
lie spoke, on this occasion FOR abons
two hours aud half OF course 1t IS i'm,
possible to give IN brief newspaper ar
ticlc, any,hing IKE foil synopsis of his
speech Nor sit necessary. The reports
Of his various speeches show that they
could be all blended in one without any
considerable waste OF language. We TANK
we do not hazard anything Ia saving. thni
Con Ilouston's speech 1T ths place was a
decl1i failure. Il dampened the hopes,
aud disappointed the expectations OF h's
friends Many persons were anxious
hear defence Of his Oregon and Nebraska
votes; hi. course in reference 30 The three
thousand abolition clereymon whom he de
feuded Ia Congress his pretended reyor
enco for tho Missouri Compromise, aud his
voting. ia 1878 against running that line
to the pacllic, as "A settlement OF the slaves
~ question, his voting in tho Baltimore
Convention in favor Of the lreesoilers
ticking seats in that body his support OF
Fillmore ia the last CANVASS, &c, but they
were Numerically disappointed In Iis stead,
they were treated to any amount OF twad-
die and ego,i,m, Never have we listened
to more disirgenuous speech He abused
his enemies. accused them OF Imaginary
crimes. while he praised himself by the
hour Sell praise Is sail TO be half
scandal We suppose the author Of thi,
sentiment had reference 20 y moderate
amount of the article, cet,aiely he could
have had no conception OF tho quantity
Of praise mich Gen Houston, with such
unparalleled generosity, heaped upon him
self He had started out, he said. on a
lion hunt, and found himself besei by
dogs aud puppies" Ihia IS the Ian.
suags he chooses to apply tn all who dare
oppose his course. Are not those who |
have proposed to meet him in debate gcn,
dement, Have they not the reputation Of /
mon Of taenli Have they not equally with.
every one else an interest In tho issues of the /
canvass i, Il not their privilege and that .
OF every freeman to discuss tho question,
at Issuo before the people :
The truth Is Con, Houston was deter,
minded, il possible, to PIT down discussion,
aud to brow,bca, all who opposed him,
and failing IN this, TO neutr,lle the effects
Of opposition by decrying all who might
dare say ausht against his political course
Ihera ty,s oun fbtnp In his snaech ,,hish I