The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-06-27


came an odious aud corrupt svs'"m, and
was overthrown hy the friends ol Gen.
sJ.rk.on. who substituted the practice oi
holdin. conventions - i,irer, and IS OK
pressing more completely the pihlio VIII.
The same Arguments u,ed against tons
vcn,ons woali APPLY with eqna tosce 10
leci.latnf@s, nod To every character Of
representation under y republican form Of
poy.1umpnt We send men to Auslln 10
make our laws. md to administer the '"v'
eminent, IS 4 matter at convenience. tor
tn. SAN. reason Ne send delegates 10
CouyentiAn ~upptss % were necessary
for the parsons composing tbts audience 70
vi.it Safesrpou. sni that The rnsi was
hs.e, With hostile savrac-. - that. uule''
they Travelled in body i'ey were liable n
be surprised md cn' 10 pieces. That there
were six difreut r4at. iu New, aui c4ca
oa- had Is aiyocnies. Nov, which Wa the
mos, sensible cotrse. i'r each patty
olsinAiely to Insist that Us toti wt' the
nearest Had best. aud by travelling sepaf'
a,rly I, rah the rex at distinction. or L.
meet together either 100 peror, o. hy epns
vrnti'u Of ID Leg tie. aud take a vote uppn
the d e rent routes. AMI 10 adopt TIA which
WAS most acceptable 10 q mi ffiiYf Tue
Democratic party Wa p'rcI'elY W i7i
condition Although hugely u tHr ma
l,nty. u hid ua ubFr OF candidates o.
The mia II they alt continued DO Tie
race. defeat va ip4eit,bit. auI another
m-iy who's, priucislas were oba.v.aus
In tl,ree fsufihs OF thi v,ie.. Of ll. State
ami whose .ucce.s would Ice tesuiei q.
CALAMITY throg,hent the lui9u, would
1T fla, control al the government Now
w,.tmore sensible f,r the dill .rou, den,
o,r,iic canltltics q, continue ia tbe field
or that a Convention shonlt be held and
that Ia. hisnd. NJ t.a d.T rent nspirauls
,b,a,J met All Determine which one
vonI loo the most acreeli5is. sllh was
the phiiosnpi, OF Conventions. family spi.
ten up asd h. challenged the opponents
OF th, " AGO Convention to 'ufll-l Az tu.
stance ia which a nirrr contention hal
baen held either ia tia. State ar elsewhere
ia, renil.mon whose namas were before
that Convention. AID h,ir immediate
,fend.. were am,ug 81. warmost supp irt-fs
Tho.. vb, oppo..J il were composed of
mon who were connected with the most
corrnnt conventions totally unworthy of
,h, name. previously held On the State II
nryibin, which Gsa Houston mi tht do
eoulI create sum. i.a Il was lis bate olpo,
.ition IA tt1,y,lt.on. Wa. It not we'll
known. that under hi, auspices. and thai,
of hi. immediate friends. the convention
,ys,om md II, oti,ru. IN leKs.f It, vol
reco,leeled that neatly the hr.t political
urt au.f The orpa5i, ,tinn 81 the State
Government wn, the sssembi4r OF a
Democratic Stn,e Convention. 81 called.
which ssnt d.l,Jats. to the baltimore
Convention. and that Gen. Houston uamr
f,uted pfon,insnh, among those delegates
He aud anoibef delegate to ,aa, Conyrns
ton who shaul he naHel"s-. IT, y lvan*,
we presume he further tecplleciei, 80. j
ID favor 81 the irersoli delegates dom :. !
taking seat, a. that body. Cen. Houston
even went So lar ~ 10 make speech IN
their favor ia which he mad the eand"r %
say he had no swords lpr his lrleuds lie
tNt Wigfslb we'll rrcpliectcd the Iudgna'
ton win which this proposition Wa re-
ceived by the true democracy OF tAc North,
aud the terms OF deuuuclattnu aud OF
warning applied TO IT by VI blchen.on OF
New lofh. who said that !, was ImPosai'
hle TO expect Npfthefn Democrats 10 stand
iim, while there wore men from th" south,
ready touiitr such proportions Cen liohsN
ioa or his immediate l'lend', had cotton np
another Convention IN Texas. which had
placed hin forward Hs the candidate oi rs
choice Tor the Presidency. The project
was carried ont; hls uano was brought
before ths Bilitn1re Convention al ~
and Il was u sienhem' I'ci thni the very
iev votes he received outside ct th' Y0t"
al IeNa-. IL that Convention cam" from
the States mo-, deeply nnbued wlth TIE
s,nit OF aholiionisn.
Then il was that be- ah7uloned The Den,
orr.tie marty. and iaa. az with 4 neN uuu
iran, which h. aniitip.ted douhiirs. mpts
a.t.finr re.ult. Ile mad been hrhctlo
ia, friend nl f,tetsners. and hal con. So
lar ,bo,, ,ime before as to of fasos
luton in favor ct avtinc them 10 our
shores hy Offering them ~ an indictment
100 arfas of tho uublic domain, an net
which w,s denounced ct the time, on the
1,or Of tho Senate, "a a bit fur the pro.i
dency. H. had discovered very sudienl,
Tim, Io,ei,,ncss ware YER, d,nc.rnns chs.