The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-05-29
r,r,v Nominations Tho Coun,y Tiehet.

made for the .aIions county o''ees AZ i""""'
ro, Chief Justice. W. II Kelsey Sheriff
~ I riekors; County Clefk, q f. fre1e-
ne, pis,ric. Clerk, J. ". Mefaflnndi A.
SCISSOR and Collector, George X Fisher C9n"'
~ Treasurer, Thomas u. Sanford.
1t is not our purpose, at this tune to '?eaS
Of the respective personal claims Of these
gca,fren. or OF lhe Consenlio thai month";
It'd them I Is sufficient 90 say, ih'i the
Convention wss made up from The h'dj oil
the county. ard w. composed Of reliable
Democrats. and that the endorsement % sarh
n body Of mea. affords evidence that .hc ooin-
tnees are qualified or tie positions 60 winch
they aspire. We are well aware That ibe Con.
vcnt,on w,ll Be closely criticised and iHaicsefy
dior, v.u BE made to represent IL % unfairly
made u, No stone viii Dc Jeff uu'prusi %
excite r-,ir,l.ee against it, action. Bn, Che
C.e, thu, riass meeting Of the Democracy
wa called through tbs press iaf weeks in al
varco to determine a. TO tie police oi maAHa
nominations that the meeting was Ac.d. snd
dee. ded almost unanimously ia favor oi susH
action and iha, hr beat meetings wcte also
called by publication. arc sufficient to 'lere'
comnlsin, That the Know Noihlngs wtil be-
d.saii,hsd with ,le result see are well aware
They have spared no eSertans 70 defeat ihe
action of the party, sell knowing lhai 81 none
was taken. the satue wasin their own ha"d-
and tha, every county og.ee would be filled 90
il bna been. f,r ihe iast four years, by the
members Of their own party.
we might weil rccapiiulale lhe reasons
sbieL sustain The action Of tho Democrats
party in making nominations, but ~ deem u
unnecessary, At present, to do so. There &. an
abundance Of time to discuss tais matter be-
for, the people. aud we shall de- 80 tully du-
rnr the qend eney Of the eanvass it, p'cpu-
ETY. can be defended, 10 our judgement upon
grounds that viii carry conviction TO the minds
OF all unprejudieed men.
And here. at the threshold Of this dlseaes
ion. we bcg leave to say, that We shall conduct
this canvass with every courtesy. We do not
propose to discuss the personal merits or quail
hca,iona of tho opposing candidates, Or tue
manner 10 which those q them at present 10
Office have discharged their duties. Our per
sonal folings sn1 relations towards those gen
tIeincn, forbid such reflections, which under
nny circumstances would be- unpleasant But
granting all that - claimed for them, II may
be ursrd that the d m1cnte candidates arc
equally meritofious, and ,hat ii il for Demo
Gratis 10 consider whether the opposition are 70
monopali1e all me Offices Of profit in the
county
Assuming that county oflee add. to a mas 4,
position aud raaance, q may " D be Sakei
whether we might not IA well have tha' iafn.
enoe IN our favor a. against usi We have had
to combat It N typ important elections the
question IL, shall we have to contend against
IT in third
But there ,a another aud more important
consideration which presents nscf TO orr
m,nl, before " hieh mere persona. fayodu-m
and the dc.tfhntion Of the emolumsHts Of
Office sink into in.gnihtauce. j. is the eS-
lraordnay position which the koow Nothing
party, and ia allies, CHE mosi cf whom are
ashamed Of Know Nottingham AMI iis prin.
ciples,) occupy In the South The combined
factions, homogeneous only in their hatred OF
democracy, ard whose utilization - ccmented
but by one common sentiment, their desire to
destroy IT, Since the nomination Of dr
Pierce in s53, there has been but one issue
before the American people, an issue involving
The safety Of the South the rights Of the -iaics,
the integrity Of the Constitution, and the per.
petuiiy Of the Government. At every step in
tn. progress u this contest there has been
unfortunately formidable party in the South
whose policy and combined effort has been to
distract and confuse our coanssls, and 10
break down the only orrauit,tion that was
battling for tho Constitution Il was pecu
liarly unfortunate that in 1855 when fuaii.
cism was reaching its eliminating point, and
when nnion in the South WAX more impcra.
lively required than at any previous period,
that party having liz origin IN the North, ani
the object of which wa. evidently 10 introduce
a new element Of 1iscorl in the South, found
favor with Southern men. In vain the De-
nocracy called their attention TO tho alarming
condition Of the country. rs vain they poi1t
ed 10 It's Northern origin and TO the fact that
+, had filed both houses Of Congress with ab.
oiitIoni-ts. In vain they pointed to is demon.
alizing tendency Our cities were converted
into mobs their streets ran with blood mur-
der salked abroad, unahashed aad unFebukci
in the glare Of MONDAY. The contest Of
1886 eaue on; the Democracy on one side,
and nbolitlonisn 90 the Their We had right
TO expect that all armostics would be buried
in tn momcntous character Of the contest.
and tia, there would be but one party in The
South IL this we were agsn mistaken. The
Know Nothing party true to its instincts
again entered the lists against the Democracy
Their leader openly proclaimed in favor of the
abol,ionisl. upon the only issue inyo we'd and
declared that tie democracy had violated
paghled faith, aud had brough, the country to
the sesgs Of dIsunion Having been badly
beaten in ,hs contest, their organization de-
slfeyed, the very name of their party becom-
ing odious. it "as natural to suppose that the
soa,Aern Know Nothings would have discoy-
erred their error and have snlcd their energies
with the defenders Of the Constitution. Bat
Al.