The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-03-20
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- Disnnion is the only hops OF safety Tor
the South. n ,be Union We are unsafe
ou, Of il we eau protect ourselves
Tho Jeffsrson Gazette belongs to that
class Of public journals lhai supported
Ndliasd Fillmore for the Presidency, in the
Taco Of tis abolition record. Il is o. lae
naf,y hat condemned lbe administration Of
Pr,sIdgu, pietce 10 iis pialorm oiPriaciples,
Tor what Il termod is "teekless and un'
wise" policy in repeating lbe Missouri conn
promise. II was Of those lhat d.faded
,l,e recreaaey Of Gen Houston, and en-
dcaeorej 10 procure an endorsement e lis
political course hy tac people q xas
To tie day Of petil to lbe Union, "ben iae
combined clements OF hatred and hpaicifm
had conspirei 90 place M aheItIonist IN
rho Presidential ehs.t, our contemporary wa
Of those who. ly fnciious opposition, ems
deavored to d,siac, and divide toe South.
Then ID declared there was no danger
"'ihe ruian. ihe uion. was OFT its cry.
Bat the sun broke through the DARK
clouds that cnyironed our political horizon,
rte party that planted itself np1n the prin-
eIp'as enhtacct 10 tbc Dpl Scott dscis,
ION triampaed. md ,o,lay. because NJ
seward rises in bs place ri tie Senate. and
gives notice that hc intends To iuuodee q
bi ta "rso'eaan3 thr Supreme Court Of
the ra.f,d states 90 az to secare more
fqsal Distribution 81 The lndgcs among the
sat,'. in proportion To laeIf representative
population" with view ~ obtaining q
judic8ry which will reverse that decision,
he Ga1sfle declares that " pisaulon is the
OIL, hope l9r ihe south
Cor contemporary ough, to bear IN mind.
tbstto Introduce bIll into Congress is ono
hing, and to pass #, and to obtain the APP
pfoynl Of the President Is another The
party lhal under the popular cry 81 Amer
leans must aud shall rule America filled
ha,b houses Of Congress wilh sbohlionlsls,
has been broken down l'aualeism has
been deprived oil It's adyeaiitIous support
Il rests upon ia own merits aud the De>
moera~y no longer weak and powefless,
stand. a tower of strength against which
tho waves of faction may spend It's fury.
But what. $40 ney well ask, has g.gcu
lhe bred Scott decision such saactiiy in The
eyes Of our contemporary, and men Who
uao himself sixteen months ago, thought it
q great outrage for Congress to repeal a
law, which said that slavery or inyoluns
iafy scryita3o except for crime shall not
exist" ia one Of the territories OF the ! nj
ted Snl5s, aud tbp only ono IN which the
South hsd any chance Of regulating Z
What right has be. after having warfed
against The puncip pies embraced 10 The Dfed
Scott decision, and contending Tor the pow
ct the territories, TO eay, that because m
sboliiouat arises Ia She Senate, aud de-
ciafea bis opposition to tina, decision and
the coult lhatmnde il, audalter ~ impoleht
,hrcnt 10 oyerlun It, that " Disnnion is the
only hope Of saicly Tor the souihi" What
consistency Is there ia dist
Yet tbs is the course Of the opposilion
press They have grown wonderfully
Southern Of late. After having sustained
the most dangerous politicians with which
tho enun'ry hns been cursed Fillmore,
Doncson, Kenneth nayner, Bolts, Henry
Winter Davis, Bell. Sam Houston. aud
others Of tle same character after having
given indirect aid to the very party that is
'adoavodng to destroy toe Government
aud to which their leaders. whom they SO
highly exiolled, promised to bow in graceful
submission. in case it WAS triumphant they
now wish to conceal the turpitudo OF their
political corduct, by an affected devotion
to tie interests Of the South.
II they are really sincere, why :, 10 that
Ihoy maintain n separate political otssui,
a1,ioul WHY is it, II tho Dred scetI de>
c.sion has at length received the sanction
Of their Judgments, and they believe that the
maintenance Of the principles embraced in
il are of moro importance than the Union
lhst they continue to adhere to party
whose platform is In opposition to tina, de-
cislor nud to denoGnce the only party that