The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-10-01

Tho 1Fer Reporter urges callcd s'-ri"n o.
The Legislature We quote
The 10Th section If our Constitution pro
,ide- tha, The Legislature shall a' their first
meeting and in The year one thousand eight hun.
bred and iorty-eirht aud fiiy and etsrg eigh'
usarg nsTogNer. cause an enumeration 10 b. mad
n al The fire. inhabitants q the state. do-lg
Mating particularly the numbcr Of qualified elect
ors AMI the whole number of Representative
shall. NJ TIE ursrgi periodS N making utsa euu-
ulsra'ious be fixed by The legislature ard lppor.
toned among the several counties, Sc.
The enumeration for 1853 as provided for
h.us ust been bad The cousas returns We now
IN tie Comptroller Office Al Austin. upon which
au appoJiipmsni must be- made and ~ conceive
tina, L Is due 10 each section u our state TO
each citizen Of uur State that i -huud be- made
as speedily rs possible The present revreanta-
tipn Is unequal and consequently minst
The EDITOR then proceeds 20 evidence The unc
quad ratio Of approximation by comparison Of
the population Of several counles. It cannot be-
coa'roycrte,i tim, il all wrong The truth y,
tins apportioumeut was exceedingly unjust at
the time !, was adopted and it Il much more un
equal a. the present time But whether it j.
wi.c 20 convene The Legislature at an cxpenae
10 the people u he Stat Of from lay 20 one
hundpI lh0usand dollars IS another question
With due Difference to Our coiemporar. wo think
that 1t ought DO, TO bc done # it can possibly
b. avoidad H. contends tha' there arr other
considerations demanding !, called session
/ H. urges that The Ea.i was uaju.ily treated
i- relation to 'be University bib # W. sul,-
stand hs position b. was opposed 70 tie oial
li.hmeut II such U~iy In iAa We d.
not agree with him
2 The adoption Of measures 10 protect our
frontier
10 elect a United States senator % the
place Of Cen. Henderson.
Would the Legislature confus ia Bctioa 2,
these measurcs' OF cogrs not Three mouths
at lcusi would bg Employed A. the lss, session
thcrc wcr, several hundred bills uoi eeird upon.
aDa af,t, ~uu.u nf, io t4onhhhUy. "a u"in!
new bills introduced Much Of The unfinished
business embraces measures Of a profliea,e char
acter contemplating designs upon the public
treasury and the public lands
For one We desire 10 sac this character Of h.
risiaiion. which We can denomnaic by no mildcF
term than POPULATION, arrested broken up root
and branch nsomuch that the people viii he
alive fully to their own Interest,". and prepared to
canvass every vote given by their representative
The cilizcus Of Texas are not aroused 70 the i'm
gortancc Of the subject and Y will takc fully
twelve months to awaken them to their interests
4 1t can be done at all The press has criminal
ly neglected II, hn, we anticipate that il will
form Predominant subject Of inquiry 10 a sue
cecding canvass. We cannot agree that the con
sidoraiion8 urged By our contemporary would war.
raui aa extra session. II may be- however he Is
correct IN his Interpretation Of the provision Of
the constitution quoted aud that an extra scs-
sion Is unavoidable We roeollcct that Il was so
decided eight years ago by the Governor. who
was himself gentleman Of ability, afor consult
inc the opinions Of able counsel Gov Runneh.
We eel assured viii act prudcntiy in the matter
and with due consideration II the public inter
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