The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-02-20

.pirit nf IN aiea. i!isess., 81! ,lndietye /
criticism upon oar course, kllei with phara-
.aieal can, upon the subject Of slavery, olsen
renuous reflections upoE the course OF Pfesi-
dent Buchanan sad shc policy Of the Demo
cratic party The main purpose OF the "nier
seems 10 be desire to enlist against US the
preiudices Of those who pos-ess all Of bis
teigned enthusiasm, ba, more sincerity and
honesty. lie Signs himself One OF the
$1,000" What he means by this, Is best
known to himself But il we were disposed
TO identify him, We could readily do 80, and
in such eolors as wcgld render his recognition
easy by all who know him. But snch i, not
our purpose We have been too long the
editor Of a public journal 10 suiieE our equa-
nin,ity To- be unnecessarily disturbed by the
carpings Of demsgogues 1t Is sufficient for
our purpose 10 say, that he 'suoi one OF any
2I.0og, or a mneh snil,sf number, who have
any design Of visiting Nicaragua. No, his was
4 narrower held lie vas Of that number,
who supported Willard fi.morc for President,
dorsed Ais denuneialion of toe repeal Of the
Missouri compromise whereby Kansas was
opeued to slavery. lie was Of the number
that insisted that Kansas could never be made
slave State, and while the aboliuenisis
were pouring population into II by the AID OF
emigrant aid societies prevented, by his eroak-
ings, southern men from euigfatng to the ter
ntery He vas Of lhe number tia. eo-operaied
with the party tia, attempted 60 ss,i4iu Gen.
Houston in This State, and whose conduct
was D. highly appreciated by the abolitioni,ts.
Ills own communication furnishes eone.usN
proof Of these charges. /. III become. km,
therefore to talk abou, Southern = gifts or the
extension Of slavery ltis no, for bim 10 set
up standard of p5lilya, orthodoxy.
We spoke OF the ieryor OF this writer rs
assumed, and his insinceriiy manifest. 10
order to convict him of ,his, to the satisfaction
of every impartial reader, il is Gully necessary
to quote ONE single sentence Of his eommu-
cation"
" SIX senators Of the sut,.slaycty school
viii, ia the present year be added to the su-
periorty Of the north over the soulh--the re-.
suit Of the acts OF The Republicans party, and
bis abolition aids
Nos we ask every candid man, acquainted
with the political history of the country, II a
more unjust aad uafounded statement eould
be framed than this. /. wa. t.e Democratic
party that defeated the Wilmo profi.o. 1t
WAS that party which repealed the prohibition
which said that slavery of Involuntary ser,i.
tale except fer crime should not exist ln
Kansas and Nebraska, and adopted 10 its stead
the doctrine of non Intervention. It was tina,
party which adopted the Virginia and Ken.
lucky resolutions which recognized the Sow
ereignly Of the States, /, was that ps.,y
which planted itself uFaa toe dcci-lon Of the
Supreme Count Of uc United States in the
Dire! Scott decision, which declares the IN.
situations et slavery as recognized ~ the con
sii,ution and the right ot the STAKEHOLDER 90
take bis property aut held is la the territory,
and that no power eau diYest h.m Of thu, night
Docs 30 become man 'ke the Anonymous
.eupblcy in the Flag who belonged To a party
that recognized the sacrelncs. Of law OF
Congress @neh prohibited Southern men
from seltung IN tae common territory with
their slaves q parts t'at refused % express
an opinion, and said ihlt tiey fused to DO so
in their platform, As to whether Cougres. bad
the righ, to prohibit, slavery ia the territories
party, the prominent leaders of which de.
c'ared, IN the recent Presidential contest,
which involved the preservation Of the GOV.
crnmen', tia, IN ease Fremont was elected,
they would bow to him as the chief msei-.
tra,e of the Chion--doc- q become such
man, we say, to cateehiac another in relation
TO his course a. q southern man, OF to set up
standard OF sound, southern political orth,
doxy With The consistent and plriotic
Southern man who quest ons our opinions,
we are ready, ut all times to .i-cuss tui. and
every other question But it would be
waste of words to interfere with such a dem.
agogae as this lie eau 90 on, with our best
wishes. oar only answer is review Of hi-
own positions. And to avoid unnecessary
labor the Jefferson Gazette, can consider these
remarks as applicable to liz recent criticism
THE NEW IIoTEL OrENIp Our citizens
have been looking anxiously for the eomple.
ton OF the magnificent brick hotel, IN course OF
erection in thu, place, by Judge Adkins, whose
A most excellent dinner was prepared by it.