The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-06-12
TINE FLAG ON THE COUNTY NOMINATIONS

Gle Of nearly two columns on the late
Harrison cennty Democratic Convention,
made up Of twaddlc, rigmarolc, and the
usual amount of misrepresentation.
When paper that Processes 70 cn''efh'
en- the public, and to blend instruction
and amusement. SIS up his columns with
such productions, II is not likely 10
achieve much for its own responsibility,
or for the interests Of is party. Slang
is to deprecated; it's use speaks badly
for a mans manners What shall we
say Of it. when il IL eoncoctcd aud print
cI after ten DAYS for sober reflection
And such slang The wit and sarcasm
Of our cotcmrorary may contain merit
and a severity which our ohtuseness
may prevent MS from approaching II
il possible there may be mysterious
significance in the expressions toat'ng
altogether level Bob of the Rcpubli-
can" wlangs." one whangdoodlr 'or
every twenty-five boobies" Whang-
doodlcosity" knawcd a file" the prefix
of such slang words to the names of
gentlemen, and the general cnarscness
with which they are personally alluded
to. which we fail tc comprehend We
cannot but think however, that this pro-
duction is more Characteristic OF ilatu-
lency than of genius; that it hospeaks
an unhappy mood of mind, a disturbed
and diseased imagination bad assccia'
tons. and a bad cause
Our contemporary winds up this bun
die of impcrtincncc 10y a burst of indlg
nation He says
THE whole proceeding was solemn
moekcry, and an untlnshng outrage
, Certainly no one would suppose SO
from the Flags account of it. or, in fact
; that there was anything solemn about II
On the contrary he would conclude that
the Democratic Convention was a rcdlcu
lous farce; that it was composed Of raga
mullins and loafcrs. and signallzed by III
feeling aud disorder No zone expected the
. editor of the Flag to be pleased: no one
desired that hc should derive the small
l. est crumb Of comfort from the Demo
n cratic Convention lie can take the less
Il Of it. and leave the intelligence and pa
D triotism of the people 10 decide the qucs
tiun.
Again lac says.
"One-half of the Beats represented II
that {, INVENTION was without author "
+ nor can onc-half of the delegates who
sa, in Il show authority tuy ta If pretcu
n tons TO speak ior 800 votes in llarri-
/. son. except that conferred on them 10y
q the Office pcddlers. II remains Ia bc
seen whether the faction III the name Of
= Democracy of our county will abide this
, solemn trihing and stand 10y the polls
u and soc men Of merit. oi courage men
4 who stood by the fortune and banner oi
II their party when no breeze of favor fan
t ncd 1t. supplanled 10y those of unqucs
= rionuhly bad anlcccdcnts."
In the first place there are not aud
never have been 1900 votes cast IN liar
? rison county; about 100, we believe, is
the largest vote ever pollcd. In the next
place. the charge AZ to the authority oi
the Delegates 10 act can be found IN tho
official proc, cjinsss Of the meetings pub
lishcd hy US with the names ct the Dele
gates (In this connection, we would
, like to know how tht Flag can reconcile
, It's stor, Of one mule track and a foot
= man. as the evidence of the meeting
! that nominated Delegates at Craig's
schoohousc, with the presence on tho
25th ult. Of . delegate from that beat
What does our contemporary mean 10y
saying that the nominees of the Contcn
ton are men of unqucstionably bad IN
teccdonts7 This is sweeping charge
against men who have always borne the
character of being honest and honorable
II certainly demands explanation. We
would like for him to particularize,
What have these men done that is SO
hcinousy Some of them have grown up
I in this community, and 80 far as we
know are respectable and esteemed cit
liens We should like to hear an an
swcr to this II certainly demands one
One word more and we have done
The charge that before the ncmocra-
cy of Marshall would go into Convention
he WHO'D fixed the basis of represcri-
taton So that she" (whoY again could
control the whole cf the nominations for
the county at large" aud did so control
them. is unioundcd In the frs, place,
Marshall demanded no particular repre-
senta,ion. What it obtained, was ac-
corded by the country, and against our
personal rcmonstrance. In the second
place. the candidates nominated were
selected by the delegates from the coun-
try. The vote of Marshall was divided
upon every contested nomination,
So much for this editorial Of the Flag