The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-07-23
IHE CANVASS IN THIS COUNTY.

fhe.r several positions, a4 given VI t'i'
Republican of last week and our dcduc-
,ions thcrchom. We think it right that
every aspirani lor office should he fairly
heard. aud our columns have always been,
aud shall always be-. open Ia those whose
views we criiicise w have 10 state n
reply to these letters. that we were fully
warranted in an that We said 80 relation
to- these gentlemen Aud, IN order to
place The matter beyond question. we
have addressed letter 90 tie democratic
canlidatcs iu this county from whom We
derived our information Their reply is
anticipated. and viii wc think. be found
10 fully yiudicato al wo haye stated
But, taking their positions as admitted.
over their own signature, and wc think
tho opposition candidate viii find il BE-
Gcult 90 sustain themselves How can
Mr. BaNt,rr Juciie his endorsement Of
Of the Georgia platform aifb bis support
oi Cen Houston ll9w can IT, eu5ots,
The continent "thal ans legislation i.s
Congress upou the ehiert Of slavery 300
the p.sir.ci of Columbia WOULD BIS A
FIT CAUSE FOR 4 DISSOLUTION OF
TIE UNION" and then support a man
who makcs it bis peculiar boast lhat be-
voted fur bin not merely alai.shiug tb.
slave trlda iu that District lut Winch
provides iiiai IL slave is offered lor sale
in the District. thai the owner shall not
bc imprisoned OF fined. bat that the
NEGRO SHALL 60 FREE thus ad
hitting the power Of Congress to aho' Ish
slavery ia that District Mi Baxter IS
placed ia the awkward position Of al
hitting that Gen Houston east vote
for a moasu,c the passage ct which, III
his Judgment, opght 10 hfrr d,ssoiref h'
i,aool, and set he culogilcs him, and
thinks he deserves 10 Dee sustained by
the people Of Texas
Mr. Wood aud VI Hprphs occupy
idcmicaliy thc same positions but tl'
lauer being lawyer, Is much more iH
gcnious. It will be diilicnlt for plan
men 10 understand his sab:lctios. H.
has never approved Of this vote a Gen
Houston only As compromise measure.
Then i, is necessary for MIN to show
that tpasscd as such or. IN other words
that if it had failed 10 become a law th'
compromise would have been defeated
1 He has To show. in order "a sustain hn
self, that the passage Of this iHli gav'
peace and quiet 30 the country, aud thai
it met with general approval IN th'
i1.s.fn. -sst ts'.'ts. ss'-r tsa'sf
show that the defeat of this bill would
have destroyed the adjustment. and thai
il was necessary To- pass the bill ~ the
manner in which u stands upon thc stat
ute books Of the country, without even
an cl0r, to strike ont that teafgrt
which assumes that Congress posscsscs
the Constitutional ri Ia 10 obsit@ 81 ccrl
ia the District his approval II Gcn
ilonston's vote places i'm IN an exceed
ine,. awkward position Congress ac-
cordmg to ST.. M1rpbi-. had no eons.r
tutional right t. aho, sh slavery "a 'h'
district, and If the passage OF IT, t'H
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the peace of the country, the vote of
Gen. Houston for 10 was understandable
and indctcusblc L. this not clear?
What then are the facts2 Ii was FIRST
attempted to pass the compromise meas
urcr IN body, which proved a failure
This was called the Omnibus B.lL'
Then each proposition was introduced
separately and upon it's pwn merits Nj
Morphjs desires to leave the Inference
that Gen. Houston was acting ia con.
cert with Mcssrs Mason, Mangum, Bor
ricn. Downs, and King, but he fails TO
state that every one Of them voted
against this bill alb fishing the slave
trade in the y strict Of Columbia. Il our
recollection serves Us right Gen. llous-
ton was the only Southern Democratic
Senator who voted for this BILL
The people Of the South have never
approved the abolition Of the slave
trade in the District If Columbia, nor
has the democratic party The rcsoiu-
ton. Of the Baltimore Convention, of
1872 state that the democracy "aoqu-
csrc" aud abba, by the measures of
adjustment. but they wtre careful not to
approve them, and for the reason that
there was large number of southern
men in that convention who had rcsistc,,
their passage and particularly the pas
sage of this bill Where does Mr. Wood
find any authority in the Constitution
empowering Congress to interfere with
the rights Of slavery in the District of
Columbia, OF ia any of the territories
The wing and democratic parties denied
that power. and even the know-nothings
in their national convention. preiermlitai
any expression upon the subject
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