The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-06-10

0oUATIEkSOV8ABluN fAkTI
The opposition had their meeting on
Ssturd y last
The speakers were Hamilton and pcasc
The k. us. present played mum.
Hamilton was down ON conventions IN
general and the Houston convention IN
particular. He eschewel the discussion
Of squatter sovereignty and took tilt
AZ the regn slave trade.
His speech seemed to have been mad.
up IN anticipation Of the Houston con
vention making an issue on the slave
trade, and he appeared to br very much
disappointed that IT had not done 50 and
tha, his cannon vas spiked in that issue.
Pease announced his adhesion to Hous'
ton. aud said h, would do al he coal,
tu elect him Governor. He suggested
Ell Clark for Ii. Governor. The latter
accepted.
1 fcase dcclared that he would vote
foreign slave trade.
1t Is thus To- be the prescription party.
For an honest difference Of opinion guud
and true democrats are 10 be denounced
and prescribed
Resolutions were put forward and
unanimously adopted.
The names Of II uston and Reagan
wcre mentioned IN the resolutions
W. called on Mr.. Rragaf- brother
who was prcscn, Morris Reagan, ESD
IL state whcihor liIs brolhor and san
Houston stood on the sans platform.
w, did Tins hrcaus. we heard from "A
4 u.
I Ike the manner ia which several Il. u.
papers had represented hm
NJ Reagan replied. expressing dis
/ iikr lp be called ON for the uplulons IT
has brother. tat adding tina he did nat
holicvc tina, ae stood upon the platform
/ OF sam Houston
W du moi rceai!ect hearing any ap-
I pltusc un receiving THIS uupalatablc
/ statement
i The political character vt thismccling
may hc Judged by the following incident
Resolutions were offered against Vi"
1 % party. as well as IA iayor Of Bn
T ,lmuau and the action # lhr Houston
convention emitting the slave trade
/ s>ue
The K. rs. were taken by surprise.
+ Il WIS treated ,s fac brand The mov-
+ &c va. ~ -ardrd ~ an OUTSIDER and up
notice ~as tspu of the resolutions.
Thus th, opposition refused to face the
music against tn.w u1tl4ggi.m.
{ THIS meeting was a grand iaiinrr.
( We did not see any acting ln the me- z
( ing hut those whom va Know hui ipr
some time past been synIalhy-lue with
the opposition ani Ia favor oi san llous-
tom There were present many X. u's.,
oh line wings. and there wc.e als1 s'lhe
Democratic outsider, looking on at tae
+ lickwickiaus
N" Democrats arc commenting uu
many rare passage ts Hamilton ~pcc'h
ltut none more than !us confess ~ thar
/ he never was in heart with thc Demo
cratic party
Hamilton lubm,d scry hsrd, and show
a plainly that hc was 10 q torlpru cause.
= attack upon thc "t-an'2aiton a
tic / isocracy, brought i1tlh a smiie
anon tim check ui mAuy a X. y. who had
listened IL his eloquent appeals ~ tine
X \ lud.scs ia, $40. in favor Of the cio-
~e>t Kind Of uyra, i..aiiou, even de"n T.
a race Tor sheriff S1n" ui his audience
afterwards informed Us o.: has having
been Grand Lecturer and having slr"
ken before the Burnett county l's' IN
favor of organization In taking inc
opposite position, ii was certainty u
very difficult task to he enthusiasts,
among odd X y faces.
In contrast With his assaults upon the
Democracy was the nomination OF q licut
Governor aud Congressman FROM Travis.
by the squad vt this meeting III sven
sons Building Clark has been living
here for the last six years, wc believe.
Hamilton avoided ihr issue OF squat
ter Sovereignty Mark IT, Tie VIII not
dsrc 10 make it ia the canvass lie
saws i, is dead Bat who seeks 10 re-
suscita,c IL Il IT not Douglas aud hls
Svmpathiscrs everywhere, VIII not
they carry the ssuc telprc the Iharics-
tom Convention. aud where will hc Gen.
lIamiltou's >Jnati.r Sovereignty views
them The pnnglas men will assert
that the Cincinnati platform endorses
~uuaitcr Sovereignty VIII not llsmll.
ton say the same the ncmoeracy VIII
then AZ uuw rcpudI.ie it. Then these
indetendcnt Democrats viii bolt as th"N
are dung nav,
They nave Inferred the resolution
against X. \i~m aud SQuattcr ~ovor'
.igntv, while drnpuucins every prm"
craf in favor ni the slave trad" aud
threatening to prescribe hun from every
Office Of honor aud trasi IN the State
Here j. the crili
RESOLUTION, AGAINST Know NofHivds AND
5QUArTEa SOW 9EiGSry DENIED HEAx-
ING
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