, 1859-08-24
THE TEXAS KLECTION.


THE TEXAS ELRC11oN.
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:. My positi5hs hcfbte the people has been the
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tion, thaf }QStii1 alike to myself ind you; do.
mands that shall gise fall. ftee ind fesr e4-
position Of The views which bear with me
through this canvass, and upon which you are
called to Judge me. / am aware that there is q
creat diversity Of opinion as to the bearing Of
iny nets upon the welfare Of the country. Ny
:gareer .is-nos disconnected With history, and
through its future pages may vindicaie tue,
desire to feel that in the eyes of The present
generation a1n regarded a. m honest maj, and
QUE who viii not .yisld his counsry's good 10
promote his own ambition.
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"ao NOMINATED HOUSTON.
Though had determined to; forever; aban-
don public life, and Ind so expressed myself, my
conscience has not permitted me to stand aloof
from my fellow citizens in this emergency. I
did not desire office; but the people have asked
me to come forth and serve them. have been
with TEXTS in SIX troubles and in seren l will
not desert her. 1t was the honest yeomanry OF
the country, men Injured to toll. men from Il
plough, the planting interest OF t4e country who
sustain and support it, not the kid-gloved poll
t'clans. who called me forth. Their letters came
TO me from a.! portions OF the state, urging me
toonce n more lace calumny and abnse for their
SAKE; Iheir cranped signatures told that their
thoso or froor1 ~, ,.ia ,,..ia nt a,..;t y. a.
tattoo, Al their Gull 1 have ou;t nv flocks md
herds. and nm rcady acain tG throw ali nv en~
ergies into the scale Of The common veal. Until
a common sympathy with NV fellow citizens
would no longer let me refuse, I Iwns opposed to
candidate. Having done 50, intend to allow
their intelligence to be their guide, shall do no
cahyassing, and make no speeches, uuless it be on
an occasian like this when business or accident
brings me in their vicinity. Notwithstandin.
MY desire to retire, aud that this candidacy has
no, been Of NY own scekiug, but in sponianc.
o1,s risl nf my fellow citizens, the organs of the
ne their batteries of yituperation. 1t is the
people. not me, whom tl,ey should assail; but
as they assa,l thc peope through mt, / ain
ready to rcpelit. Most prominent among these
is the organ Ut Austin. What reason it eau
have for assailina me I cannot 1eII, unless it
knows the spoils lepend upop nv being beaten,
If the statements Of Cor, pease md Other re-.
spectable gentlemen be true. it can afford to
use its types to maintain its party uscendancy,
for it has obtained thousands Of dollars frou, tic
Treasury in defiance of the law. Its editor il
not to blame for making his trues helm to rrc.
serve the system Iy wh;rh ha pets I'D st fhe
public crib. nor an / to blame for using nv
tongue to repel his SANDERS. 90 loDv as d1 mt
say ANYTHING upkind Of him,
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hut was. the Runnells' Convention Il
parry ORGANIZATION: II was; but Of what
KIND OF partys 1t was convention,
but as conventions are an ofshoot from
democracy, We have right to inquire
whether they are good sclons Of the parent
stock. don't KNOW how good know Nothings
WHO composed majority of that Convention
regarded 1t; but know it was anytfling but Z
Democratic Convention. They u:de platform
Which declares resistance 10 Slavery agitation.
;lnd tley then ugitated it in its wurst form by
discussing the re.opening Of the African slasc
trade. Though THAT question was laid upon tile
table from motives Of policy, the sentiments Of
the contention we're too plainly Developed fur
ans to be deceived Us to its character. Resol,l-
tons providing for the agitation Of the subject
were introduced, and the uncontradicted dccla-
ration made that they contained the sentiments
of the Convention, and it has since been
gates were in favor Of them What will be
the result Of this? Reopen the African slave
trade and the South will be deluged with
barbarians Your present stock Of negroes
would fall in value. and rccede in poIut of intel.
ligcnce. Not poor man would bc able to star
in the country. because Labor would be so cheap
that he would not BE- able to yct bread for him.
self nnd his fami1v. The labor market would
be oyerdonc. The vast army of slaves would
be put to work in your cotton fields. aud tie
vast crop would rlut the market beyond all
reasonable demand. Prices would fall to fur
or five cents per nouud. and eyen then
whcu the demand was supplird. tl1s
grcater portion Of your cyop would liz
upun YOUR hands for want of L pur.
CHASER. Frci.h,s would advance to an enor-
nous price. BECAUSE eycry suit fiat the Yankees
could rais.-lhese dear uIoi;tioniat ~entIemen
who lore tho negro so weil-wou1J be engaged
in the truf,ic. Each vessel that could be bought
or pressed iuto tue service would be upon the
coast Of Africa. II would be more profitable
than the carving trade, Your cotton would lie
aud rot on your wharves OF in your gin houses,
because transportation will not pay, and ruin to
your hnahclal interests WILL be the consequence.
dcarer II il easier now to bur a negro at
81 500 than it was twents Years ago at $50. In
crease the production Of cotton Ut once tenfolJ.
III it would be. and the demand falls Of in nro.
portion. The Yankees would then eet YOUR cot.
ton at four cents per Mound, and make it into
calico and red handkrrcl1irfs to bur negroes with
on The coast Of Africa, which they will bring
South to sell for yonr hard dollars, 70
such q ruinous policy / IN, opposed. do
not 90 to the results that will accruc to tie Afr
can. will not discuss its morality. That is a
question with which have uattling ia do. Its
practical effects upot, us and our n1sterity. arc
what VI. are first to look at. II NAV he thai the
African will be benefited Int it wifi he deat ID,
the whites, These men would but tue South m
to a dissolution Of tle Union. since 1899 tf,t
struggle for dissolution has been roiog m.
That Is what this means. The moIneiit yon AK
tile North to conccdc 10 your demands with re.
ference to thc rc.opcnng Of the slave trude. it
can', lire in icilowsh;n. We must haTo . d;qso-
luton. un.l then fuljuws evil war. Yam ,nov
take these men in their nrntcan shones milf.
cution;sts seccssionists African sfar. trada
n,en but they Mi mean disun;on. I torc inv
country-my whole country. / wou)d nreser,,
It or nostcrity os FIRE and as n,,re ne II cama ~
ma nntI tbnrrfnre nnnose everything calculated