The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-07-16
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Stat FIR the last two years suddenly made h's
appearance in Marshall las. week. On Friday
~ Saturday larxc posters were issns,i from tn
Flag once, Announcing that h. ~""'d address
tho pcorlc Of Harrison county on Mccslay, upon
the political topics cf the day. In other wc''ss
as was we'll under s,ood. he would make fIo'as
ton <,s-ch.
The turn gu, To hear him. although rcsprc'a-
bic was moi as large as We expected. The ladies
had been specially Invited an! number Of them
wcrc pr,y.rn, Judge Evans once possessed a
joscrfni influence in this county. No'whh
Standing his political alterations, he has yet
man, warm persona; friends lie is nn1ncs,ion
ably q man NJ in,cllcc, and Of fine appearance.
We ovpccscl consequently. 10 hear m able
ayscch and to witness considerable enthusiasm.
We were disappointed The adJrs' was a'il-
IRE, and was SCI regarded by HI. irsend4 The
sp'akcr seemed to t- labor,nf us,ler some great
moral or physical prssurc Iiis SPEECH was
lame and lnslpij, and was received without aP
rlsusc Men who may have desired, and who
perhaps INTENDED TO rrto for Houston, found
nothing 10 encourage them in Judge Eyanss re
| conduct Even our friend Of tho Flag seemed
auhlpcd under il, The points made by Judge
Evans may he briefly stated
! Opposition 10 Conventions. lie assumed
tina, Conventions usnrpcd 'hc power rgb'fnlly
belonging 10 the people, and placed it in the
hands Of few leading politicians That ibcs
politicians constituted in 'henssc,;ss a perse,
oIigarchy, destroying personal independence, and
whom to offend was political death. That by
this system tho elective franchise was useless. in
asmnch a, 'hc Convention. controlled by Can.
cnss. made up Of leading politicians, dictated
who should III the Office.
To unrct,cc,ipg men, perhaps, such position
may secm spacious, but il j. 10 shc unrctcc,ing
only Al mcn have, or ought IN have. political
opinions and the only manner Of carrying out
,ho~c opinions Is through Conventions or some
system which will aelcc, individuals to represent
the popular will II Conventions are misman
aged at any time il is the fault Of the people
Themselves. Under any other system than that
Of Conventions men would h. elected without
reference TO principle. and the popular feeling
would have no voice Without Convention
xo should have elected a Black Republican
President in $50, and II the people could b. in
durc,i TO abandon the system, the Aboli'ionis's
would &c, unlimited control of the Government
! II
in Texas. we ssaua 10 all probability have four
or five Democratic candidates in the field for
many important Offices. The opposition would
run but one man IN each ease, (for minority
are always easily uni,ssi) and he, although rep
rceen'ing a minority Of the voters, would he
elected This explains very satisfactorily che
opposition TO Conventions. Who has favored
Conventions mort thoroughly than Judge Evans
lie originated thu Convention that nominated
Dick Scurry, and submitted his name to il. Iis
fricmis wcrc ready 10 announce his name before
the Tyler Convention, which nominated George
". Smy,h lie was in the National X NOV,
| Nothing Convention and was the nominee ol
| the Know <o'hng Convention held on the
! '"nn"~ IL $500 30 much for this question
q Judge Evans -a'd that 'h' country was ~
'''-' '~'n many factions, under dhercn' names
nut ~ he said two years ago old issues had
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the country To ,bn, eoppc,;on /, mus, come
a, IN,
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a unou Marty I'M, l,.c.mc n d;.,r;or ,.,,,
with The ot,ci, of tho k.,,os. \e,,rasl, ha,
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At length aeL,owl,,,v,, hi. IA, ..e;r, statesmen
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