The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-04-22


does not come home 10 tell his cons'iin-
cnt- If the real dangers which are mem
acing us, or 30 unite the party in an un
broken phalanx, he docs not devote him
self To the true practical issues before
the country; bat the first step he takes
is to throw in Gre brand to create dis.
scusion aud division IN the ranks of his
party. Who has seen any declaration
from any Of our public speakers, OF any
intimatiun from tire Democratic press OF
our state. that AN effort "a to be made
g. utoruplatr ga our platform of rrlnci-
ulcs declarations In favor of iilibu,tcf-
ing and she rc.opruiug az the African
slave ,uic2 Bn, one Democratic paper
10 thc State. oi which wo have any
knowledge. ha. advocated the rr-npcuiug
Of the African trade. and that paper Is
not published in judge teegn's district,
and has not at any time suggested that
ne opinions should ic ougraitcd npon
Tire platform Several democratic papers
throughout the Stntc have advocated iil'
clustering but not ouc of them ia con
Quoted by men who are recognized as
belonging To- the " ire eating lomocra-
cy On the contrary resolutions "rrt
introduced into the last legislature and
were most warmly opposed ~ gentlemen
protesting TO belong TO THIS wing OF the
party What democratic press has at
tackled Jultc Reagan, What paper has
questioned his Democracy Not sim
Gle onr Of which wc have heard The
"raw.hcad and bloody bones ~ thc
creation Of his own fancy We know ct
no paper protesting TO hc democratic
which su-,oins the declaration Of Judge
Reagan that an attempt is TO be made to
intcrpoalc upon the Democratic creed
except the Austin Iutcligcnccr For
mouths pass that paper has been cndcag-
0ting f. create the impression that th'r'
were large humber Of dlsnui'u'st- ia
Texas. connected with the Democratic
partv wha were cndcayorng % control
II. Ju3gr Reagan comes home to second
such Efforts as these and 60 join n body
of dsorgauzcrs whose object Is 10 dis
tract and PROSTATE the party IA order to
carr, ont their owl uhhallowcd purpo-
SOS And instead If discussing The real
practical issues presented hy the Polii'-
cal aspect ot the times be- proceeds To-
read ont Of the party aud t. druoHnr'
,ynaRv with tic ah,lltunists a body 1T
men Of acknowledged patriotism; to tell
rs that there is nothing alarming M the
aspect Of political affairs, ihGt tn
Northern democracy are unit anl III
every respect reliable that oil the Wig
lance exercised by Southern statesmen
i- as miscellaneous, as fanalical, as dan
gcrous. and ~ much to be condemned
"a ahulitiunism; that we should look 10
the formation OF our views upon the
slavery question Natylevd which f.
ovcrrun with alrulitionlsm, tulcratc- aho-
lition newspapers, aud sends an nvowcd
frccsoilcr Henry Winter Davis to Con
gross; to kentucky the home of Marshall
and Ca.ius Clay; to Tennessee which
sends Bell to Congress And this lac
calls statcs,'anship Whether such
course. and such views are to be en-
dorscd by the Democracy If Eastern
Texas remains To- be seen
We feel that we cannot condemn in
terms too strong, this address of Judge
Reagan 1t il unworthy of him as u
southern man and as a representative of
this Congressional District Il il unjust
to and caumny upon q large inllucn
,ial, and patriotic body of his constitu-
euts Its conception is wrong its re-
Elections unralcd flr and out Of place.
Such. At least, are our convictions We
cannot but regard ii, ~ an ignoblc at
tempt to distract and divide the democrat
ic party. and to place himscllat the head
Of faction
It il well known that we are no I'll.
buster, and that we regard the slave
trade as AN impracticahlc issue II the
latter were an open question we should
very much question. the proprlcty OF re-
viviug the trade At the same time
we are not prepared to denounee those
who occupy different position, and we
are yet to learn that the slave trade is or
ever has been carried on in the manner
represented in this address
No admircr Of Judge Reagan can re-
grct more profoundly than we, the sen,i-
mcnts which he has thought proper to
advance upon the eve Of the Convention
We thought that IN the discussion IN
Congress between himself and Mr. Bry
an, hc had been led away by the excite
men, Of the hour; We could not credit
the report that he had planted himself
upon the Houston Union platform, which
we and the democracy generally regard