The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-07-09
AssAiIEp ny EDITORS WHO MISTAKE NAN
WORSHIP FOR PRINCIPLE.

Palestine Advocate and the Crockett Argus
We are A~Ailea by both these journals in
strain OF h,llinrsga,e that would disgrace fish.
women While ordinarily We should have ex'
rcc;ed nothing else We certainly anticipated that
the exposure of the an,cccdcn,s and the tcrg',er-
Stations Of the conductors OF these journals, and
TO which they have never replied, would have
enforced upon them the proPriesy Of silence.
Some men possess singular moral ob'nscnrss, and
arr alike inscnsbe to exposure and to con''em
nation. The editors u both these journals con-
tended tina, those opposed to Judge Reagan
and who withdrew from the Henderson tonven
ton. were opposed to him because he had
declared himself in opposition to the Ah'can
slave trade tina, they desired to engral' that
issue upon the platform. and g nominate can
dda,e in favor of rcop,ulng that trade and
because their views we're not carried out, they
Indignantly withdrew from the Convention. II
was in vain tina, the asss,i'td appealed to their
well .nowG declarations previous TO the tonycn
ton. TO the proceedings of that body and to The
circular containing u clear expression OF their
views Misrepresentation WAS continued With
out cessation Nor is it to cease. In the very
issue containing the article criticised by the ed-
tor Of the Argus. there is II full and complete
answer to everything he has written.
The question Of the African slave trade the cry
again, Southern fanatics, hr.ealers, secession
ist.. and disdnionists was trick OF ''oustons TO
I diver, the public mind from consideration OF
his political turpiude and thereby to promote his
election |, was commenced by raschp three
months before the opening Of the canvass. hut
for the circular OF Reagan. however this dodge
OF the Austin clique would have been exposed,
and the authors Of i, consigned to mer,cd con
tempt and lnlamy. The Argus cannot deny that
Rcagans circular has done much to promote
Houstous election. 1t is true the Argus says
Judge Reagan explained nothing IN his cir
cular. aud there was nothing in II offensive TO
any Democrat Those who pretended to see
ANYTHING oifnsye in It ART NO, Democrats and
besides are either too ignoran, 10 understand Ian
gnage according 10 IT, plain import, or are bent
upon Misrepresentation
( This is sweeping assertion. What does the
editor Of the Argus think of Murrah, Wigiall,
Graham. Ec,or. Foscue, Lott. and a host OF
Democrats in this district We could mention
/ Does be pretend to say they are not Democrats,
or that they are either ignorant aud do no, un.
derstand the force Of language, or that they were
" bent upon Misrepresentation Why vas it
81 Austin lntclgoncer, \acogdochcs throui-
Gle. MeKnney Messenger. and other opposition
papers hoistci fragans name and for weeks
asserted that Houston aud Reagan stood on the
same PLATFORM II the language of Judge Rca.
CANS circular was SO clear, why was il the
Argus or SOME one paper IN Judge Rcagans III
trrcs, did not Indignantly deny the charge
/ judge Reagan explained his CIRCULAR in his
speech at Marshall. and placed himself upon high
southern ground That explanation Of his cir
cular ard the statement Of his position, were
satisfactory aud ~ agreed to support him We
understood that the slave trade question the
discussion Of which was calculated 10 promote
the election Of Houston WIS to b. ignored
ia the canvass. rs q, vas from the platform We
expected that Judge Reagan, and the presses
supporting him, would 60 To work heartily and
IN good faith to redeem our lost ground In
stead of doing So. Judge Reagan entered the
canvass again To discuss the African slave trade
And his presses were doing nothing % promote
the success Of the State ticket Although ".
a..
asraph OF a line had been Published by them
exposing Houston or susta>ning Rnunes. WA.
therefore. the Argus says "wc defy the Repub.
can To point to one liue or word in the Argus.
and We believe we might say any other Demo
cratic paper supporting the claims of Judge
Reagan, in this district, which can by ans inrc-
nn,y be tortured into an expression favorable to
the election Of Goa Houston, or unfricndly to
the success Of the state ticket, he is smpl,
guilty OF disgraccml dodge. The Argus, up
to that time, had done all that it could, indirect
ly. to promote llousions oloc,ipn by magnif,iur
and simplifying the slave trade question and
disappearing ,he course Of Democrats And
now, after all this, /, proposes TO lay the b amc
upon W., because We did not pursue the same nm
juslifablc course Has the editor Of thu Argus
lost all sense Of propricty, reason and Justice
win he continue IN his career Of misrcprcscn,a-
ton, AS il no ov saw the Republican but him
-lf9
The African slave trade can be re-opened in
but one of two way. either the laws forbid.
ding il must be repealed or the L. s Supreme
Court must declare them unconstitutional
Does any sensible man believe there is any reas-
enable apprehension Of their rcpeal' Every
northern Senator and Representative would
vote against it. and in our opinion large ma.
jor'y Of the Southern delegation would sustain
them. More than this. we believe a very large
majority of the people Of the extreme southern
States are opposed to the re-opening of the
trade. Al the border slave s,a,cs-M MARYLAND
Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee, aud Missouri
would vote in body against the repeal Of the
laws. II is folly to talk about i, as political
question. This being admitted what evil is to
grow on, Of the discussion of il, any more than
the discussion OF whether the moon is inhabited ?
DOES the editor of the Argus apprehsnd that the
discussion Of i, in Texas would influence the de.
cision of the Supreme Court II not, then he