The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-06-17


very h<eh way, except shs Js6f'soo he's'd.
Th., w.s ~ oalv psprr thss rrpaol''s'rd "
e;roul., Il Tie "bol,ers setting fcsth ~
grounds x sppusitioo to him, or prvss"std !"
d;scass The question At issue. The Hea'e'son
Beacon ssr.ed UNDECIDED - 70 what course to
pursue .he Qutman Herald bad hoisied TIA
gan, nane updcr protest the Vl~huF p~no-
c,., AFTER taking ,brs~ weeks 10 decide what
COURSE to pursue, at last came gut very decided
IT, bu, did no, pretend to dseuss The QUESTION
and wound up by refusing to support an indie
p-ntlsn, candidate. when !, "a, evident VIC we're
TO have no convention. A, this juncture re 70
ceiv,d letter from Henderson. signed by Grs-
ham. Fctor ard ether Trading Democrats, sta
ting tha, the democracy OF Rask were hore'css
/, divided aud thu, the ticket must b. beaten
uncs. we could Affect compromise. We sa~
thu, this state Of Affairs existed, not only in Rusl
bu, throughout, the District, and that the breach
mus, continue TO widen unless = reconciliation
cOu d b. Affected
In this state Of AFFAIR, ". acted ~ We con-
eeiyed for the bes, interests Of the party and for
the country. Judge Reagan made an explana-
ton Of his position which placed !, in our power
TO supper, him, aud 10 end,avor to harmonic
the party. (which We considered OF paramount
in or,sncc) withou, any sacrifice Of principle
We acted for no one tu, ourselves re did not
pretend 70 dictate TO our friends or 70 influence
their action
II s,-ms strange TO Us that those men who
seemed Indifferent ard inactive while Judge
itcogan Was supposed 20 occupy an obnoxious
position NJ. now so Difficult, to be rcconccd.
when he ha, explained away the os'nsse por
,ons Of hs circular and has placed himself upon
the doctrines Of his X ans,.s 'pescb. and his Pa
c.'ne speech OF last year. But We desire TO
contcs, With our friend. ard canno, be indif'r'
ct, 10 their feelings while they continue TO ad-
here to principle. Satisfied with the purity Of
our o~n intentions. we shall bear their reproach-
IS ~ishou, murmurlug and i, at last, Ne shall
succeed in promoting the unity and success o
lie democratic party wo shall feel that our
abors and our sacrifices have no, been in vain
WIN the original friends of Judge Reagan and
o. in this work. VIII they cease to ag'ta,e
questions outside OF the democratic platform
and cease to indulge 10 unjust and uuwaFranict
,s.nunciaton- Of their lriends' They must per
ceyc that the agitation Of these ISSUES has arls
EN- from the enemies Of the democracy-tha
Z uDou TIN. hobby and the cry o iewn with th,
scccsslonis's, nnllihcrs aud dlsnnion'sts urger
sgainst men whose only iaul, consists IN occupy
ing the identical p'-i,ion claimed by judge
Reagan and epnnea'cd IN hns speeches, tina
they expect TO elect shn Houston and To com
init the State N policy to be depord b,
every man nho loves the south ~ MO sincerely
d'sirs~ tn" pcrrctui'y OF the tn'on.
srArE SUIT AGAINST THE . ? RAILR0AD
We understand from Que OF tn, c"n'el tina
the Supreme Court reversed the Judgment o
The District Court IN the ca" Of the State o
Texas rs. the ;. 7. Railroad Company i
seems that the counsel tot the state. IN the pis
'rct Court, relied mainly On the authority o
The dOTrrnor TO order the nstitn'ion oil proct",
ro,r, thar rli,r,.o s,, ch;cav n, ,b. ,;,,h, nj
N. A,,ofney Gepo-,l n, HE discretion ,o ,,s,i
INT, ar o,t.r th, io.,jtu,ior ~ ,u,, rrocs,,, .,
+, sr,no,, NJ the L.,,cr ,o.,,ion !, u,. a,.,,.d
tina, the A,torn,y t,en.r, ba. commo, law now
IN, that IS. the power Of an Attorney Gcpc-.l
( in England For III. ,).,en,la,, i, .as contend.
ed that. by the Constitution and laws Of Je,,.
the Attorney WAS confined in The defence and
prosecution Of suits. to the Supreme Court, |,
Wa insisted that there WAS a question o, cypcdi.
ency of pub ic policy. involved 40 much in the
dissolution a, III. creation Of priya,. corpora.
ton. tina, until ;b,s discretion VII. delegated
/, remained in the Legislature Judge Robert.
who delivered the opinion Of the Court. ~ss of
opinion ,ha, there was no ou.r,on Of public pol.
icy involved. lie could no diff renee, in this
respect. between suit to Dissolve a corporation
and suit for debt, or ,rac, Of lind or a
prosecution for an offence. lie wa. Of opinion
that the right 10 bring the sui, was in the Dis
trict Attorney of what district he did no, de
eide. although the question WAS raised lie
decided that ,hc ground, in the petition. save
one. were insufficient, to produce a forfeiture
Thn, va. the alleged failure of ,he Company to
comply with the requirements Of the Act Of De.