The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-07-09
HOusTOns RECORD.


appeared in ,bis paper 90 Inc 2!'h cit, have
been guilty Of the folly an, rccslcssaess Of deny
ing their truth and II saving that they will not
take the Republican rs authority. This - tan
tamount 10 ackn .~,lging that If these votes
are true. as Published by US 10 Southern man
ought to vote fol him. We accep, the issue.
and DARE these men to place their ycraciiy m
issue with ours, by an appeal to the record
VIII thcy meet q, like men. or meak on, Of u.
and continue to SANDER us and our Journal
But 10 order that 40 excuse may be oll'rcd
them. " propose TO selec, four gentlemen, OF ae-
kn1vlcdgrd responsibility who have declared
their intention to support sam Houston Who
shall examine With IA. the record and II they de
eide tha, we have no, stated fairly the facts in
thu Houston Record We will pay on, hundred
doilar, TO any charitable association which they
may select
We published this Record two years ago and
one the candidates for the Legs a'urc asserted
between the Cyprsscs that it was untrue. \
few days afterwards Col Wielall made a speech
in the room in which our printing office j. now
located and in that speech be asserted be bad
examined each vote there recorded and he was
prepared TO say that the report published IN the
Republican was true from beginning 10 end
any gentleman to sake his yeracity on the issue,
aud !, could quickly be seen who told the truth
and who the falsehood
We do no, intend tina, men shall make rcck
less assertions IN relation to us or our paper,
without being made to face the music We
are unwilling that our fellow citizens shall vote
bndly for Sam Houston.
We are prepared to prove then, that Sam
Houston voted. in 1850. IN the Senate against
the four regiment bill designed as that bill was
to Multiplication 10 bleeding fron'rer Tha,
there were 81 yeas and : nays and tina, those
VINO voted nay with Houston, were cambridge.
Chase. 6, llet sumner seward. and Wade noted
aboli,lonists.
That during the Presidential contest Of So he
preached submission TO Fremont
That he stated in his place in Congress that
be lcit the Democratic party before IT advocated
the princlp es Of the Kansas \ cbraska bill
Tha, With al his pretended reverence fof the
Missouri Compromise. he voted agans, extend.
ing 1t to the Pacific ocean.
That he supported the doctrine Of squa,ter
sovereignty
Tha, he INDICATED the $50 abolition preach
err.
That be voted for the Wimo, rroyiso in the
Oregon territorial bill agains, the positive in.
s,ructions Of the Texas Legislature.
Tha, he voted Cor the admission Of California
with her FREE sol constitution, and in violation
Of all the forms Of law thereby anctionlng alien
and sqaaltcr sovereignty IN their most odiou.
shapes.
Tha, he voted for aboshing the slave trade
vidcs that # 9 negro IL offered for sale in the
District, the punishment, To the owner shall be-,
he negro shall 20 tree This wa. affirming tina,
or this cause Congress could set negro free
md 4 f,r this cause why not for another And
{ it may sct one negro free why has Congress
10, thu tish' = 60 1li Negroes iicct
H. wrote his Independence let.r on the eve
( the Gubernataral election in -5,. sustaining .
be- Know Nothing party and two years after. ,
ard. he said that Know 1lhiugsm WAS buried /
nth IT.. face downward
H. voted sgains, shc Kansas. Nebraska bill
ccausc it repealed the Missouri Compromise /
'ha, compromise to which he prolc-s,s SO much .
cycrencc provided. tina, slavery or inyoluu,a
y .cryitude. except for crime" should not exist
D thnSe territories. aud constituted an unjust.
,ious and unconstitutional restriction The
upremc Count Of the Cnited States has declared
he Missouri COMPROMISE unconstitutional but
e ha. never We, renowned his opieions
lie repudia,cs the bred scott decision stands
in opposition To AL of Mr lIuchsn
ns views and policy IN reference 10 the slavery
ucslion, aud to the platform upon which he
rnud. and yet he claims to be a Buchanan
democrat
Gen. Houston has been compmcn,ed by the
>cw York Tribune dcn4minated as the "pa,r-
tie Houston 70 by Black Republican State
convention and throughout the twelve years he I
vas in Congress affiliated with the enemies Of
he South lie has denounced every movement,
nd rcviled by the coarses, epi,hets those who
'retendcd to stan! up in Congress to demand
he rights or defend the honor OF the South lie
enounced Henderson while living as man
hose name he could no, poIlute his lips to men.
ion said that he had been guilty Of murder,
'euury, and forgery that he had plead the
iatu,e of limitations in bar Of an homes, debt,
nd the Dmbling act TO debt Of honor that
e ought to be the inmate Of a penitentary.
henderson died, and he shed tears over him
Houston having been repudia,ed by his own
state" with none so poor Us TO do him rever.
nee and knowing that he could not stand
ciore the people upon his wellknown record,
aw that unless be could raise some new issue to
s,rac, the public mind, he must go into retire.
ncnt Hence the agitation of the question Of
be rc-open,ng of the African slave trade, which,
'rcvious 10 this canvass was confined to some
alf dozen politicians, who seemed To be discuss.
ng it because they had nothing else to write