The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-08-25
rRy CONDITION on mn covxrsy-~sEYIEc.

nisitcd our rcadcrs with as cireums'an-
tial and minute accounts al what LIS
tganspigcd throughout ,he State IN voior-
cucc to tine late excitement rs wc havc
Teen able 10 gather from ON exchanges,
letters, aud from other sources W q
have done this with po desire 10 add TO
the excitement already pofvading 0ur
entire borders, nor with view Of graft
tying - pgur,.nt. vIt,aicd, morbid taste
Tor the horrible but have been sctunted
SOLELY by the purpose of placing those
who Rad orr paper IN possession Of that
character Of information which would
cuahl, them tu measure the oXteut ol The
danger, ana cause them to institute such
vigilance, IN due season, as would pro
vent ia recurrence in those districts Il
country whicl, haze noi been visited by
calamity We have been satisfied that
there has boon great deal 81 cxaggpta-
ton in much that has been published
Mon. uaa.iiy prudent. parlako of the
alarm y laeh cxisis around them, and
lend cfedulous ear 10 many things
nhih would wraf diaefcuf appear
ancc II carefully and erltically oxamin-
cd. hence Il thcy write ifou places
that have cithcr been visited OF threat
ened BY ncenAiary movements. bot par.
ticularly lbc latter, ttcir letters partale
oi the character ol ihon i.eliuss. Ad
dcd to these oxaggcraiions. thousand
mfouudcd reports have been set ailoat
or towns being hutpcd down or attempts
At burning, persons being put 10 death,
~ Developments made. bleh have had
no fcal existence II is romat k,ble
fact that IN the very place. which have
been 4e4olaled hy iuceuliaIism. thcre
las been, from all that NO can gaihe..
less sacrifice a human life, an exhibition
81 greater prudence, ard manifestation
# better spirit to respect The proper
regulations OF society. than IN macy
other places whore no sueh causos have
existed Bot aside from cxaggcrations
and false fumlrs. there has been aul
stall exists great reason Ca apprehension,
and tao exercise Of the greatest vigt
lance Towns. stores, mills and farm
lo nscs have been burned down H. many
localities aegroes have been found "a The
possessi OF pnlsUus and with unusual
quan ties Of powder and Gre arms ""
sny 0tu.u1l, becagso the.e ire planters
"a THE STATE, anp have very impguden1y
eui ~ TIE habit Of permitting ihe's
Neg rocq f. hrHi with fire arms These
4ic Dt'ia. realities Niihilthc last
.w9. ai.ulhs ssaliy a million If d1l!.ss
worth o property has been destroyed .
,y frr nt1nt seven hnndfrd ihou4ad .
I nagl u tli5 ava an. ia the Norihc,u
uetrict a tho state This wholesale .
destruction has occurred al nmc ol
Unparalleled Distress in 'he country The
'oys 10 large portion Of fgxos a.o
du,yat an entire failure Ia many ,oun. .
les uiii lunt corn has not been raised
or bread Relief comm tees are being
urmad ia many place to relieve the
G,hesa. aud meetings held aud rcso.u-
iona passed invoking tbe Governor t.
all the Legislature together to rndcsvor
o obtain the passage Of stay law 70
aoycnt ruin. Oar rivers are down. and
sc can get nothing from abroad Aud
It time like tbia, our towus, with their
deposits Of provisions and merchandise
are destroyed, and thc Inhabitants rcn
lerci pcnilosi ly the torch Of abolition
ucoudiafies
We y ish osr flepds abroad, turonsh
,ut the southern states, to properly san
lerstand and appreciate our condition.
M tho Investigations that have taken
lace ia the burnt district, have shown
ha, there has been deep laid, well
na,urcd mysterious plot, to compass the /
Of portion il not the entire
State Our situation to-day may be
hat oi Louisiana, Alabama, and Missis
.ippi tomorrow We also want the sub
,tantial men Of the North to understand 7
his anesiion and To- roalifc IN ~ it,
'nornity and dirciul consequences, tbs
war upon the South II com
nencc1 with the invasion Of Virginia by
lohn Brown, and has been lomonted by
he ianatietl sympathy of Northern men
with the alfocious crime which led IL
rs execution They festooned their
iagscs with thc cmhlems of moWuing,
lclls were toIlod and every evidence
given at popular sympathy. sixty eight
at Congress endorsed the Hell
per book, ptoolaimipg the same traitorops
sentiments, and not q single one o. uhe
entire Black Republican delegation had
a word Of rcpr50f to utter against John
Brown. Let Northern men, II they have
any patriotism left, behold the fruits ol
these things, aud ask themselves where