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the drst show Of danger. Men Of the people
Will come forth to lead them, who will be res


Of a better state Of fittings than We now enjoy!
Tens, especially, has these things to consider.
Our treasury is nearly empty; We have half
million dollars in the treasury Of the United
States; million Of our school fund is invested
In United States bonds: We have an extensive
frontier to defend. Pecuniary or personal
considerations ought to weigh nothing when
sacrificing these when We have Jet the consti-
tuition to protect US, and our rights are equal?
Let Us not embrace tile higher Law principle of
'our enemies, and overthrow the Constitution,
but, when we have to resist, let 1t be in the
name Of the Constitution and to uphold 1t.
Why this military display and call to arms
In Te1as? HIVE we enemies at home, or ia an
army marching upon us?
. When was there the time when the citizens
Of the country were not ready to flock to It's
standard in It's defence: Are the people to de-
liberate on this question with military dcs-
potism In their midst ready to coerce them
We want sober thought and calm reason, not
furious hazaogues or the argument Of bayo-
uetA.
II this government must fall, wisdom must
furnish another md better one, and If patri-
ots yield nov to the rash and reckless. who
only aspire to military glory, or for anarchy
and rnpine, they may find that In the wreck Of
one free government they have lost the power
to rear another.
TRUST the gloom which now hangs over the
land will soon be dfspelled. Now is the time
forthe patriot TO come forth and consider what
Is to be gained by change. VIC are' called
upon to desert the gallant thousands who for
years hare been fighting our battles against f.
naiclsm in the North Heretofore they hare
aided us to conquer, and We have been willing
to abide with them. Now, after struggle
more glorious than any they yet hare made,
they have been driven back. They still offer
Us the guarantee Of the Constitution, and arc
ready to battle with Us In Its defence. Let
true men all over Texas and the South see to
1t that We leaye them not without cauFe
1cannot believe that we can find at present
more safety out Of the Union than in 1t. Yet,
believe 1t due the people that they should
know where they stand. Mr.. Lincoln has
been elected upon sectional Issue. 1fhe ex-
poets to maintain that sectional issue during
bis sadmjalstration, it Is well We should know ii.
Ifhe intends to administer the Government
With equality and fairness, NE should know
that. Let us wait and see
have left upon record my position, should
the rights Of Texas be sacrificed BY the Federal
Government In reply to Mr. Seward, in the
Senate, I used these words, and I pray nv
friends to consider them calmly, as they were
uttered:
Whenever one section Of this country presumes
then will cur Constitutton:b :be mockery, and it
would matter not how soon 1t was severed into q
thousand atoms and scattered to the four winds.
annexation Il Texas was consu1nmated, there viii M
be for her neither honor interest in the Onion
u the mighty, In tho face Of written law. can
place with tmpunity sn iron yoke upon the neck Of
the weak Texas Will be at no loss how to act. or
wheEc to Co. before the blow aimed at her vtals is
inflicted In spirit Of good faith she entered the
federnl fold. Bythat Split she will continue to be
iI M aatm IL attempted to make her the VIC
~ "4s Il shs e viii vi5ate no federal rights, 70 will
she submit to no violation Of her rights by federal
the Government must Be observed, or it viii be au
nn'led: Louisiana was q purchase; California,
New Mexico and Utah conquest-but Texas was
so@aea fhe condition Of hff
ie not binding. on the other. II know Texas she
win not submit to the threatened fore
ehadowed in the speech of the Senator from New
York She would prefer restoration to that indie
pendence which che once enjoyed, to the ignominy
ensuing from sectional dictatIon. SoErowing for
the mistake which she had committed In eaerihc-
Ing her Independence at the altar Of her patriotism
she would onfurl again the banner OF the Lone
to the breeze, and 1e-enter upon national career
where, II glory awaited her, she would at least
shame.'
Here take my stand! So long as the Con-
stitution Is maintained by ."Fede1al authori-
ty,' and Texas is not made tie victim Of
Federal wrnns," am for the Union as it is
lam now IN aged man- Ny locks have be-
Cout "4lIE II luIAH..1 ~ DelleFc, LOT the llb-
critics Of mankind. We're young, that might
look forward to the future, feeling that what
ever danger might come, my strong arm would
be at hand to defend my family, should feel
less anxiety than do at present The years
that will have to endure the misfortuncs Of
civil war arc but few. II Icould feel that with
the close Of my career woull end the niseries
Of my race, could share its misfo1tuues with
patience; but to feel that the perils Of rcyOlu-
ton must continue, that war withits attendant
horrors Of bloodshed, raplne aud devastation,
must still be visited upon it, would cmbittcr
my last moments; and after living to witness
the demolition of the best Government that
ever existed, would sink to thegrayc without
q hope that freedom would be regeneratetl, or
our posterity ever enjoy, again The blessings
with which we had parted. Let lis pause aud
ponder we'll before We take any action outside
Of the Constitution
Very truly yours, SAA HOUSTON.
4 FIGHTING PARsoS.
Rev. II. Yates, Of Charleston, as we pub
lished the other day, having ayowcd his rcadi-
ness to 20 into the foremost ranks with his
Bible In on one hand anil q revolver In The
other" tho Indianapolis Journal says that "the
Rev. Herr Schwcitzcr, Of Indianapolis, proposes
to meet him at any time and place agreeable,
equipped with Watts Hymns in one hand
and bowie knife in the other, with his coffin
on his back-the battle to open with tuark
from the Toombs'" He will choose white
second and pray. 3lr. Yates may have the
biggest buck niger he can find for his. Dis
tance-far enough To "1cnd enchantmcnt to
the view"
EFFECT On TIE COTTON.
Washington Dispatch TO the N. y. Herald.l
1ea1n By private letters from Philadelphia
that the heaviest cotton brokers In that city
have at least sH months supply OF cotton
on hand, and that in the present unsettled
condition OF affairs they are not inclined 10
make advancement upon consignmcnts from
Southern houses upon any terms whatever.
The practit6 OF one Of the Philadelphia houses
referred to, for some time past, has been to
purchase cotton On sixty days time. The pro-
duceEs reduced the terms to thirty days, which
the Philadelphfan acceded to. Then the pro-
declined. The Southern trader then fell hack
upon thirty days time. Tha Philadelphia
house refused. Tho southern producer then
retrcated to sixty days time. The PhilMiel-
phian now declined making any purchases
whatever, and the house is one Of the heaviest
In TINT citv.
learn from the ssmo source that English
ply Of cotton,
SOUTHERN CONVENTION Urged.
The necessity for calling conventions repre-.
sentinr the sovereignty of tho State, begins to
be concealed by the people Of all the slave
States. The frontier slave comnouwealths. in
which a comnaratire conseryatism of f;elinr
preynils. find Il imnossIbie TO abstain from IL,
KIM act{on ,rhrn rreaf question il to he de-.
cIded rh5rh as vitafir nffrcts ti,e,n ~ 4 III,
any other 1u1t Of the South.
virginia mas already taken tne lhitlatlse step
10 eau apopnlafcohsenlon. tennessee begins
70 aEse tne same measure, and It can scarcely
oe doa9ted that one altef another ah those
whose doty and interest," arc connected with
the institution oi slavery. Will ioiloW the e1-
ample already given oy the more Southern
GqH statce.
Oeepfeated anu senefala as IS the feeling that
tne ume nas come wnen some aeciaea position