The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-09-01

OouJ y. N. " 81, 0oo0eof pcr Inc SSosc
at iasgs. On to Breckissidgc and Lac
ticket, vsached Marshall On Friday svs-
ming. unexpectedly to cor citizens, ~ vc
had sess no announcement Of his visst.
We immedisteIy issued hand bill sta
ting that he would speak At the Court
house 1t II o'clock on Saturday. The
appointed time arrived, and large and
appreciativc audience convened 10 hear
nim. OF course there WAS nothing like
the attendance there would have been
had il been known he was coming
We are not prepared 10 do justice to
his speech We presume that . synop-
sic Of II 10 scarcely expected. II was
interesting and able. and elected the
warmest culogy from those who heard
il. A friend remarked that he liked the
manly bearing and frankness Of the ora
tor There was sn air Of sincerity about
what he said, that gave weight 10 his
opinions. II was the attitude and Ian.
guage Of . patriot
Gen Waul traced minutciy and cir
cumstantislly the rise and progress Of
the antislavcry sentiment, the origin Of
the free soil party, and its history 10 the
present time. He defined clearly its OBJ
iccts, and in this connection showed the
necessity Of united action in the South
lie had no desire to discuss the relative
claims Of those asprants who were re-
ceiving Southern support So far as "f
iccting the result Of our State election
vas concerned, discussion was unneces-
sary. 1t WAS well known tina. Texas
would give from twenty-five to thirty
Thousand majority for tho rcckinr'dge
and Lane ticket Douglas had no elect
oral ticket 10 the State. and WAS not
likely 10 have any, lie had met no
Douglas men in this canvass, and but
few OF the Opposition who had not de-
,crmined to vote fot Breckenridge and
Lane. Why Gen. Houston continued in
the field he could not understand. unless
Gen. Houston wished to ascertain how
many were foolish enough to vote for
him. Then followed an snecdote Illus
trative Of this poiut which brought
down the house The only object in
canvassing tho State was to present the
fact to the country that Texas was
united in tho present canvass. The d..
vision in this state Was small, a. every
one knew, and yet abroad il was repre-
sentcd as large Soft was. he presumed
with every other Southern State. The
South was never 20 united. 90 6rm--it
had never before given . majority, in
any canvass. such as was IN store Tor
Breckenridge Fad Lane. in November
and yet il We were TO rely upon North
crn journals, we would conclude that the
South was hopelessly divided, and what
was worse, that that division WAN upon
the question Of whether slave property
was entitled to protection in the terrific
lies. Was Nj. Dell svu"a' II 90, Why
should there be any division IN the
South. His friends could not count upon
. single State North nor South. 1t must
be evident TO every ono that the contest
was between Breckenridge and Lincoln,
and in order 10 elect the former, it WAS
necessary to present united front from
one extremity Of the South to the other.
Gen. Waul's description Of the effect Of
Linco!ns election wAa impressive, and
calculated TO arrest the attention Of all
rcAecting men, who desire To pcrpetrate
the Union.
lie defended, with ability and fairness
the sccedcrs at Charleston, and then re-
viewed the positions and antcccdents OF
the different candidates in the field,
showing that Breckenridge and Lane
alone occupy position worthy of South
err confidence and support. lie defend.
ed Mr. Breckenridge and Gen. Lane from
the charges urged against them, show
ipg that they were gotten up for polit
ical effect He then presented Nj, Bells
record, which was anything but nattcr-
ing. In addition TO the charges brought
against Mr.. Bell, the correspondent Of
the New York Herald, represented him
as speaking in the highest terms Of Lin
coin AZ an honest man, and one of whom
he had no fears, when tho extracts from
Lincoln. speeches and letters demon
stratcd that Seward had never presented
the " irreprcsslble conflict doctrine in
a moro offensive form than this abolition
for the Presidency.
Gen. Waul's speech vas very favora
bly, received by every one who had the
pleasure OF listening to It, and was in
every respect worthy Of his reputation.
lie was quite unwell upon the occasion,
and wa were therefore surprised that
he acquitted himself SO crcditably. On
Monday the General lcft for Gilmer. in
tending TO 20 from that place TO Dallas.