The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-06-02


a repetition of the acts. complained OF
/ This had no effect On the lith alt a
public meeting was called, at High
I Prairie. over which our old friend Hon.
Gid Smith presided Resolutions were
adopted. and vigilance committee form
ed Tlr vigilance committee gave the
outlaws four days TO leave At the cad
of that time the villains were all gone
aud will, doubtless, ere long, be annoying
some other community
Z s1- Our Eastern exchanges contain
an address. signed by large and res
+ poctable number of the leading Demo
Gratis in Congress, urging upon the Sc
codips Charleston delegates 20 50 to
+ Baltimore II states in substance, that
If the Convention fails to adopt a sound
/ platform, -the scceders will bG Joined by
+ the delegates from other southern States
/ who viii 20 out witt them, and to these
will be added the true and faithful dele
gates from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
f Indiana, and New York. That they can
/ then go to Richmond, reorgani6o adept
a sound platform, and place sound, relia-
bic candidates in the field The address
+ Il ably written, ana takes, as we con.
I ceivc, the correct ground /: il signed
hy Mcssrs. X W Johnson, A. lyersaa,
John Slidcll, jeff Davis. l.. q c. Lamar
Martin J Crawford, Peter T.. Love. John
j Jones. James jackson, John W. II
Underwood, NJ K. II Garnott, " X
Sebastian, t. Toombs, Z. N 7 Hunter
J. NJ Mason. j. T. Benjamin, Lucius J
Gartrcll, John II Reagan, Jno i. Morri-
son
Ave shall publish the address next week
We see that Norton the orgauist Of
the present state Government of Texas,
the chief bugleman Of Old Sim hs Brig
adler General at head quarters, was
much made Of at the Baltimore conyen
ton He came and knocked at the doors
and was admitted ly Gen C0ombs, OF
Kentucky as follows
The Chair announced that a delesj'
ton from Texas had Just arrived, and
was waiting at the door
The delegates entered. and were u.
ccivcd with three cheers
Gen Coombs begged leave to intro.
ducc the chairman of the Texas dclega-
ton. tho man with hair on his face and
head. who had sworn twelve years ago
not 10 have his hair or beard cut till
Henry Clay was elected President --
T Laughter and applause
He was afterwards put on the com.
'mittcc on Platform by the Convention.
/ Accordingly we are to suppose That he
stands up to the action If that Cnnveu-
ton squarcly, and that the Governor Of
Texas. hiG Secretary Of state, and all
his Brgadiers do likewise Most OF
| them will do so Of their own accord
Wonder If in supporting tho " tonslitu-
tional Union party" or in other words
the old Federal party, they intend II
call it jackson Democracy y Jack
son Democrat voting for John Bell
When Prentice was here the other day
and plas,cred Jackson's tomb over two
feet deep with oulogy, our FREUD Tom
Lubbock. sworc that the old hcro's bones
ratified so loud ia their coffin that lac
heard their Ill the way. TO Tcxas. II the
euogy Of Prentice would do that, the
coupling Of Jacksous name with that ol
John Bell in any way, would produce an
earthquake for thousand miles around
! the Hermitage .-H oustf Telegraph
Prentice eulogize jackson! Great
heavens Among all the uncomprom
sing opponents of that illnsirious mans
administration. and personal as well as
political revilers, none oqual'cd this same
George D. Prentice, either in richness OF
volatility The elegance Of rhetoric
the seemingly cxhauslcss strains Of sat
ire and wit, and ribald.y. the offensive
ness of which was in part relieved by
the dicton in which it was expressed
for years filled the columns Of the Lou
isyille journal in detraction Of the old
patriot. Who that read the columns OF
that paper from 1929 to 1887, could have
been induced TO believe that George y
Prentice would ever plaster Gen. Jack
sons tomb over two feet deep with eulo
gy ," And then the idea Of such man
delivering lectures upon political honesty
Norton is a Ike specimen upon a
smaller scale A delegate to the Charles
ton Convection took the pains to Inquire
into his antocedonts prv'lous to ''s hc'
! Element in Texas, and informs us tn,.,
/ he learned at Charleston, that he was
recognized in Ohio as frersoide'. OF
course he il Conservative man here, and
hates everything that savors Of south
ern rights.
| L1~ The Democratic mass meeting
held in this place on Saturday last,
passed a resolution ordering the publ