The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-05-11
sncvLp TREASON AND vALsKnoop LoHeES
poILurE our STATE CAPITAL


paper and others OF like ilk, sustained
by any portion Of the people OF iexas
II they are. we do not hesitate TO say
tina, persons who patronize such paper
are little better than this Ohio abolition
ia, If they are not thus sustained. from
whence do they obtain their support
The In,cligencer Of the Ord ult., contain
ed a high sounding editorial, represent
ing in substance, that the people from
one emu of the State to the other, were
in high state Of excitement bordering
on phrensy, occasioned by the act oil 'he.
State Convention, anuexing Texas 10 the
Confederate States That they were
holding public meetings everywhere ana
dcnonncing the Convention, and that a
storm of public indignation was rising
which would consign the precipitation to
lasting disgrace. That such was the
overwhelming sense of public feeling in
the Northern counties Of the State, that
the people Of that section were about to
set mp government Tor themselves, com
posed of Northern Texas and the Indian
Nation. "Thc proposed State, - 1t says
will contain an area of 100. 900 square
miles. which is All area sufficient for an
empire with population 0. 25o, ooo
Now, what arc the iactsY The ordi-
nance annoxng Texas TO the Confederate
States has met the hearty concurrence
Of nearly the entire population oil Iexas,
save and except few submlssionlsts,
who have dwindlcd down until they form
a mere handful No such movement cx-
lists in the Northern counties as Is spoken
of in the lntclligencer, and with the ex-
ception of two or three disgraccfui, IN
significant meetings held in certain dis
tempered localities, there has been no
evidence Of public disapprobation. The
Indians, so far from siding with the Lin
cou government, AS is well known, arc
with the South.
| Is there a man in Texas, possessing any
claim TO veracity or with any lHracter to
lose. who will deny these facts 2 And
that the Convention represented truly the
popular sentiment of the state, IL evl
donced in the fact that there was but an
vote cast in opposition TO annexlng Texa'
/ to the Confederate States of the South
! But when a man in the North reads this
and similar articles in the lnteligencer
and sces that the paper is published a
the State capital, that it is a large, fine
looking sheet, apparently well patronizcd
/ he can como to no other conclusion thar
/ that there is a powerful party in Texas
ready and anxious TO sustain Lincoln
aud that all that is necessary to suhJu
gate the State, is he presence Of North
! ,,,..-...- tur tu- trtuuiSv n"t uut'
announces the widest excitement il
every portion If the State, and opci
rebellion in the Northern committees. which
it states are determined 10y the force o
arms 10 uaiuiaiu rebellion aud the rish
to live under an abolition government
but the editor cxulta over it 40 an oxhibi
ton Of patriotism
Is 1t right to permit the publication il
in Texas, aud particularly at our Stat
capital, of such llcontions, dcpraved
reasonable, inccndiary newspaper as the
lntelligencer sheet filed with false
hoods and abuse OF Southern patriotism
If it is, there is no use any longer o.
running off abolitionists and abolition
inccndiares They are pinks of truth
virtue, and patriotism, compared with the
| conductors Of such a sheet, or those who
endorse and support it And il we are
justified by the law of self preservation,
in running on and hanging abolition in.
cendiaries, such traitors ao are connected
with the lutelligencer, who are inviting
an invasion OF our territory from Kansas
and other quarters, should not escape.
| And they will not, unless they leave the
confines Of our territory and that speed.
lily. The time is rapidly Fastening, if it
has not already arrived, when such men
and newspapers will not be tolerated in
Texas, OF any portion Of the South But
is Norton, the editor Of the lntoligencer,
half as much 10 blame as the Southern
men who are sustaining him, the Paschals,
IIamiltons, etc. These are the men who
without any warrant or apology, are
working mischief in our State, and an
they admire Lincoln and his government
so much, and have such h,ror of a
Southern Coniedcracy, the earlier they
are treated as abolitionists, the better.
Such men have no business in Texas, and
ought not to be permitted longer to pol.
lutte the soil.
TuE RIGHr SplRrr.--The Caddo Gazette con.
ialns the names OF ten citizens Of Caddo parish
who contributed s905 to the Caddo Rifles
There were besides other contributions in money