The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-04-06

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the moet cordial and enthusias,ic dcscrip-
ton. greeted him. Nj. Stephens was
presented 70 tho thousands Of admirers
who had assembled to do him koeor. by
the Mayor in few very appropriate
words of welcome.
In response, Mr.. Stephens excused
him-clf, from his state Of weariness and
fatigue, from making any very extended
remarks, but said be desired TO notice an
sllusion Of the Mayor 10 the labors OF the
Congress a, Montgomery. With marked
emphasis Mr. Stephens said that in all
the public bodies in which he had ever
served the country, and in his experience
they had not been few, be never met as
many men combining the same exalted
talent with as much Of devoted, unsclsh
patriotism. Their whole aim seemed TO
I b. 10 see the right and to pursue it..
/ This was his opinion bat very soon we
would have the opportunity OF seeing
what had been done and passing upon IT
ourselves. He ventured TO say, that the
I history Of the world did not present such
another social phenomenon AS the exist
ing revolution in the Cotton states. a
vast empire was divided government
thrown III, a new system Inaugnfated IN
iux,aposition to the old, and without a
drop Of blood. the slightest social disor-
der or physical Suffering. All we had to
do, said the speaker, 20 perpetnatc this
happy state of things, was TO be true TO
our own honor and fame. We were
once Unionists but now were all Scces-
sionisis and it we continued 10 display
to all the world the proper union Of
hearts and purpose, there could be no
such word as faii for Va. But, IN most
eloquent tones he declared, if disscn,ions
springipg from venal and selfish ambi'
tons, il unreasoniug and captious fault
finding should distract and discourage
the true friends OF Southern liberty, >" he
could prophesy no good for u.s. Mr..
Stephens said that he had once venerated
the old Constitution under which he had
been born and did still feel great re-
spect for 1t. But upon a dispassionate
comparison Of the two Constitutions, he
did not hesitate to declare that the new
was an improvement on the old
He went on 10 state that he thought
tho mode of appropriating money when
brought into the Treasury by taxation,
as nrov;ded for by the Constitution of
the Confederate States, "A decided i'm
movement on that of any government
whatever. The labor, he sad, was not
40 much to get money in the public chest
as TO protect il from misappropriation
after ii was raised BY the new Con
stitution not a dollar could be drawn
from tho public Treasury, unless by a
two thirds vote Of Congress. An excep
ton 10 this rule was only made when
the President should report to Congress
tina. pressing public necessity and exi.
,pencv called for IT. Another grand DIFF
: ference between the old and new Con
s,i,u,ion the Fathers looked upon the
fallacv of the equality of races as un.
derlaying the fountains Of republican
liberty. Jefferson. Madison, and Wash.
inpton. and many others. were tender OF
the word slave IN the organic law, and
all looked forward to the time when tn.
in ,itu,ion Of Slavery should be remov-
ed from our midst as trouble and II
stumbling block. This delnsion could
no, be traced in any Of the component
parts of the Southern Constitution In
that instrument we solemnly discarded
the pcstieu. hercsy Of fancy politicians.
tina, all men. of all races. were equal.
and we had made African inequality and
subordination. and the quality or white
men. the chief corner atone oil the
Southern Republic. With An honest ad-