The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-08-10
MARSHALL TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 1861.

: of Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and
! other States, assembled here, promised
} men and money TO support the President
in the irrcptcsslble conflict which they
now invoked And thus it was sir, tina,
the necessities of party in the panga
Of dissolution, in the very hour and arli
clio Of death, demanding vigorous fneao
urcs, which could result in nothing but
civil war, renewed secession, absolute
and eternal disunion, were preferred and
hearkencd to before the peace and harmo-
ny and prosperity Of the whole country.
But there was another and yet strong
er impelling cause without which this
horrid calamity Of civil war might have
been postponed, and, perhaps. finally
averted. One Of the last and worst acts
Of Congress, which, born in bitterness
and nurtured in convulsion, literally did
those things which it ought not to have
done. and left undonc those things which
il ought to have done, WAS the passage
Of an obscene, illconsidered, illdgested,
and unstatesmanlike high protective tar
il act, commonly known as the Morrill,
tariff" just about the same time, too,
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cry adopted our old tariff Of 1851, which
we had Just rejected to make way for
the Morrill, act fixing their rate OF duties
at five, fifteen aud twenty per cent lower
than ours. The result was AS inevitable
AZ the laws Of trade are MEMORABLE.
Trade and commerce especially the
trade and commerce Of the West--begau
TO look 10 the South Turned out of
their natural course years ago, by the
canals and railroads OF Pennsylvania
and New York. nAd diverted eastward
at heavy loss to the West, they threat
ened now to resume their ancient and
accustomed channels-ihc water courses
the Ohio and the Mississippi And
political association and union. i, was
well known, must soon follow the direc.
ton of interest and trade. The city Of
New York, the great commercial empo-
! rum Of the Union, and the Northwest,
the chief grainery Of the Union, began
to clamor now loudly for - repeal Of the
pcrnicious aud ruinous tariff Threaten
| ed thus with the loss Of both political
power and wealth, or the repeal OF the
tariff, and at last of both, New England
and Pennsylvania. too, the. land Of
| Penn, Graded in peace-dcmauding now
coercion and civil war, with all its hor
rors, as the price of preserving either
| from destruction. Ay sir, fennsylva-
MIA. the great keystone q the arch OF
the Union, was willing To lay the weight
of her iron upon that sacred arch, aud
crush it beneath the load The subjuga
ton of the Sou,h-ay. sir the suJiaga-
Ton Of the South am not talking to
children or fools for there is not man
IN this house Ut TO be representative
here who aoes ROT know the South can
not be forced 10 yield obedience to your
laws and authority until yon have con
queted and snbjugated hcr--,he suhiuga-
/ ton of the South, and the closing up OF
her porN, frs, by fotce. in wac, and at
forwards by tarifl laws, IN peace, was
deliberately resolved upon by the East
Ard, sir, when once this policy was be
gun. the selfsamc motives OF waning
! commerce aud threatened loss Of trade
/ impclled the great city Of New York,
and her merchants and her politicians
and her press. with here and there an
| honorable exception, to place herself III
the very front rank among the worship
ers Of Moloch Much, indeed. OF thai,
outburst and uprising IN the North,
which followed the proclamation OF the
1 18th Of April, AS well, chaps, IA the
proclamation itself. was called forth, not
SO much by the fall of Fort sumter an
even, long anticipated-as 10y the notion
that the instruction might be crushed