The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-02-09
The Marshall Republican seems bent

the Union. He is determined 10 be pac-
flied with nothing else He is unwilling
o. live in the Union with the North, II
they were determined 10 brave all Diff.
ouliics aud deiray every expense in de-
livcriug mp the fugitive slaves for. says
he the reclamation of a fugitive would be
a positive injury TO the planter. as such
a negro would corrupt all the servants
with whom he came IN contact Then il
be- is worthless. what rights are YOU con
tending forl A little nj time Of the
.hcep's skin is moved back. the clover
foot gradually appears and the dear PEG
pie" will soon hc aware Of what has been
designed Mehnn,v hsu,ngey
We would ask our contemporary If the
foreg oigg article is eithera fair statement
Of our position, OF an honest review OF
onr remarks He knows. or ought {.
know, that il is not Aud it moriiiies II.
to believe that this perverison ia not tn,
result of ignorance, flr the editor Of th,
Messenger is intelligent and well in
formed Il it designed II so, we are pei
surprised that he should be regarded by
many Of hs ncighbors "a a ireesoiler
We presented the facts clearly and dis
iincily. There could be no misundcr
standing them Equivocaiion and aodg
ing therefore. are inexcusablo
The fugitive slave law, as he wei
knows, ia. for all practicable purposes q
dead letter on the statute book Al
overwhelming majority If the Norihcrr
people are opposed 10 it's execution
Eleven Of their States have Get it at d.
Gancc That is the cast as it stand /.
We then presented a statement Of facts
obvious - the plaincst understanding
tina, 1t was in the power II a minority
in The Northern States. bound together
to defeat the law, and t.at a negro
toasted and ietod by these abolition
lists, seated at their luxurious tables
placed ia their best beds, and taken So
crctly to their lecture rooms t. hear his
supposed wrongs descautcd upon, would
bc very poor property when # reclaimed
That therefore, the majority In The
Northern States should change their sen.
timcnts. and determine to brave all dill
culiics and enforce the law that reclaim
ed slaves, under the operation Of North
ern associations, would be rendered
worse than useless to their owners
The editor of the Messenger asks, that
If this be the cause, what rights are We
contcuding for7 Did be read our arti-
Gle II he did. he well knows our posi-.
ton II he will copy it, his readers, We
venture to say, will ono and all compre-
bend it,
We are in favor Of union Of equality,
Of Justice and fraternal feeling. in which
all the requirements Of the Constitution
are respected and enforced We are op.
posed 10 union of inequality, Of sec
tioual battered, and ia which the Cons,i.
tuition is ,rampied under foot In other
words, we are opposed TO Union con.
trollod by aholitiouism And this con.
-iiintcs the difference hefwacn the odito9
and ourself To paraphrasc his own
language, he seems bent on nothing 40
much as to force the people Of Texas to
live under abolition rule. lie knows
that the Northern people have surrender
ed the control of the Federal Government
to the abolitionls,s that the man whom
they have elected President hates
slavery, aud desires to see the institu-
ton abolished and regards his election
as the FIRST step toward its gradual cx-
tincion Tha, the fugitive slave law
can never be enforced That our equal
rights in tic territories will never be
recognized but that slavery under the
operations of such a government Is to be
hcmmod in, and that consequently its
abolition Is u mere question # time.
That in word, all hopes Of preson, con
cilia'ion have failed, and we have no.
thing TO expect in the future except war
upn. our social and political rights
That the men who follow Lincoln in his
advent to power, aud who are to control
the dcsinies Of This country, are the sym
pa,hizers with John Brown and the al.
vocatcs of negro equality, and that, under
their control, the government throughout
all its departments, and wherever the
American flag floats, is to be perverted
to our injury and ultimate destruction
The editor of the Messenger is in favor
Of submission to such government and
continued alliance with such people
and we are not,
Which isright9 Which is the patriot
Which the traitor
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