The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-01-26

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ne oanirv, ~ tis,orp and NJ "rsoH" ~
N. Gore n,qcrf saaer rsiei Il IS hrias'
and Mt be a foa
IL onr issue Of the Dab NE desoieG
chapter to The elioF II The NJ Fh"s'"'
Union. intended DOS alone for hm. and
the public JOURNAL oyer which be pfrs' res
but for all other newspapers and p"i't'-
clans within lhc bounds Of our circulation
who oocnpy Ike position. We regret
that our remarks did not have TIN effect
desired, and that we irriiatcd instead -
convincing or colemporery. Men ar
reluctant to believe that they nave given
lust cause for ohsusc where none was w.
tended Hence we are ~ the epialon'
that iho complaints Of oar eoiempernry
have originated ia a misappfehens'oh oi
our remarks, ra,boI iha1 from amy invld
ions reflections contained in them.
To lie more explicit, and wo trust COM
nrehensive, VIZ are satisfied there Ia a
class OF politicians ia the South who de-
sire the Southern States % submit 20 the
election Of LacoIn, aud who have deter
mined 70 exhaust al the arts Of political
strategy to eject their object The edi-
tor Of the Union must he sensible Of tbie
fact. Immediately after the Presidential
election, these subn ssians,s. as they are
mildly termed. suddenly discovered that
Mr.. Lincoln was, after all most conaeF'
vative aud proper sor, Of man and that
Tie south bad aoiaisg 10 appFehend from
Ills administration that 10 all probaoi'i-
,y he would make better President than
Mr.. Bachanan Or bis patriotic predeces'
,nr. In order u establish this, they gar
pled his speeches, studioasly leaving out
everything that was Objectionable or Of
fensivr 70 the South They performed he
same gracious act with The recent spec u
of TrnmbolI. made 40 Lincoln's pres
ence, and which wesanderstood to effect
the posi,ion Of the President elect copy
ing all tba, portion u It which contained
empty aud high sounding professions Ut
good faith, patriotism. and fidelity to the
Constitution, and leaving 1ut those s'r'A-
ing passagss Which announced bis adhe-
rance to the Chicago platform, and bis de-
termination to accomplish the purposes
Of those who had elected him
Is il not a mild term to donominate
sugh MN as sataiseionists ? Are they
mol traitsrsl Traitors 90 She South, to
,be equality Of the states. aud 70 CON
sutu}ioual Uiiun7
There is another class who. from igpor-
snee Of the tfar condition Of the country
or from an infruutg o. understanding,
denonuce secession. and everything thai
ccntemplates separate Stale action.
Tbeoe two elements composing the op
pos,lina hsvs acted apdconllsue 10 ACT 10
harmony. TIE arst assumed thcgruund
tha, Nj. Lincoln WA eeusQtutional So
elcclrd, and tbAt rsslfinhee 10 BIS admin
,n,ratien would hs treason. fhat ~e
onyht 10 wait for an avert actA Justify
iuu resistance. That he was said 10 be
an honess n.sn, and sithongh elected as
a sectionai President, mighi, when be
took the oath to support the Cons'''ut'"n'
pursue a course that would he unexcep
iionable, ae., Sc Thea they were for
Southern Convention, and proposing
terms Of compromise 10 the North ! for
taxing Northern goeds for Southern
cooperation and few Ike our friend
Of the Union, for demanding our rights,
exhausnng all the constitutional rene
dies to getthem, aud failing. then ~ 20
war to maintain them by the force Of
arms
Now when we place the editor Of the
Union in the latter elass. we d. not
charge him, as BE- seema 70 think, with
being fool 4 man may be very well
informed on some subjects and know
nothing or but little about others and,
should he attempt to write or speak upon
a question that he has not properly IN
OF considered, It Is not l'kely
that h!s reflections would be very ediiy
inr. We mean no disrospeci, therefore,
10 our Contemporary when we say 70 ~,
that we perceive from bis editorials 'aat
he does not understand tho subiec; he ID
attempting to discuss for the enlighten
men Of others that he is deficient IN the
political history Of his country, anl does
not even understand the structure 81 The
Government under which he Is living
If be understood its political history,
h. waGid remember NJ FllImore'e Al
hany ard Rochester speeches. delivered
IN the canvass ~ 1856, " which he do
ciased that the election Of Mr Fremont
would and uugh; T. dlasc'ge the Union.
He would recollcoi de speech 81 Dsaiel
Webster ct Capon Springs, Virginia, ia
which be said that if the Northern States
(aiied OF refused to carry nut the fugitive
slave law it was q just canse of disunioni
that a bargain broken on one side was
Il, enen On ~ sides. ne would be more
correctly informed Of the positions OF
Lane, Dickinson. and 0'Counor. That he