The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-01-12

Union 10 be diooircd
He has said
III | were in Congress, and a vote
should come up on u question whether
slavery shond be prohibited IN a new
territory, in spite Of TIN, bred Scott de-
cision. | would vote that it should
The freesoil party entered the late Pres'
iaen,ial canvass with the direct enuncis-
ton that slavery must be confined to its
present limits, and with the declaration
that thus confined, its extinction was
mere question Of time that henceforth
,he power and patronage of the Govern
men, mus, be given III favor OF freedom
and against slavery In anticipation OF
the abolition triumph that followed, Mr..
Seward annouacea that the battle IN Ia
vor Of freedom bad already been fought
and the victory won That FIFTY years IN
the history Of q nation was as but one IN
the lie OF an individual and that the
anti.slavery party should wal, with pa
,ience and forbearMcc the inevitable
result The day succeeding the election
of Lincolu. Mr Sumner said
Every four years we chose new
President, but i, very rarely happens
that we chose new government, But
Yesterday we not only chose nett Pres
if,ni but H,u gore nnieR new order
OF thugs was naugurated by the vote
Of Yesterday, which will put our country
under a new direction aud lit it up 70
the platform Of principles on which 1t
was originally placed by the Fathers
Several things may be considered to be
fairly established by the vote OF yester-
day. il we hook at 1t IN u practical light
First, the American people have de-
Glazed according to the very words Of
Madison, that II is wrong 10 admit into
the Constitution the idea that there can
he properly in man They have declared
that slavery, It 1t exists anywhere, is sec
tioual and must derive all such HE AS II
has from local laws. not from the Coustl-
tuition IN other words that slavery Is
sectional and freedom national IN OPP
position to the idea which has been pat
toward So often, that freedom was sec
,ional and slavery national
In the second place, the American
people have d,ciared By tbs rots that all
the outlying Territories of the govern
ment, 80 enormous IN extent, aud destined
fu Toe inhabited hy an immense popula
ton. shall he enuscctatcd 10 freedom
that, the soil shall never be- pressed by
the iootcp- Of u slave
Here then is a party pledged TO the
subvcrsiun of the Constitution and t.
the Inauguration oi new government
that proclaims that henccforih we are 60
have no voice in that Government, and
that it IS to be administered to our deg
radiation. aud ultimate destruction This
party W TIA fall and explicit dcclara-
ton Of IT. principles and purposes. has
,riumphed by purely sectional vote
Is there any prospect ot reversing
that verdict? Oar Senator'S and Repre-
scniattrs 10 Congress who have lrcn
truc 10 ON interests, tell us there is u3ur
whatever, ami that there is ~ hope 81
the South except in prompt aud immedi
ate secession Our Northern friends
tell 90. the same thing Dickinson. Of
NV York, instiiies the South in scccs-
sion. OCunucr secs no prospect of =
change. ard that duty and patriotism.
alike call tor resistance GEN Joseph
Lane regards it as a choice between frc.
dom and degradation and that The
Northern army which attempts to- suhgi.
gate Southern State fighting Tor its
constitutional rights, will find him in
the ranks of the Southern army, and that
the invaders will have to march t. veto.
tory over his dead body. Daniel Web
stcr thought the failure to carry ont the
fugitive slave law was a justifable
cause for disun:on. Even NJ Fillmore.
an anti slavery man IA he Is. said that
the triumph of Fremont would and ought
to dissolve the Union
The declarations Of such sentiments
by Northern men ought to mantle with
sh me the cheeks Of such men as are
editing the Union. the Qnitmau Clipper
the Paris Press, and the NJ Kinney Mes
senger on such orators as Bogart .rog
morton, and Eppersoo. These men com
plain of being denominated submission
ists' A very mild term, it seems to US
Charity has caused US to excuse their
obiquity, and TO ascribc their present
COURSE 20 an inGrmty OF understanding,
or TO a want Of knowledge Of the true con.
d,iou Of the c, nntry, otherwise we should
think TRAITORS a more jus, and fitting
appellatiou'
These editors and orators would wait
for an covert act " under Mr. Lincoln
LiEcon's administration What covert
act" do they anticipate II he were
wise. he would commit none but by a
mild and concillatory policy endeavoi to
strengthen his party in the North, and to
extend it to the South
But he has been, say these politicians,
constltutonally elected --lhat is accord.
ing to the forms Of the Constitution
and therefore submission is a virtue.