The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-05-25

WHITTIER ere We drifting il the
futuro history Of the Greet Republic
written IN the present history N chaOtie
AexicoI II the tiNe 1t hand VIXEN ~
Consultations and tho laws are 10 b.
trampscd under foot BY the whole Amer.
lean peopls Prominent men, Rcpubli.
cans and Democrats, already begin 10
talk Of the overthrow Of the present ad.
ininistration and the establishment OF .
military dcspotism Strange m this
may seem, nevertheless it is true, a. will
be seen by the following extracts from
is taken from the Times whose editor
and proprietor holds an immportant
Office under Lincoln, though not such as
his ambition demanded
wAnTxD-A LEADEx.
In every great crisis, the human heart
demands q leader that incarnates its
ideas, its emotions AMI its aims. Till
such leader appears. everything IL dis.
order, disastcr and defeat. The moment
b. takes the helm, order. prompti,udc
and confidence follow an the necessary
result. When we see such results. we
know that u hero leads. No such hero
at present directs affairs. The expert.
cncc Of our government for months past
has been q series Of defeats. II has
been one continued retreat. Its path is
marked by the wrecks of property dc.
s,royed. 1t has thus far only urged war
upon itself The spirit cvok.
ed within the last fortnight has had no
parallel since the days Of Peter the Her.
nit
Where is the leader of this sublime
passion? Can the Administration furnish
him ?
From the first it's policy has been
purely negative. and co ID up in Wash.
inpton. surrounded ON all sides by a
hostile population. it still thinks only of
selfdefcnce. and Yields TO the demands
of those seeking destruction in tho
measured periods of diplomatic inter.
course. Well may The heart Of the North
tnr'. away s'ckcned al snch spectacle
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In another article the same paper
makes use of the following language
awe will sipnlv rcmark tina, the
President, RIMS no small risk Of being
srpey,,lod in his Office if he undertakes
~ tbw,r, the clear and manifest l.lcr.
mina,ion Of the people TO maintain the
authority Of the Government of the
United States, and pro,ec, lis honor
We are in ,h, mids, OF revolution, and
I in such emergencies the people are very
apt to fnd some ,rrueeafe,ire leader. II
/ the forms of law Do not happen t. have
given them one 1t would be well for
| Lincoln To- bear in mind the possibility
| Of such an event"
The next is taken from the n. Y.
Evening Post, edited by Bryant, the
poet and politician. whose paper has
ever been nf the mos, radical Rcpuhli.
can stripe:
"FArLrs oS Born SIDES Let us. speak
frankly of what appears to Ms TO have
been errors committed bv the new Adj.
ministration.
One Of these was TO have made no
earlier preparation for the defence Of
Washington.
VIVA, do we sec as the consequence OF
this neglect? Washington is
actually in state Of siege our capital
is a bcleag ucrcd city the President, and
the Cabinet aud the chief of the Amcri
can army are in effect prisoners, separa.
ted from the loyal citizens of the Union,
shu, up and guarded from access by a
hostile force
Is there no man high in Office and in,
vested with large military powers, who
will take the responsibility Of breaking
through this hostile circle: no man who
will lead on the thousands and the hun.