The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-03-30

/ lbsn hsN or dt)sssats y ths Conves-
a., ~ writer Gays we viii head Opt
ln6ssa.s This y lgusssivs language.
~ IL ~ sense, isFwhica 4 u used. u
= eoassmus4ies dsvestly q he prayed
|Gcr bst h saolAsr ssass Il wsrs we'll u
seas 90 weu,d 'hssds sons Of the mc'n.
tsss II tsss Aososab,e body. II 'san
assic,s shss they very much need. Some
Al tbcn are nero AedsiiHgs recently
Imported. vim scarcely tarricd sufficient
y fong in--in--Jcricho for tloir boards
TO grow. Of such material tho Cont
mental Congress. which adopted tina, i'm
mortal production the Declaration OF In
dependence, was not constituted. Men
whose talents or experience had ripencd
into wisdom were there. DR.. Franklin,
who played a part as a civilian equal to
the role which Washington played as
soldier, was scvcuty.fivc years OF age at
the commencement Of tho war Of the re-
voiation. Stephen Hopkins was eighty
when he affixed his signature TO the great
Declaration. Our ancestors placed the
RICH, men in the right places the old
nes IN tho council chamber. the young
ncn in the field. To the former the Ian
guage Of the poet might well be applied !:
Their head. .cre .ilvcr+d err with age.
And long experience made them sage
We do not mean TO assert that they were
all Old men, but they were all mature,
ripe, miadlc-agcd men.
Tho writer % the letter says further !:
u signed it (,bc secession ordnance)
with as much pride and pleasure as
John Hancock took ia signing the Dc
claraton Of independence We opinc
that our ancestors felt neither very much
Of pride or pleasure whilst engaged IN
the act which severed the tie that united
them 10 the mother conniry. The result
Of the struggle for independence was
deemed by the most sanguinc as exceed.
ingly doub,ful and should it be disas.
trous to the colonies, the signcrs knew
that they would hc the especial objects
of royal vengeance. The stoutcsi hearts
knew that ihc act was frausht with i'm
mincnt peril. and had powerful prcscn
,imcn, of Jeilrics sentencing them 70
the gallows; yet therc were brave hearts
there, and all who signed cvinced great
moral courage. |, is said that there were
several Charles CAROLS in Mary land, but
the courageous signcr attached the words
"of Carrollton," TO his signature, to fasicn
the responsibility upon himself alone
Hence, those were very properly said 10
be times that tried mems souls" But
we should like to know what peril OF re.
sponsibiIity was incurred by signing the
ordinance Of secession y was got an
act for which the signcis- cenld be indict.
3D. convicted, sentenced, hung, drawn
and quartercd. We assure the gentle.
men that they are in no more danger
than we poor plcbians who remained a,
home. Some were so cla,cd with the
,aurels with which the. had cncirclcd
their hrows by attaching their names to
that immortal instrumcn,-thc ordinance
Of secession, that they arrived at the
sage conclusion that their mountainous
lahors were %, an end aud they desired
rcsosc after SO csl;nns,ipg an effort But
now that Sam Houston HIS taken that
position we presume they will scccde
from il. For ourselves, we have always
maintained that there was much, very
much, that the Convention ought to do
besides passing an ordinance OF secession
Among other things, we think they ought
to amend tho State Constitution so as to
adopt the federal or slave basis Of repre-
scntasion We perceive that il is retain
cd in the Constitution Of the Confederate
Stater. Y is more necessary and proper
that Il should be inserted in our State
Constitution II is founded in Justice In
Texas, more than any other State in the
southern Confcderacy, the safety of the
institution demands IT, Many think that
the non slavehollng mechanic ought to
he relieved from the competition. in his
trade. Of slaves, by Constitutional pro-
vision TO this opinion we strongly il.
cline. There are many other topics well
worthy the consideration Of the owen
ton, 10 which we have not time even to
aludc We are pleased 10 learn that il
is She intention Of our correspondent to
remain in Austin until everything ia
done which the cxgcncics Of the occa-
sion demand, but we are not pleased 10
learn that che is doing everything he can
to Dispatch business rapidly The Con.
vcn,ior IN or should be, iclbcrativc
assembly. Rapidly and dclbcration
are incongruors terms. This is said to be
n fas, age; but fnm a fast judge OF
fast" legislator, Good lord deliver us
II any gentleman should chance to
think that there is any alIusion to himself
personally, in this article. we sag TO him
AZ Nathan did to David, "Thon art the