, 1861-09-11

The malignity Of the Texas rebels is |
greatly increased by the recollection Of
what they have los. by their causeless and
wicked rebellion. When the aspiring pol
ilicians Of that State obtained the mastery
OF the people, and BY the arts that have
never yet failed, forced them iuto violent
and bloody revolution, Texas had half a
million Of dollars IN the hands ct
the Federal Government, and q full
million due her School Fund; her
postal system WAS maintained at
great cost, her frontier was rigidly de-
Tended BY Federal troops, and her every
interest was looked after with the care
that father bestows On the fortunes Of
his most loved children. The money she
has lost, the advantages Of protection she
has cast from her. Her treasury is empty;
her schools have bean shut up, her mail
facilities have been Withdrawn, and her
frontier is all the while open to the in
croachmcnts of saTages. Her railroad
system, lately in prosperous state Of for
wardness has fallen to the ground; the
immense SUMS invested in it by her own
people have been sunk; her credit is utterly
destroyed; her vast crops arc rotting in
the fields where they were grown; her ports
are closed, and al over the State bank
ruptcy and ruin stare her merchants and
planters full in the face. What useless
destruction! Texas WIS the pet child Of
the Union She has no complaint to make
Of want Of protection and care. Her
rights have been sedu}ously guarded She
has lost no slaves by fight; she has suf.
fercd no loss by hsurrections. She has
has never had reason to apprehend med
dlesome interference with her domestic
institutions from any source whatever,
Why then she should have plunged into
the gulf, will remain one Of the unsolved
problems Of the history Of the period
We have reason to know that the mad
ness which Influenced her to join her for
tuEes to South Carolina, Is wearin!
itself out; that the pains and penalties Q
the insn1rection against constituted au
thority are exhibiting their salutary II
suits; that, beneath the scum and froth {
secession defamation = solid Union fee
ing is 1eVivipg; and that the wish for th
return Of old conditions and for the oil
servance Of old obligations, is taking rap1
possession of the public mind. Wha
have we to gain by continuing this Wat
is the daily question that men are strivin
to answer. Shall be more secure, moi
prosperous, happier, more honored, MOI
powerful as the tail of the Southern Co
federacy, than as the integral part of
great Republic? THERE'S 81 old man
Texas, now quietly at work on his fazr
taking no part in public affairs, but atte
lively observing the revolutions Of opinlo
for whom these questions have long bet
decided. Under his apathy Of to-day y
believe there burns pure and unquenc
able desire for the honor and unity Of h
country, All over that State are 10y
men looking to him for the signal for q
ton that will restore the authority Of t
Federal power and put to flight the trs
ors by whom Texas has been dragged IL
degradation and misery them
fight CT bring them to the punishmt
that they have earned Sam. Houston
not get dead and until he is gonc,
Union sentiment Of his State has po
of concentration; and sooner or later
this contest, it will strive to undo the n
chief which treason aas wrought