The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-01-11
COL !. n. EPrExsON

signature of the gentleman WHOSE BAUM
head, this article, intended 20 present
the reasons why he was recently de'e"t
ed IN that District sor Congress. iie AZ
leges that his successful coispe''A''
Hon " B. Wright. acted IN bad ia''h
tow ards him ny making secret "n'
Though The Western counties OF VI"
p;.,tiet where be assslcd him Upper
sa,A u. susn,.nd on the slavery question,
and charged him. upon his record WIN
having endorsed the doctrines o' 'ho
u,lner book. and attempted to inansn
rate civil war and rebellion against the
Confederate Government.
Regarding Mr. Eppcrson as prudent
man. we were not little surprised 81
ilia production, in which modification
and bitterness are 50 plainly manifest
According to ar IS icIieace, an editor
wh, attemp,s To account for the defeat
Of his party, OF a candidate who ahae''
takes TO explain why hc was beaten ny
, Councillor. is engaged in an uupleas'
ant and Improbable business. lie may
give very cogcut reasons why SUCCESS
nueh, 10 have attended bis efforts ms
statements arguments, and dednct'ons'
may appear plausible, but after ingeh"F
~ has been exhausted, the naked iaet
of the defeat. which language IS made
aua,e 10 change, still remains \ de-
leated candidate is regarded, even by
bia friends as failure The late can
yass il ia them dat aud Improbable !
i,s eiIcrvcscnce is gone, aud cannot be
recalled The eloquent speaker VINO
commanded the enthusiastic shouts o.
the multitude, aud to whose ford sen
teneos they listened with delight has
then but few hearers and fewer adm'
rers
That Mr.. Epperson should have been
candidate for a scat in the Congress o.
the new government, was 10 u" ana "
!. many others, mn,teroi great surprise
The idea Of Southern Couicdoracy ha'
. been to him fpr period Of upwards @
! fifteen years. the raw bead and BLOODY
( bones spectre Of his political life Tn
5 words secession aud notification wer
. o,oiapus of evil Ever acting wit
. those who were willing to conccdt
under the name Of compromise, ID
rights Of the South, to preserve III
Union. he has gone on, step by sieI
until the Back Republican party ol
: tanned the control Of the government
Then instead Of acknowledging ms c
+, FOR, and endcavoring TO atone thereto
he came out more violently Than ever
the side II the 'niun His intellect at
:, W energies were exhausted IN the va
hcpubicuHur INC ghi IL Maflh last :,
Z reviewed secret circular " Address I
the People OF the State issucd from til
city Of Austin. signed by certain Deb
!. gates to tie State Convention, aud Sem
Q tors and Representatives, the object ,
which was TO induce the people to voi
u against the ordinance of secession. WI
b the author Of the address was las neve
come 70 light 1t is sufficient for OF
4 present purpose 20 know that Mr.. Eppc
= sons name was attached to it, and tina
4 he has never publicly stated tina, it wa
. placed there without authority. Til
r address abounded in perversions, ncol
c rect statements, unwarran,ed aud illag
: zeal deductions, and the bases, and mos
sordid Of all appeals to the people, PEI
I, sonal safety aud pccuniary loss, iron
the act Of secession
To quote the language we used at IT,
time, the worst feature Of this ohnos
ions publication, was lis irccsoil charac
ter Il assumed tina, all the slave State
: ii united, could only maintain slavery
! for time - that the border say,
; States would soon abolish the institu
ton and join the North that the great
er part Of the civilized world was op
posed to slavery, and that war, which
would necessarily ensuc from a lissou
tiun Of the Union, would lead TO it's de
struciion Aud then the suppositior
was advanced that the border States
had interests too great TO be sacrificed
to slavery; that they might not join us
and would consequently be forced to
abolish It. In other words, slavery was
a doomed institution, and /, was better
to submit 10 slow decay in the Union,
than to eeeountcr speedy destruction in
a Southern couicderacy Bni it did not
stop even at this 1t cudeavorcd to ar.
ray the nonslaveholdcr against the
Shareholder. thus cndcavoriug TO inaugu.
rate Helpers plan Of dividing the South.
This is clearly revealed in the following
extract from the address
But hllow-eiiizens, let US look at the prob.
able lninre Of con'e'lcracy Of the cotton States
alone. II is already apparent tina, 10 such
eonfederaey slavery win be recognized IA the
principal interest TO be iostercd by The Govern
men,. The legislation Of sueh government,
won'd almost necessarily proceed upon un Ii
ylslious distinction tqtweon those who owned