The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1863-02-26

Them always have been. and al ways viii
be, in every country, class Of people who's,
element "a turmoil and distraction. vain
Doisy, selfish dcmagog,s, Of one idea, restless
ambitions, and INSCRIPTIONS persons, whc
seek TO promote disoori, strife aud revolution
that they may iatten thereby bat sll such
however important IN their circle. club 81
district are povcrltss agsius, the basis Of 40
cieiy, unless the Popular will and intercs, d
rect the blow Society is no fool 1t know
when il is well treated and where its advan
age lies There is not an instance OF a PEG
pie rising ap Against got.l government snt
throwing It 81, bu, there arr many instance
OF their patience and long suffering, under
every specie. OF bad government.
" Al experience hath shown, that mankind
nre 'more disposed TO suffer while evils ar,
siderable. than 20 right themselves by sbol
ishing the forms 30 which they are aecsstom
cd W (Sec Declaration OF Independence }
Says Alexander Hamilton, in speech b..
lore the New York Convention fot the rstif
cation Of the Constitution
We have been told that the cid Con'ed
GRAFTON has proved inoifcscious, only because
intriguing sud powerful men have t~cn for.
ever ius,ipa'ing the people, ard rendering
them dissatisfied with it. This, sir, is y false
iusuua,on The thing i, impossible ! viii
vouturo TO assert that no comblns'ic1 OF de
signing men under Heaven will be capable Of
making good government unpopular ,El
lots Deb V. H. p. 253)
To the great mass Of the ra,bern people
tc>tsion was dsagr'wne step, taken re-
luciantly, with heavy heart, and E continual
hoping that something might occur which
would enable them TO rirsce their courc.
Had wise and corcilistory policy been
promptly adopted with n proper show Of
strength and resolution 10 protoc, The right,
every one OF the southern States might heyr
bcu brouph, paceobly back. aud the Union
restored 20 NOR. thsu its former greatuefs and
stability. We chose sdf'erent method and
invoked the spin, Of coercion. tn. first peal
Of hostile baglc, As II echccd along tn.
hills aud valleys Of Virginia, sw0ke the
united South With sh"h f. Inevitable ms
a. that which! flashed upon the colonies sh@n
news ran that the bri',sh troops had marched
on Lexington and Concord. The first In
vasion u southern -ol vas sealed with blood T;
blood and destruction nave followed Il ever
sAlce. Fellos-citisens, this is no, the land
NOT is liberty the tfve to bear corcion Of law
Against ali thi. We bear no logical answer,
The grand argument 10 The b--t govern
ment that ever eii-led." Eo il IL, for us Of
the North, and always has been. We have
had peace N all our borders domestic tran
guilty has been insured nobody has medjl,d
with our affairs, or attempted to dictate 10 Us
what W. should do or not DO We have not
been disturbed in our persons and ia our
property, aud the highest blessings of liberty
have been ours, hlly 70 enjoy, ~ithou,'nolos
te'ion With the people Of the South il has
not been so. They have no, had Peace in all
their borders nor has domestic tranquility
been insured TO them. Nor have they enjoyed
the highest blessings Of liberty without mo
ies,slou. 1hesa many years We have bcn
iutermeldlng With ,hem--at attending to their
Affairs quite as much a. We have stteudea to
our own; II not little more. We have
given them 40 rest day nar niehs, In their
posS Sons or their cOmlor, M their repu-
iai.on or their personal safety. In tae
proper exercise Of unijabted right, VI have
denied OF lhwsrted and crossed them IN every
possible way. We have ycSed item con.
ligaaily with harsh, insulting and abusive
language. using The yilcs, cpith,ts. The bitter