The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-04-14

u'Hb " hbf thiiFn s2iaht Ait lt
ceived with Joy and cxultation by
those who claim 10 be the follow
ors Of the Prince Of Peace
81 have destroyed over two thou
sand barns filed with wheat and
hay and farming implements, ovel
seventy mills filed with -four and
wheat all the houses within an
area of five miles were burned
I Such is the boastiug Of a FEEDER
al officer in the field bat while the
war party rejoice at this indiscrim-
mate confagartion Of the homes
and property Of aged inifmity and
helpless innocence. the cry Of the
widow and the fatheriess ascend to
; God for that vengeance which soon.
or or later is visited on all Iniquity
Well may the despets Of Europe
hold us mp a. n warning 10 their
unquiot subjects
In n previous address which | had
the honour 10 make upon this floor,
! expressed my belief that the only
issue neiore ms was either recogui.
ton, Of the separate Independence
Of the seeded states, ar thc com.
plete determination Of the people
who inhabit them determination
IN its broadcast and c0mplctcst sense
The iseue Is Independence or extcr
minatiou. aud | am sorry e. say
that very large portion Of what
prcsumptuously arrogatcs t. itself
the morality and religion Of the
country, not only Processes itself
willing to favor determination, but
loudly and emphaiically demands it
Yes. Mr.. Chairman, it is with unut.
terablo shame and humiliation that
| confess it they 10 demand the OK
termination Of eight million Chris
tau men and w mcn--meu and wo-
men who. for three quarters OF q
century. were united with them IN
the bonds 9fchurch fellowship, who
knelt at thr same altar. gathered
around the same communion table,
and worshipped the same God /,
men aud womel If tho same race
ani lineage, speaking the same
language, reared under the same in.
stituli1ns. and united to them by
the strongest ties whose ancestors,
hand hand with our ancestors, par.
chased Jut aud their liberties With
their common blood
1t is dis race and this people
they now propose tn terminate
from the face OF the earth. as If they
were beasts Of the FIELD OF reptiles
Of the plain And for what, Mr.
Chairman ernphatically repeat,
i0r what is tins sentence Of unequal.
led airoclly dccrccd Z Simply be
cause they have chosen 20 run a
race Of political existence separate
aud apart from Ia. leaving MS all
our rights and privileges, and only
claiming the same rights which
their and ou. ancestors asserted 10
the Declaration Of Independence
For that doom has been pro
paunced npon them which humaui
IL rccailcd from even in the case of
the Mormous and the still stronger
example against the bloody aud te-
rorions snvages of the dessert. Alas
how degenerate is snch Chrisliani-
ty-how nnuttcrablv cruel aud
enormous ihc spirit in which II is
conceived : Standing here ia my
place. aud with an The responsible
ty Of my position. should consider
myself unworthy Of self respect,
and false aud rccrcan, to ali the in.
innct,ons of civilization, If ! did no.
say that from the noisome pool Of
total depravity there never issued
, ifitssawCnny and irrcdccmahly
wicked. Extermination for snch a
cruse. Twas ain ,st tempted 10 say
for any csusa--is an expression
that - not only disgraceiul 10 an
American citizen bu, 1t would have
been a stigma and shame IN the
DAYS OF Alaric. Atila aud Saladin
Not onlv would Christianity shrink
from j, in uuuttcratle hayror, but
even MohammedAnIsm and Pagan.
ism would blnsh O. own its p,ter
nifty II this - The net result OF
religions Instructions tor Two hun