The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-03-16

| guarantee TO them, IN her cODstitu-
ton, legitimate protection in their
rights of person and property, Civ
ing them " the right te contract aud
be contracted with TO sue and be
sued to acquire, hold, and transmit
property and insuring them fair
and impartial trials in the courts Of
the country pidn her legislature
legalize all the acts Of the officers ap-
pointed by the Provisional Cover
nor, and make appropriation for the
payment of their salaries Didn t
she apportiou the state into Districts,
and provide for the election Of NON
bors of Congress (~he elected her
representatives too, but your party
refused 10 admi, them 10 their seats
Va. that ous fault? Did Mt she
pas yagrant law-, Sunday laws, labor
aud apprentice laws and provide for
the punishment # all kinds Of
crime. and misdemoanors against the
peace, dignity, aud good name Of
the State Of Texas, and al Others
whom it concerned And last,
did she not By Joint resolution. de-
clare that with the termination Of
the Joalon-ics aud animosiiie. be.
tseen the different section Of our
country, and to sec restored iudiyid
ual and national good feeling aud
good will the prosperity Of her sec.
ton adding to the general prosper
Is Of the whole concluding by in
yiting the skilliul aud industrious
from the whole world bat y,osti1pi1s.
" from an the States of the llnlon.
insur,ng them a welcome, and pledg.
ing them protection, She has done
all this aud yet she j. charged with
" having done nothing for loyalty
aud order, but " has been driving
MON men from the State, and ma.
king the negroes scrfs Il, il false
she has a,r,r driven a loyal man
from the State because he was such
and the negroes are no more serf- in
the South than they are in MAORI
ty Of the Northern Statcs.
After rahsaosing the whole state.
from the sabine to the Rio Grande
and from Rcd River to the Gulf it
particularizcs some half dozen cases
of whipplngs, robbings, killings, and
burnings, which have irabspired du
ring the last sir months, for which
it arrests the State, tries it, and de
nounces the whole people as set Of
,.thros,s and robbers, only ct to
be governed by the wsil clad hand
Of military despotism.
We DO not profess to BE- saints
and that now and then robberies
shoo,ings, and killings trnnspire, We
are forced to admit but we venture the
assertion that We can, during any
week in the laily papers Of New
York city, lind the reports of more
daring outragcs robbcrios assassin
atoms, and murders, than have 90
cured IN Texas 10 three months.
But would it be right for u to con
denim your whole population, and
publish them ~ inccndiarics, rob
hers, md murderer,, because now and
then city i. destroyed by ERE,
hank broken into and despoied or
a delicate little child beaten 10 death
BY it, parent.2 Would it BE- righ,
to portray New York city az a me
,ropoli- of liars aud siandercrs. be.
~1 80. a. nttiu immornllty I
wee, and lawlessne-, IT, Texas a. in 4
any State, relative to population. in
Or nut of the Union Radicals ne.
sfoesi aud conservatives, so far a.
The State law. and the actions nj o,r
people are concerned, are equally
protected IN their lives, liberty. and
property.
rs We have already extended ,hi.
rficle Tar beyond our first DESIGN
We Will pay our hssty compliments
the following, which will be- read +
nth wonder and amazcment by the ,
God people OF Harrison and p,po. ;,
b and be remembered and repeated r
them as the " very latest from the
'at OF war, and which will receive
'elr universal endorscmentas "Ie. Il
she first water Il,
In Harrison Comfy bands of nj, v.
'ns1ed robbers plumber whites and 10
anss alike, and in tsenty-sayen other ~
n"t'cs N that district there i. no .nf.. III
Tor negroes or loyal men. III
Panel, tountv
Is, in November, probably i. cn,,rn1 ia
by organized robbers, whom III. civ. fri
authorities dared not a.,emp, % mr.. r..
v nus tho catalogue VI crime con.
"'- but We have said enough wa
Quite enough, Mr. Tribune. un. sol
1t was better and cheaper. You ne
! stand aside now How grateful 'uI
poor unfcconstructed rebels ought cea
feel tina, we still live in sight and ira
ring Of the soldiers camps. How val
d we are that we are On peaceable Tho
friendly terms with some oy mu
nele Sam . officers; and ,ha. bot
are so near by us, We're il no, hoI
them, who knows but tina, we the
ht all have been robbed muir. bet
ID aud-and l.r q, San