The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-26

S>a.s1 sssA - ascnaloss ssaas Of
agais - III pres assa % them To-
~ = as}b u ssssssnsns Of ~
Unissd Stsass 80 asver befcrs, in
the history Of Rspublicanisn, were
such grea, and dangerous changes SO
speedily wrought and Il is - new
in the annals Of lsgislstioa . IT "a
u.vise snd unjust IL het h is Is
unprecedented as i. Is devoid Of pr's-
c;ple aud capn no. stand the test sP-
plied.by the experience and wisdom
Of ages. The transition Of the gov
eminent from what she vss to what
sAc Is, hss been too rash and sudden
TO b. either lasting OF beneficial a
change mus, come. A storm will
ari.c, whose waves will lash the
tsouhled shoru Of politics, and wash
tho La. foot -prin. Of desposism from
the sands Of Republication, aud
striking the high ellis Of Liberty,
will bear of, IL their retreat into the
dark waters Of oblivion, the last yea
tire of the owls which now afhict
and distract our country As The
car,hauaks's shock but settles the
granite rock more deeply in its
mountain bed, and the bowling winds
eoustrain the giant oak to stsike
deeper soil, and take hrmer hold, 80
the political convulsions 20 which
our nation has been subjected have
but served to inplant more deeply in
the hearts of our people that love Of
liberty and pure rcpubliesnism which
they inherited from their sires of &c,
and which no change Of time, or
place, or circumstances can ever obl't-
crate or remove.
Revolutions, whether civil or san
culinary, arc said To mover 80 back
wards, contin uing to press onward to
their final communication but that
one insugura,cd by the recent IN
happy sectional war, having reached
it, " extremes. extremity" will prove
m exception to the general rule, and
lik, troubled wave against . rock
walled shore, will rccoil and contin-
ue to roll backward 70 the sea, until
met and checked by some coantsr-
wave. Asa ball, thrown 70 high and
with such force that il will rebound
over the heads Of the individuals by
whom il was hurled, and bidding de
6ance to their efforts to grasp or
check ii, will pursue its rviso-ssi;vc
course until il shall BE- forced from
natural causes TO cease its rctvograds
movement ~ tho recent revolution
airy suffrp 20 measures, so violently
hurled against the solid walls Of pro
ccdsnt aud discretion, will spring
back with such an elastic motion ~
to astonish and disconccrt those by
whom they were i,npclIed.
Whilst in limited monarchical
aud republican governments, gcner-
ally, the right of the people to a
voice il the laws by which they arc
governed, has been too greatly re-
s.ric,cd, in this country, in restIes-
ed sense, il Ia entirely too universal
for the we'll being Of the class II wal
designed to benefit, ms well a. shose
whom il was intended 70 outrage and
disgrace. II is an old maxim, but a
true mo, thai ~herc the treasure Is
there will be the hoart also; a blind
man, and fool, could not fail to sss
and know that the negro, who is Al
present the ruling element in the
South, has no interest in tho pros.
perity of the country, further thGu
the qualification Of q Present apps-
lite, and no caro- for it, pcrpctuity
further than tho preservation Of his
own life, and liberty to cat and do ~
little manual labor ~ possible. Re-
publican governments, 80 70 have
becn taught, were designed TO con
fer the greatest good upon the great
est number, and not for the injury
Of all to crafty few and the voice
by which they were intended to b.
guided and controlled with u, va
reserved TO the Stairs, aad fAeir citi-
ssns, in their separate capacity, and
not vested In the voters Of the ma.
ton, or those who might b. 70 con-
ssrsed, by the Federal Congress asd
any devistios from, OF violation Of
this reserved prerogstive, ia not only
ia dsrogatisn Of the compact BY
sAieh, 70 . Osrtain extent, ssd for
spssial purposes, ths dssiiniss Of the
several States were united, but is con
trsry to sound ssnse and eats bliubsd
prscsdsnt, and destructive Of the
Inherent rights and privilege. Of tina,
people over whom II is exercised, and
should not b. tolerated for . mo-
msnt; nor would il bc II our rulers
were sctsatsd BY desire 10 do good,
and 10 restore to the people their lib
critics, instead Of determination to
rule or ruin. but would b. promptly
met BY tAsir f'rosns Of indignation
sad dissPprovsl, and be 1t once aban-
donsd and condemned IA unworthy
the endorsement Of liberal mimded,
ftss, snd enlightened people.
Governments ale said 10 exist BY
aad with the consent Of the govern
I'd; but here, IL tho ton H.sten oiths
6esah, such governments - ~ have,
ssis BY the authority Of Cosgrsss
and the will Of military dictator,
soon 70 b. transfsrmsd, 10 aecordsaes
with Tie present programme, into one
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