The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-19

since the freedom and cufFanehise.
n.ent of ihe ssgrc, this vile patty
hss ouly hoen he'd together by the
cohesive power Of public pstronse,
aud plander but thcy have became
icsrosie, agmineerise- add exae,ial
and TO uphold snd enrich ihen
and tAeiE iasoriies, the people, North
IS well as South. have heen 20 uni
scr.slly sni opsFe-sivcly ;axcd, ,haf
thcy lave resolved upoa their imme
diaic displaseucni, aad the suhstitu
ton OF MORE Wise, Just honest, and
patriotic men ia iae places which
they have dner-sed Radicals a
has 90 recuperatigc plses and nos
I that il Is S'artci on The down VAR
grade, iinpeiicd by the Force Of if'
Great iuiqUi,ies, no power on earth
can check It 10 Il, hes4long course
and 10 will ,uoa bc swallowed up ant
los, in the muddy waves which moar
w everlasting rogaien over the de
funei political parties Of other day-
and its gorgan features will soon dis.
iarb our Ssh, no more. Evil dis
I posed and aoprinsiplea men, 81
4 long accustomed 70 tho exercise oi
power and the eujcymcn, Of tho
rich stands which oseFapFcad tho
{ public tabl~. have sought. and still
are striving 20 make their sinecurt
Offices a perpetuity. and themselves
and their peculiar iayorilcs th1 only
Eishtlul heirs To the succession
( There, aided by the extoriionsie,
hear,lcss, sFeculatins bondholjcrs,
who By species Of class or partial
legislation, arc exempt irom taxaiioh
were fast driving the country into
cen,ralization Their chances for
success were quite favorable iur
even IN a 80 called Republic, Office
and money exercise very great, i
not controlling influence over the
popular mind aud law making power
and both Of these elements we're IN
the hands Of the cnemic. of The
( aSrsrnmeat Congress, (Which fai
time usurped all the functions O
goyernmeut.) with its vast and rap
IDLY accommodating patronage, and thu
nntaxcd, gold interest bearing bond
holders, with their tens and hundred
Of millions Of money, attracted t.
their colors, aud bribed and boueb
the usprincipled, aud for tim
ovcravcd, md scattered eonstcrna
ton and disnay through the raak
of the timid and yaseillating friend
of Republican liberty. The sails O.
the pirate ship Of dospotirm seeme'
famed by rropi'ious gales, and til
snccfssfut voyages, afu ttesr ttsumPs
over the dismantled aud cripple'
crafts ia Southern waters, nlowe'
their ,emerisy to ou'strip their dis
erc;ion, aud attempted to measur
strength with the heavily mounted
iron clad vessels which cruise in tn
broad ocean of liberty, and with
black flag ar their ensign, and dealt
10 all foes rs their motto, they crap
pied with their vigorous enemy, an
soon found their ship srattled, aui
themselves at the mercy of their foes
! Or, in other aud phiner words, rad
I iealism, grown arrugar. and assn
ming, in consequence Of repeate'
triumphs. in the passage Of odiou
and unacceptable laws against TIL
rights aud Liberties Of the South
presumed to force them upon til
North. Having poisoned the foun
tains Of justice aud good govern
ment in the soath they sought t
impregnate the North with the vii
connection Of negro suffrage an
equality. bat that gallant people
when brought face TO face with tn
! great .ssac, and we're called upon :
decide between tho establishment o
q free negro aespctism and the per
pc,aation Of the government as
was transmitted TO them by ,hoi
rebel fathers Of l776, arose in tn
might of their majesty, and spurnc'
the hateful proposition from them a
/ one unworthy to be entertained b.
the sons of such illu-,rioas sires.
Connecticut, Kentucky, California
and the great States Of Pennsylva
MIA, Ohio, and Indiana, as their sis
ter liberty loving States Of the Soutl
viii do. whenever the opportunity j
Afforded them, rolled up their vas
riajoritics for y constitutional gov
ment Of free white men, and rebu
, king the mad factionists Of the Merit
who wcr, striving to force them /
I herd with negroes, ard give iuto thci
hands the reins Of government
gee the propdsss, and greatest, AM
: freest, on HE earth, in the Ianguag
Of thcvasriot-po poet seemed to say b
5 them,
Go tame the wild torrent, or stem wild
straw
: The surgcs That roll ger the sands tina
confne them
But presume not again 10 give irseucl
a law.
Nor think with the chains they hay'
broken, TO bind them.
Then wesay, " on with the dance.
These recent ,riumphs have nerves
tho hearts Of the weak, aud givei
Increased strength 10 the stalvart do
leaders Of true conservative, csasti
tutionnl principles Democracy /,
triumphant, and Raaiealism !. in it,