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

tered Since We laid By our arms
We have been ~ firm A. granite IN
our devotion TO the constitution, and
anwearied in our desires and cndcav
ors 10 restore the Union Of the
States to their former proud position
Of freedom and equality 1t is true
We have not laborei for the establish
ment Of new nation. where the
whit. man Was 10 he dcba-cd that
the negro nigh, be elevated the
constitution oyerthrosn, aud a cen
tralised despo,ism erected upon the
ruins Of the once "proude-t and
freest government beneath the sun,
where the voice of a military chief
tain should he the supreme law over
two or three STATES but for that
Union whose supreme law guarnn.
tied TO each and very citizen, " life.
liberty, aad property, and the pur-
snit of happiness, and did no, at
tempt 10 assume. ignore, On over
ride, those powers not delegated
to it, but which were reserved TO
the States respectively " to ths
people Such an Union, under
such provisions, we are, and since
We sadly laid aside our arms, have
ever bccn willing and anxious to
see restored and perpc,uated That
our negroes are badly treated, and
defrauded by US, is another lie
That there are isolated, or even oc.
cssional differences, between men Of
all castles, colors, aud callings, we are
ready To sdmit, but tina, they are
more frequent with US than with
other and older States, territories,
and districts of the Union, we uu.
besi,atingly deny The negroes, as
a general thing, look upon their for
mer masters as their best friends
But lie. US reproduce and answer a
iew Of the many slanderous false
hood, in the article before u-
Lig No. lone ~ III. first acts Of
III. Legislature was % abolish the in.
diciAl district. in which Union men had
been elected Judges
The passage OF the law remodel
ling the judicial di-,rieta stands in
the llsth chapter Of leg -!ative pro
cecdings, and was not adopted 70
throw out Union men for in the
9Th District the Judge and rro.ecu.
ting Attorney elee, were both States
-'-.s- .4enr o,' the sherman bill |
lands disfrancniscd aud disyraoed
lfg No ." Large Grant. of lands
nd money were nade to Rob-, ''" 'n
iers
This will be gratifying intelb
'"'o W many homeless and limb
'Ss ,o"'enefa'os' 1t = news to Us.
"'"g an Interested party, We would
% '''" ''s ''fe and chapter of
y. Jaw
nus lar We nave gotten along in
VI ''''e''"s ''''ah'ngl, but this
improving rs ne pro
'As crowded two lies into
W ''noS Her" they are
lisr No : AND 4" The bodies Of
: rein,n,m ".o's Wv, 'fo" y'her States
move the bodies Of Union soli;.r
I'M me state cemetery Pc
DC remains OF Gen Albert sgd
y "'a"s'o", man dear to the +
art Of almost every Texan lon, G,
, IN, bu,,o ro,, ~ ...., ~ t,
-, Wv" war 'a'l
HIN to the rescue of his beloved W
nth and to an carly grave, in his g,
: expressed the wish when he died, r,
o. pure" IN the soil Of the Lone III
). the state OF his adoption and
''''-A"d the gallant sons of lei
''s' 'n''aH" her Legislature, re ga
"'" " N.Y. Tying request this W
Z" anu no more In regard to To
*cond eharge, OF removing Tn. he
"e ''A' cemetery, d"
ma nothing said or done, except an
'e'''hg apart a portion of the ~
" k'o""'S Ior the use OF the Tho
ted States military, M a ccmete. for
"'l
/. No Labor laws yer, framed der
10 si.,s'r ", -, REDUCES ne freed Pa
Is tina, the Fr.~dms.s n.rrnn ," be
to sdmi, th,,r a".ha,;, ""''"" re-
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