The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-03-23

-ver cooes grs,ise GA scr osss from
the blood-thirsty lips Of our should
/ be protectors, but would be destroy
CTS, rebels, traitors, slaves and
may no, history, in echo, for tho
sake of kuphony, even should truth
be dI.rcgsrded add towards, dolts,
and knAsosi we merely ask the
question, and trust VIZ speak no
treason when We simply ostechi-e }
Bu, Ne are no friend to tyrsnny
nor tho sdvoca,e Of oppression We
never shouted hosannas in the wake
Of popular movement, nor gave our
support To = man or measure because
he or i, were IN the ascendant -our
voice has ever been for liberty and
law, and our sympathies have al
ways been awarded to the under
dog in the hsht We love our
country W. remember with swell
ing heart the story Of her long con.
tiaued struggle for that liberty which
blessed her sons for more than eight
decade. the declaration Of her bill
of rights is wri, on our btsin a..
most with pen Of fire, and her
constitutional GUARANTEES Of freedom
our only port OF safety in the stormy
hour of revolution aud danger, are
ar dear to our heart az the memory
Of our early loves and the liberty
and protection they were designed to
insure and secure are .till mos, fond
" cherished. We love the old Tn
ion, aud the flag our fathers bore in
defence Of their honor, their right.
their hyc., and liberties We love,
in imae. ..a,ion, to linger over the
dear and sacred spots, made famous
IN story and IN song By iheir yalo
rous jced- aud glorious deaths We
love the thoughts OF Columbia IN
the days Of Washington, Jefferson,
Adams, aud the other pure aud gilt
ed heroes aud statesmen Of the ear
lisf days Of the Republic, and We
would reiolce to see her ensign float
ing proudly un every land, on every
sea, wherever the fo stop Of man is
heard, or the sails of commerce are
seen, the emblem of liberty aud In
ION, and the acknowledged synonym
Of universal peace and although
she is not what our fancy would
paint her, nor yet what she might
or should be, we are gra,lhed to know
that she Is one of the mighty nations
Of the earth, capable Of arousing the
fears, If not engcudering the adm
ration aud respect of the peoples
of all nations, whether home or FOR
eign born but whilst rejoicing IN
her welfare, strength, aud power, We
trust We will not be denied the mel
aneholy privilege and pleasure of
lamentiug her woes and mon ming
over her iOilic- and her wrongs
When we contemplate her in the
glory aud purity Vt her past career,
when her heroes were patriots and
her rulers statesmen, and when the
paramount object Of all political de
sire WAS the greatest good to the
greatest number, memory is submsfg
ed with pride aud qualification, and We
rejoice that we ever han il in our
power to thank the Great Ruler Of
the Universe that we lived in land
of civil aud religious liberty, where
We could reporc in princcly dignity
within the marble walls of our pala
t.al residences, or beneath the shell.
ter of our yine-clud cabins, shielded
by it, mighty rgi- from moles,aiion
or fear
1t was then government of free
and sovereign States, where each
had a hand IN the construction and
enforcement cf laws, where each
shared in the emolumeuts of Office.
and each participated in its honor
aud protection It's laws were then
dictated by reason and justice, with
an eye to the general prosperity, hap
plnrss aud peace of the nation II
was then white mans government,
Of limited powers, when the Con
eress presumed not to exercise rights
to which 1t was not entitled, but were
inherent alone in the States or the
people l. was then government,
Of free, sovereign, and independent
States, whore the weak and defence.
less were protected, and the rights of
mluori,les guarded aud respected
Her military was then subordinate
to the civil branch Of the govern
ment. Peace and plenty stood in
her gates, and prosperity reIgnod
throughout her expanded territory.
We love to dwell upon the thought
OF what our country was united,
free, Just, aud humane and can
but s,gh 20 ;hink how changed the
scene she now presents All that
she ever was she might and should
be- now. But what IS She The
very question s,artles us, and fills
US with thrill Of horror too
dreadful to be portrayed, and We
can only eNclaim, with an aching
and dependent heart, wha, she is
some know and feel full well, and
all, We fear, will learn by far too
seon
nn. We learn from the \ q.
pica,une that Mrs Suell. of Polk