The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-05-11
Letter Il esn Ex.l;Ov. Perry.

letter from Hon h. Y. Perry, on ,h,
political situation:
"The United States shall runran
tee u every State in this Union
republican form Of government -
Section I. Artieic ~, Consultation
cfhc Ewi,-i Ha'cs NJ Ao'erico
Under this authority the Congres
Of the United States. after excludin,
from their seats the Senators an,
Representatives of ten Southern
States, has established In all the cx
cludcd States a military govcrnmcn.
absolute and unlimited in It's powers
1t is well known tina, these State
have exhausted their power snd re
sources in a galisn, and heroic strug
gle for Independence and self gov
crnment They now have no alter
native but unqualified suhmissio,
TO the military despo,ism throw,
over them. |, is to be hoped, an,
ii is generally believed, that the mil
itary commanders in the Sou.hcr'
States will exercise their dcspoti,
powers wisely and humanely. 1t il
the administration of government
and not the form of government
which makes i, odious aud Cypress
i've. A despotism, wisely, justl,
aud vir'uously administered, il tn,
most pcriec, that can be established
by him for the government of tn,
universe.
Five or six months AGO South Car
olina, with all the other Southern
States, rejected with scorn and in
dignation the constitutional amend.
ment, which proposed to exclude
from oifcc their leading men, and
reduce their representation in Con
grcss unless they permitted univer'
sal negro suffrage. Now, il is pro.
posed by the military bill not only
to exclude this class Of persons from
Office but 10 disfranchise them and ex
clude them from voting in all election,
ana az tue same ''me, 70 e"''a"cn's'
'"s'r 'or"er SAVES A"u s''o S ."''e'
sal s""'see 70 inc negro o"'''e'
20 say ,na' 'here arc many person ;,
IN 'he 'on'ier" 0'a'es ""1s. hs'
sense Q, "oso' No"'o nor ''' '"oa
ADOPT 'ne CONSTITUTIONAL, a"e""'"e"'
VINO ARE now "rg'ns 'ne icoP'e ~, ~
Voluntarily swa''o" '"e m'','"'y p'n
regardless o' """"'' p''"e'P'c oI 90"
sH'e"cy' am "aPpy !" NO" '"A'
,ney are secess'o"'s'' az" e'o' "s''
o"r"" men -. 49,, ,
no inquiry Is, ."e" '"e" s"A'
We DO "h''', J nave n'e" ~'"."p
the telegraph brings '"e gor'oo'
news 'b"t ",ss'tS'pP' ana "eo'g'a
have Appealed 10 tue J"d'c'a'y 10,
me pro'ee'''o OF 'he'' c""''''",.'n'
r't"'s AZ s"'erc'e" s'",s" o' ",
American Union ""s'" '" zoo
mat son'n ':fo''"' .,'ou ny we r,"'
o. M"s'sr'pF' a"" "e"!s'a' '" th''
'ne,r ,.s' NOME s""'' !" "a,"'""
he,r dignity ana "on.r ~ states
ana me inst r'fh" ~" "her'ie- n.
'"e't e"',sns. :" w" 'ss' grand
expiring enot' !" asor m Freedom
,h""'h ,A''' me" the ooa'" viii have
'" quietly meet the 'y'sn"y OF Con,
v'e-s out =" .es,"g' shs nee'
~! embrace me "*,e"ns s"'ns
VINE" mo "'.""a'J oF"sF y 'ssnsf
'"r fsr'stf:',"h o. v",srs' ~ ever
man NOT dn'.s"e""ed' r" FORWARD
ana 'ess'er ." name VINE" M
CICERO" u "'"s'eu '"' convention
VIZ nc INC a"'! o' every voter !"
"a" ms so'e Tor me ~'sest' best ana
most Trustworthy men VINO arc Gu
g,oie 70 ,ea,' ~ m" convention
Ih" mnen nc " forced 70 90 lo'
sef-pro'ec"on' ana to keep 'h'
nate government from 'sii'ng INC
tne hands OF unworthy ana base men
Tie need go no further. Let hin
then endorse on MS ticket, "Nt
cbnre"f'on' " no sa patriot and
an honorable mnn, he cannot des'r,
the change which me military bill
con'emp'afe', and he should mol
vote lilo
| With the cunning which Away
characferises the tyrant' Congress
has enacted that the people them
selves shall endorse the call OF
convention, in order to give fegs
validity to IL acts without thu
endorsement, the whole pFceeedlnl
might be regarded o. forced on tn
States by the military government
and, therefore, null and void. Hence
tho trick OF making the people en-
dcrse the call OF convention II u
to he hoped that they VIII not b
caught by this cunning device, and