The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-11-09

Of the radical party asd What hey
have tsss for The country, ssd what
they still 3ssirs to do.
BY their proAigate lcsislasons and
eorrup,ios, they Lave bsspsd spon
the country debt Of three thousand
million dollars, a large amount Of
which ha. been stolen by oficials and
spilled to the support Of their own
mad schemes They have prostra-
ted and utterly crushed out the in.
dustrial and Producing classes Of the
country, BY heavy discriminating
tax.
They have essabl:shcd BY partial
legislation = class Of bondholdcrs,
that do not shaas ia the burdens Of
Of the country, but at the same time
arc growing rich from the ANNUAL H.
.ercst that accumuIafes upon their
exempt papers.
They have geducsd Zen States from
their original sovereignty sad civil
government, !, provinces and mil
itary government-robbed the PEG
pie of their rights and left them
without voice in the councils Of the
nstion. They have established a
sor, Of swindlipg, banking system
over tho country, that will draw from
the people large amounts annually
under the ,hicving operations Of
their agents. They have disfran-
chised large and intelligent class
OF American citisena and forced
upon the country - citizens and vc-
tiers, a set Of ignorant negroes that
know about as much about the gov
ernmcnt or using their franchise in.
diligently as an Orsng Outsng-
They have by their unwise legisla.
tons and departures from the con
sti,ution, causing discontsnt through.
out the country, raising the prices Of
all the neccssarics of life, thus al.
most bringing want and starvation nj
the door Of many during the tight
ness OF the times and the scarcity Of
money. They have ignored from
the beginning the great foundation
principles of ali republican govern.
meets, that representations and taxa.
tons should be inseparable, and that
il was their avoxcd purpose to do so
until the South was SO weakened
that she would have 10 fully accept.
and ratify all their puri,s meal here
sizes, and give a full ndhera nee to their
party and platform Of principles.
They have by unconstitutional leg
islations deprived the President Of
his lawful authority, and have pro.
ceeded in open disregard TO his posi-
ton or warnings. They have re.
moved iro@ Office daily and regular.
~ elected Governors and appointed
men Of their own choosing in their
stead. They have abregated the
laws of the State, and placed over
them military desIsssn to 10 con.
trolled BY such despots ms Sheridan,
Siekles, Pope, ssd others in such
way as to elsvsss tho negro and
make him superior to the white man
They have made mockcry of the
ballot box, and SO corrupted il, that
il stands no longer AS the safeguard
Of the people or the place where
men may he rebuked, and the evils
corrected that have been forced upon
the country, through the corrupting
Influences of partixsn intrigue Take
the condition Of Tennessee ms proof
Of the charge. They have violated
every pledge they ever made from
the beginning of the war until the
present time. They rallied the
North to the support of tho wnr for
the ayowed object of restoring the
unioa to i,s original status, when
their object were its disruption asd
the Abolition Of slavery. At the
close Of tho wsr the only conditions
Of restoration was change Of the
constitutions by the States recogri-
sing the freedom of the negro. The
States did At once. They failed in
their pledges and made other exac-
tons, aud have so continued from
that time until the present They
have cent out their cnusisssries or
spies throughout the Seufh to raise
riots and gather fuel to kindlc the
radical fame with. They have rob
bed the people 10 yet nlopey to pay
these miscrcaats, in assisting them to
eonsammats their malignant designs
Those are but sn outline Of the mon.
strc.itics that this Radical party is
guilty Of What they will yet ac-
complish, eau only be judged from
their past conduct A few Of thar
purposes are however SO paIpable,
that We can fully undcrsta nd them,
They win If poasibc remove the
President and Immediately thereof.
ter pass law repeating oil previous
laws limiting the authority Of the
President This done, Mr.. Wade
will at once make sweeping move,
displscing every man in the govern
mont from Office that is not in full
sympathy with them in oil tbsir
most extreme measures. Sheridan
and sickes will be reinstatel, and
despotism Of the most violent char
actcr will rule this entire country.
This accomplished, the whites viii
be crushed out and ths negro made
the costracting power 10 the SAssv
Goa fscstion or liberal division Of