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The Texas Address-An Appeal for
Moderation Toward 1he NOulh.'
The Senators and Representatives chosen
Id Texas to represent that State in Con-
gress have published an address to the
members of that body and to the people Of
the United States. 1t is devoted toa dis
cussion OF the political situation, and par
ticularly the injustice of excluding eight
millions OF people from o share In making
the laws which they are to live under and
obey. In ordinary times, the address
would be regarded as strong document
but in the inverted condition of political
views now prevailing, theargun1ents It en-
bodies will amount to little with those
whom it is important they should intlu-
ence. The signers assume the ground that
the States lately in rebellion did not forfeit
their rights within the Union by attempt
ing to withdraw from the old Government
and set up a new one for themselves. They
claim that, not being allowed to withdraw,
their former rights should not be denied.
Right here is the point where the division
line begins between the Southern people
and their Northern masters. Having
whipped them in armed conflict, the North
claims the right to hold them as subjects,
entitled to no political rights except. such
as are granted by a sense of mercy. This
is the initial point of difference between
the Radicals and the Southern people, and
from that point countless other differences
arise.
Had we the necessary space, we would
,cheerfully print the whole of the Texas
address. A few extracts will serve to in
dictate its general spirit. In regard TO the
prevalent feeling among the Texans, tile
writers say: '. s''.i . i'
1--WE assert it as our sincere belief that
the great body of the people of Texas are
loyal to the Government of the United
States, and have now the most intense de-
sire to obliterate all cause of animosity be-
tween the sections, and to enter upon So
cial and material development that shall
rebound to the power and stability OF the
whole Union. What motive have they
otherwise? During the late struggle they
looked to foreign powers for help. 1t came
not. Disgust and estrangement followed
disappointed hopes. An asylum in Mexico,
Brazil and other countries, was searched
for by many. There they found and re-
ported the evils in reality they were seek
ing to escape from in anticipation at home.
They are looking to no other land as their
abode and that OF their children. They arc
entirely satisfied with the experiment of
division, and are resigned to their losses and
sacrifices. They aspire to arise from the
new standpoint, and to be part and parcel
in the great progress of their race on this
continent. Texas loiU stand By the flag Of
the United States against any nation on edrH,
and the descendants of the heroes OF San
Jacinto will contest the palm, on any field
where the country's foe may be emeJ with
the descendants of the heroes of Bunker
Hill"
Further on in the address, the writer's
protest against course that is calculated
to repel good feeling on the part of the
South and make that vast although defeat
ed portion of the Union, feel that 1t is
holden under the heel of an Oppressor.
We copy the following: .i.. '".
"Why is it that the Irish viii not adopt
English civilization and pride of country !?
Because they hate England for its tradi-
tional oppression of Ireland. Surely that
lesson ought to beknown, without learning
it by bitter experience in America The
way is still open to keep us one people.
rising out of this life and death struggle
with common motives and aspirations for
the prosperity and glory of the common
csuntry, and not bound together by the
CALLING fetters of cold iron. Christian
charity and liberal craftsmanship point the
way. .-r
"We most earnestly desire their exercise
towards our people. They are in tone of
mind now to appreciate the necessity of
progress, so as to keep pace with the safe
advances of the age in Intellectual, social,
material and political development. Their
faces are already turned in that direction,
with the hope that a powerful and magnan-
imous Government will lneither thrust them
back with its frowns and blows, nor drive
fbnp oil with In ra nj tu
In ordinary times, such considerations as
the above could not fail to have decisive
weight. But now, there is so much mad
ness in public affairs, that wholesome reas-
oning, such as is found in the above, seems
to pass unheeded. The address concludes
with the following paragraphs:
"The restoration of the Government upon
an enduring basis-and this is what we most
heartily desire-ought, as we think, to be
upon such terms as the good people of each
section can heartily support, Malice and
revenge should not find any place in them,
otherwise strife and bitterness will be per-
petual, sectional hate will be crystalized
and become chronic. Can any man ofeither
section wish to see this3 ...... ...
'If the restoration were now complete,
the test oath repealed, or stored away with
the relics of the war, universal amnesty
proclaimed, what joy would there be in
this land! 1t would be like the sun burst
ing suddenly from, the clouds after many
days of gloom and darkness. Then, indeed,
a day OF national thanksgiving might well
be proclaimed. Then would the wholep
pie, in every part of this broad land, and
those now in exile in foreign climes,, who
are Americans in heart, go into the temple
of the Lying God and offer up heartfelt
thanks for the restoration Of kindly feeling
and brotherly love to a united nation of
freemen--united not merely in name but in
fact-who have been divided and at war
with each other, but are. SO no longer. Then
would people, united, truly and in fact,
pour out upon bended. knees the overflow
ing gratitude Of pure hearts, unsullied by
the remembrance of past bitterness, to- the
God of their fathers, for the blessed happi-
ness afforded by mutual forgiveness, good
feeling and esteem" ''..,..,,i. -, ~ Z
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