The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-03-28

cameo we'll calculated to alarm IN,
copspirstors agaiust constitutions
liberty;
Several Of tho Radical journal,
comment half bosstipgly, but viii
suppressed wonder, on the apparcn
apathy Of the people in regard to th,
i'm oeachment Of their President. L
appears tina: they arc somewhat dis
appointed in not having created ,
greater sensation by their bold revo
lutionary movement. Let them have
patience the popular sentiment will
in due time find ih expression with
sufficient vig6r and carncstness Il
satisfy the conspirators in their ut.
most cravings for excitement and
conyulsicn. The ficrces. storms have
the gcntlcst prelude, and the deepest
aud most powerful currents flow with
the least noise and the cnlmest sur.
face. The present crisis is fraughi
with so much Importance to the gen
cral welfare that the masses, realizing
the presence Of great danger, are
concentrating their energies for go.
ton, not for talk No, tina, we he.
licvc that there is any disposition on
the part Of the people to resort to
violent measures in their antagonism
to the Radical programme, The
popular intelligence too vel apprc,
ciates the situation, and too Justly
estimates the resources that arc avail
able against the purposes Of Congress
to invoke trial of physical strength
in this emergency. The strcns.h Of
the Radicals lies in the opportunities
Afforded by their Congressional ma
Joritics, outside Of Congress they are
weak-thc sentiment Of the people
gives them no stat 10 lean upon, and
at the ultimate tribunal, the ballot
box, their defeat is bnt question of
time, and Of time so close upon tho
present that Il is mol worth the while
10 seek u sterncr remedy in the in.
teryoning space. Still, the people
are fully conscious Of the eonse 81
qucuccs that will follow IL the Rndi-
cal plot should be contaminated
With the evidences before Us of tho
ruinous results of Radical legislation,
II is not difficult TO forcsec the calam
tiles that would bcfall tho Republic
then no longer a Republio-if the
President should be 1oposed and the
Executive authority, as well as the
legislative. should be exercised by q
faction withou, principle, without
hope of popular support, and aiming
simply at the pcrpotcation of their
party supremacy. With Bon. Wade
in tho Executive chair, Cabinet
composed Of mere tools selected for
their subserviency to Radical inter.
ests, Radical servant at the head of
the army, and Supreme Court ren,
dcrcd insignificant by Radical lcgis
lation, there would be, for time at
least, such a condition Of dcspotism
aud miseule as Sould render oar
nationality the shame of Americans
and the scof Of the rest Of tho world,
We must admit that the Radicals
are manoeuy.ssoti on that can posi-
bly, lead them away from party ami
hilation. We arc upon the eve Of
Presidential election. The evidences
Of Democratic superiority I. the polls
sr conclusive. But Rsdicalism is
still supreme in Congress, where the
representatives Of minority Of the
people have full sway. The time is
fast approaching when, under ordi
nary circumstances, that Congress.
aionnl supremacy must pass to the
Democracy Why not then, by :hcir
legislative dissolution, create extrnor-
binary ircumstanccsi Tho Exccu.
tive patronage, especially in unscru.
pulous hands, il powerful engine Of
success At . Presidential election.
How simple the process neroso
the President, assume the Executive
authority, admit the negro vote and
exclude lie white mans vote in The
Southern States, defy the popular
~;n declare M Radical candidate
elected md n resistance bc ofy.red
transfer the issue 10 the field Of var
with their cause in the charge of
General vho,e first ventura in tho
political arena WINS marked BY his
bstr,y,l Of ,rus, How cssv To
read Inc procrummc and. lot u. hone
how essy for an intelligent and de-,
tcrmined pooplc 10 defeat III
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CARELESS BUSINESS MEN.---I' is
impossible for man to be careless
in his business Affairs, or anmindiul
OF his bp-'ness. obligations, without
being weak or rotten in his personal
character Show mo a man who
never pays his notes when they are
due, and who shuns the payment Of
bis bills when Il Is possible, and does
both things as a habit, and | shall
show you man whose moral charac
ter is, hoyond AL question, bad. We
have had illusiriouA examples Of this
lack Of business We have had great
men whosc business habits were
simply scandalous--who never paid
their bills unless when urged and
worried, and who expended for their
personal qualification every cent Of
upon These dclinou,pcies have
been upoloei.sd for as among the &c.
centrici.iss Of genius, or as tho un.
miudfulues, Of small Affairs which
naturally attends ali greatness of in.
tellcctual effort bu. The world has
been too EASY with them nlioce,hcr
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