The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-08
Liberty versus Power.

We arc daily amssed At the de.
spondency Of men With whom ~e
come in contact. such dsspondents
do not mount high enough to take a
broad sweep Of the Geld Of Sight.
Great battles, whether civil or mill.
tary, are not decided by local and
temporary checks or advantages. A
battalion may be repulsed here, or q
battery carried there, but still the
great battle covering 4 continent for
It's srsa Of struggle, aud involving
the liz. or death Of free Nation in
its issue, sways and surges to and fro
in the mighty struggle along the
whole line, and is decided At last
upon efforts and principles ~ broad
a. the Geld Of contest
A partisan Senate may be guilty
Of tho unheard Of sudacity Of thrust.
ing upon the councils of the Exc.
cutivs : man WHOM he does not trust
and who he knows is a spy in his
Cabinet. Congress may tinker and
re- tinker system Of Legislation 70
snnul the constitution Of the coun-
try. But these are Pyrrhus victories.
Their repetition only ripens 10 The
Dead Sea fruit Of 6nsl defeat. We
draw hops asd the inspiration Of as.
sured victory from these desperate
acts Of = desperate and moribund
party. Every eonvulsivs spasm Of
the dying conspirstors svells the
bounding pulse Of new life asd cor
adent hope 10 the veins Of the great
popular ~ scsion, sad drives . new
nail in Tie Jseobis coin. In . life
and death struggle between liberty
and power, wherein thirty millions
Of people, with Anglo- Saxon blood
10 their vsias and English traditions
Of freedos isgrsiaed in their souls,
are not only the nrbitcrs Of tho
strife, bat the bsnsaciariea Of victory
or the victims Of defeat, is it wise 70
give over hope becssse = faction Of
Jscobins temporarily entrsnchsd In
o1eisl position, blsster and thrsa-
tens, tranplss on the weak, ds1es
the constitution, and clutches like =
drovaing man 1t the departing sesp-
ire? The tribunal Of ulliissts re-
sort is the Gnnd Isqssst Of the
People, and tas world Z turned into
. vast lie If ws sro deceived 10 tAs
sossds and pertests that prove The
sziat@nee Of pepalar volcano ready
10 burss 10 fire and lava spsn he
party Of eosspirssors that Aas dared
to by ia hsads in aserilsgs spos Ia
ark ssd eovesaat If IL libsstiss.--
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bsrssa 70 sshss BY tAs kssy ssesn.
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