The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-23

Our Deuocra,ic exchanges through
ont the State, clssed With the tele-
graphic report that the President had
disapproved the order of Gen. Rey.
holds, and that Gen. Giant had is
sued an order forbidding military of
GERS to interfere in any manner in
election, in the States, are pro-
nouncing at once that Texas can vote
in the approaching Presidential cleo
ton. One TcXaspspcr af,crsnother,
recently received, asserts this posi-
ton. A Hoaston cotcmpcraEy says;
Let the news be carried everywhere
through the State, BY telegraph, by
mail, by couriers. and BY every
means possible. Let every Demo
cratic newspaper in the State imme-
diately publish the news, aud keep
standing in their columns, until cleo
ton day, the directions for holding
the election, which have been pub
lished BY our State Central Execu-
tive committee"
Another. speaking Of the snuncis-
ton Of the order Of the President, in
connection with the course Of Gen.
Reynolds, says, "that a wettsr
blanket never suifocated a military
commander" SECT ready TO vote in
every county and precinct through
cut Texas"
"Wait for the wagon" You are
all too last gentlemen. There will
be no election in Texas, and for tho
plain reason, that tk.,e who hold the
reigns of power have determined that
none shall bc held.
The reconstruction acts plainly
state that the military commanders
in the South shall be independent Of
the President. Grant that II is oil
wrong; that il is in contravention Of
the letter and spirit Of the Constitu-
ton; that II 10 in violation of the
genius Of our institutions, that e..
tire States, with their people, should
not be permitted to have voice in
the selection Of their rulers, and that
this oct Of enormity and outrage, is
pcrpetratcd to keep in power politi
cal party yet the fact stands, it is
so The Constitution makes the Pres
ident Of the United States tho COM
mander in chief Of its armies and
navies, there has never been . time
until now that his authority was not
recognized. But q sectional Con
gross, from which ten States were
excluded, have shornc him of this
power. They have blo,tcd out these
ten States; they have not only nom
inally reduced them to territories,
hi. they have denied them even the
legitimate rights and privileges be-
longing to these dependencies Of the
government
Gen. Reynolds, in accordance with
this edict of Congress is not bound
to respect the opinion Of the Presi-
dent Admit that hs ought to do it I;
that with the Constitution before
him, which as . sensible man he can
not fail to comprehend, no chooses
to disregard il; that going even be-
You'd the law Of Congress, which
simply states that If an election is
held, the vote shall not be counted,
he ignores the fact that he 10 simply
an army officer, and not politician,
and permits himself to bo made the
blind instrument Of \ corrupt party,
snd issues orders in their interest,
how il it to be avoided? He chooses
to make his own record in history,
and who is to prevent him? The
President was advised, months ago,
of the political position and associs-
Citations of Gen. Reynolds. He was
importuucd to remove him, and place
another in his stead. lie had not
the nerve to do it then. IL il likely,
and particularly in view Of the late
elections, he will take such = step
now? Ifhc had not tho moral cour.
age then to exercise the powers with
, which he was invested, is it At all
probable he will do so, after the re,
suit Of tho late Northern elections ?
And IL he were to do so, what posi-
bic good could il accomplish At this
late hour.
The order of Gen. Grant, alluded
to, affords no relief. That simply
recapi,ula,es tho laws enacted by
radical Congress, which never contem-
plated that citizens Of the " unrecon.
s.ructed States should vote, unless
thoroughly and completely radical
ized. Unfortunately for us, that
Congress, Gen. Grant, Gen. Reynolds,
and the radical party do not regard
US as States. Texas is a conquered
territory, and its citizens rebels. Fl"
Although the war was supposed to
have ended in tho Spring of 1868,
and we have reached the year 1868,
the war has not yet closed, simply
because Congress has not said so.
Gen. Grant says, "let us have peace !"
Gan Ravnoids ia any ious far uns,ca