The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-30

largest vote ever polled here befroe
was 10000.
An effort is being mode by proui.
nent Rauicals to have martial law
declared in ,hi. State, thinking thu,
to prevent an clectiun. Most prob,.
bic, however, if,hs State is place IN.
der martial law, Gen. Rosseau will
order the election to proceed. Ru.
mored tonight, also, that the Rad.
cal contemplate allowing the election
to 90 by default, and have the vote
Of the State thrown out on same
ground
Several club parades were adver.
,iscd by both parties tonight but
will probably no. come of. Two
companies of infantry stationed a,
the custom house tonight and .
body Of cavalyy have just passed down
town. No room for further trouble
o-night.
New Orleans, Oct. 2G.--To. nigh,
about s o'clock white clubs marched
from all parts of the city under their
officers, armed with every conceive.
bic weapon, nno formed quietly and
in perfect order in Lafayette Square
and on the streets around the City
Pail. Officers of the clubs waited on
the Mayor and rendered their ser.
vices to patrol the city As not negro
policeman, and very few whites ones
had been seen on tho streets, sspeci4!.
" on the outskirts of tho city, since
Saturday nights fight. The Mayor
I informed them there was no occasion
for their services, as Gen. Rousseau
had Informed him he would tax.
charge of the peace Of the city to.
night. A crowd to the number Of
several thousand assembled around
the steps Of the City Hall, where they
we're addressed by Gen. Steabman,
State Senotor Ogden, Mayor Conway
Harry 7. Hays and Sheriff Maxwell,
by ali Of whom they were advised to
retire pcaceably to their homes. Gen.
S,cadman ond Senetor Ogden stated
tina, Gov. Yarmouth had to-day
waited on Gen. Rousseau and tender.
cd him the entire control of the State
government, which Rousseau refused,
but tonight, in view Of tho threaten.
ing aspcc. of affairs, had ordered
troops to patrol the city. They are
now disposed all over the city, CON
prisng all branches Of the service.
Harry T. Hays, in hin speech,
stotdd Superintendent of police vii.
liamron had waited on the police
board and informed them he had
stricken the name of every NEGRO Of
the police rolls, and that if his actiops
were not coucurred in, it would be
utterly impossible to preserve peace
in the city. Police Board, itself
composed of part negroes, had no all
tsrnatlyc but to acquiesce. Sheriff
Maxwell advised them to 60 pcacea.
bly, home, and if needed he would
summons them.
Washington, Oct. 25.--Thc Pres.
ident has written Gen: Ewing long
letter, covering the history Of the
public debt, ard predicting ruin from
continuance Of the present policy,
Johnson's letter to Ewing con.
cludes "Tho idea that tho debt is
! to become permanent should at all
times be dscountenanced, a. invol.
, wing iava,ion too heavy to be borne
/ and the payment of an amount Of
! interest every sixteen yeare equal to
the original sum. The gradual liqui-
dation of the public debt would by
= degrees release the large capital in.
vested in securities Of the govern.
. mcnt, which, seeking rcmuue' .si..
I ~ ".h"- .""-".- .f ;n~>sas, wouh
add to the wealth of the naticn upoa
which it is so great q draw. This
immense debt, if permitted 10 become
t permanent and increasing must ~ A.
tually be gathered into the hands Of
the few, aud enable them to excite 4
: dangerous and controlling power in
the affairs Of the COVE ,mcnt. The
debtors would become the servants of
: the lender, the creditors tho masters
Of the people. 1t is now our boast
/, that we have given freedom to three
million Of slaves. II will then DO
our shame, that by their own tolcra.
ton Of usurpation and proaigacy
forty million of people have easlaved
themselves and exchanged slavehol.
ders for new taskmasters in tho shape
of bondholders and tai. gathcrcrs.
Hence the vital issues, Whether Con.
gross and It's arbitrary assumptions
of authority shall supcrscde the su.
prcme law Of the. lAnd whether IN
time of peace, the country BE- con.
tinued by multitude Of tax collec.
tors and q Standing army, the ore
almos' rs numerous a. the other,
making the debt permanent bur,
den upon the protective industry Of
the people, or whether tho combina.
ton Of each and all Of il guarantees
shall DO sacredly preserved whether
b. now, as in 1889 aud 1916 provisiow
shall DO made for the payment Of oar
obligations at ~ early . period N
Practicable, that the fruits Of our
labors may be enjoyed BY our citizens,
rather than used to build up ID sus.
tain monicd monopoly At home and
abroad. The contest is not merely
who shall occupy the principal Offices
in the peoples gin, but whether the
high bchests Of tho Federal Const.
tuition shall be observed ard main.
tanned in order that our Liberties
haay be preserved, and tho Union Of
The States restored that our federal
system may be unimpared, and fra.
ternal feeling rcestablished that our
national strength may DO renewed,
and the expenditures diminished,
tina, taxation may be lightcnsd and
the public debt once more cx.in-
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