The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-15

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The winter Of 1878 will, vs
fear, become meosrabls f.s vide.
spread want aud suffering. From
both Asnisphssss the cry Of sler,
oro1st sps1sla3 ~ ~ l>Atsae Of
same. Tho following are smosx tho
hxs cenplaiah IN hsrs ssaslnd u:
Ths misery reigning among ! por !.
ton Of the working classes il Qasbsc
is extreme, The most narrowing
reports reach us Of the state to
which families Of workingaen who
but lately enjoyed . nodsss sonps-
tsncs Nave bees reduced.
The charitable institutions of Gin.
cinnati are overlooking with destitute
people.
Referring to the distress which
prevails ID London, the Nmes saws /.
The distress is real there ia no
doubt on that point. The work Of
the ship-yards has declined latterly
H. beyosa the decline Of lest yesi
There had been extraordinary de-
mands for skillful labor, and Of that
labor which skill draws after il,
during the American war. The
lsssMi4uDA " Ia .trstgles In i
other reasons, have paralyzcd the
special iadsstry Of the districts
under review.
Dreadful ACCOUNTS are givca Of The
famine Ia Finland. TIE peasants
arc reduced to such extremitiss that
they think themselves happy II they
have procured the Empsror's per.
mission to emigratc. '.
The distress amongst the poorer
classes in Russia, owing to the bad
harve.t is in many parts Of the coun.
try very severe. At the opening of
the PtoIscial Assembly of Nyvgo,
rod, The Governor recon mendcd a
liberal vote Of money to supply the
peasants with the means Of subsis.
tcnce.
With the accounts VI kseering in
Sweden We arc already hui'iaf
In Eastern Prussia the dcstitution
is no severe that members Of the
royal family have volunteered to OBJ
tain contributions, and Parliament
hos epHsDrj4fs1 csnsi6crsble -
'wht&1w t5ryksSc issdsq,isse. W
Not only in France but along the
porthern coast Of Africa the lick Of
food is general. According 70 .
recent letter from Paris, tho number
Of deaths in Algeria within tho last
si1 months, from starvation, exceeds
100, 900.
These arc, cmphaticAlly, tines in
which those who have bread, health,
and liberty, should bs eoptcnt
The Cincinnati Enquirer, lead
ing Democratic paper, prosests
against the action Of the Democratic
National Committee, in the appoint.
msnt " member. from the unre.
ess stsssted 3tatss to b. present ard
act with the Committee at It's meet
ing on the I'D Of this Doath, d
WsshlA gton, to fix the time and placo
for holdins the. sszs Nssional Demo-
cratic Convention. The Enquirer
says the Com mites has transcribed
its authority, Asd advises the Demo
Gratis Of the unreprcsented States to
sppoint their own delegates on the
committee in such wsv as shall best
represent their own views on the
subject. The Enquirer is decidedly
Of the opinion that the Southern
States must be represented on the
occasion referred to, in order to
clothe the action Of the committee
on che I'D " With that moral pres |
tige and power which will give ito
decisions respect but tho mistake
Of appointing menl~rs Of the com
mittss for those States must be cor
rectsd. Those States are not chill
drsn. They are capable of select
Tax their own men to rsprese = them.
They do not need the Supervising
care Of 4 committcc from other
States, nor should they submit to
auch = supervision" Tho knqsirer
concludes by urging the Southern
States to appoint their own delegates,
and sntrssting thoss selected by the
not to present themselves
ualcss they have credentials from
thcir own people at home.
The question whether the South
ern States are in the Union, or out
of it; whether they are States or
Territories, or what after hothering
the politicians TO death without be.
ing settled, has At last fallen into the
haads Of tho lawyer A case is
nov pending il The United States
Supreme Court Wis: The STATE Of
Texas vs.. George W. White, John
Childs, ct. A., vhich presents the in
portant question, and has been a.
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