The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-09-04

Nv tongue should stumble in mine earn
es, words
Min. eyes should spafkls like the hea.
On hin,
My hair be fixed on end, Ike one d..
tract
Ay, every Joint should seem ,o curse and
han
But, gentlemen, if such !. 10 b
the spirit OF our political eonHovsr.
sizes forever il there is 10 be no truce
To our passions il the past is never
TO be forgotten nor forgiven " the
dead carcnss Of civil war. with all i,s
engcndered gricfs and wrongs and
hates, is not sometime 10 be buried
out of sight, then welcome the fierce
waters of tho deluuc in which perish
cd the anicdiluvian world thrice
welcome the fire from hcxves which
smctc and consumed Sodom and Go.
morrab, 80 that, in Gods Providence,
a new aud a wiser and better race,
worthicr Of their noble heritage, may
rcpopulate this North American con
tinent.
rur way TO pEAoE.
Depend upon il, gentlemen, no
party whose only cemcntipg element
is sympathy of hatred, can ever be
permanent in power or even In cx-
istepce.
With large mul,itudcs OF men, this
spiri, of hate was the controlling mo.
tive throughout the late civil war,
and has continued to govern them st
every step in their efforts at recon
s,ruc,ion. hut with smaller, yet
far more dangerous, class Of pol;t'.
cinns, tho sole aim for the last three
years has been the p~rpetuation Of
Republican rule through the negroes
of tho South, To this basest Of motives
and purposes, the public good aud
the paciRca,ion Of the country have
been steadily sacrificed and, worse
yet, all constitutional limitation al.
together disregarded, Signslly dc.
foa,ed in their efforts to establish nc.
gro suffrage and equality in ths North
and West, .hcy have now impudent.
ly in their platform proe..,imed that
hero each State shall regulate suf.
frage for itself, while At tho South, tho
elective franchise shall be determined
by the Congress Of the United States.
Acting upon the double motive Of
hate and the desire to maintain par
tisan supremacy, they have disfran.
chised large majority Of tho white
population of the Southern states,
and conferred upon the negroes, by
act of Congress, the right To vote
and then, n, the poin. of the bayonet,
have proceeded to establish seven
State Governments controlled by ne.
gro or white adventurous mcaner
than they--mere sojourners, birds Of
passage, and very foul birds n, that,
and have gone through tho farce Of
admitting them into the Union and
to the right of representation in the
i tho electoral cco;lIese" lcs5 ~! vote Il
In this manner, gentlemen, they ex-
poet to control the legislation and
the elections Of the country. And
these ignorant, british negroes Of
South Carolina and Florida, and
other States, do now make laws aud
lcvy taxes and create public debt
for you, white men Of Ohio and
they expect to override your choice
for President. Yes, gentlemen, IN
der these Republican Reconstruction
acts, enforced by an army for which
you pay heavy taxes out Of your
hard earnings, half a million Of ne
groes in South Carolins, re'enforeed
by some thousands Of adventurous
white loafers from the North and
West, will control nearly as many
electoral votes ns a million Of white
men in Ohio Aye, and at this pres.
ent moment tho Governor" no.
called, Of that State, elected by ne
groes, under an net Of Congress, and
through the aid OF your army, is .
citizen Of Ohio, having 4 legal act.
Element here, so that II he were TO
become e paupes-anA South Caro-.
lima is very poor now, and no longer
able to enrich her sstraps-~shc prop.
or township in the county Of Henry,
in this State, could be compelled to
him ~ = public charge.
And moreover, Gen. Willard Warner
a noble confrers of his from Ohio,
has, / observe, just been elected =
United States Senator from Alabsna!
These arc the doiugs Of the Re-
publican party, and II no, msrvsl-
Gus in your eyes, they are ~ least
costly to your pockets. These are =
part Of the blessings over which the
Chicago platform s1ults, AID = con.
,inusnce, and indeed Multiplication
Of which, they promise upon the
election of General Ulysses s, Grant,
RANK INJUSTICE or ruE RECON.
sTRucTioN POLICY.
Now, gentleman, suppose, for
moment, that tho esss were reversed,
and that tho South had wsged.s sue.
csssful war Of conquest sgsinst you
here Ia the West, and had compelled,
by force and arms, the introduction
Of slavery here, aud you had surrep-
dcred In good faith, under pledge snd
promise Of sll other rights within the
Union, under the Constitution, and
that when you had no further pow
or to resist, Southern Congress had,
at the point of sho bayone,, forced
constitutions, goverhmon and laws
upon you against your will, and that
victorious aud insolcnt South Caro-.
lima had sent up hero the mesnss,
and basest Of her vsgabond "Sand
Hills" with carpet bags in their ha nds,
10 represent yoa, the once free white
men Of Ohio, In tho Senate and
House at the Federal cspitsl, and to
usurp the pisces once Allied by the
Morrows, the MeI.eans, tho Corwins,
the Ewings, the Ilsmsrs, and the