The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-04

y, SD ~ ~ oaes nor. =. " Ia.
ssll. He SIZED H. ..ysn ~ 's,s
hey were igsossst /. ~. W
ea.ss tAs whites AAA L.p, ,h.s
ssd tIsy ss~ vsatsa nc, o.,.
esssiass tAss ID igsor.ac., b., y
dssy tAsa every right. n, wv +
tsissd The services Of bl.cI .
eos iastsses, u . nail carrie, -
ssass h. esalAa't Sud So.,,"
we3ee Bsa vho ssuld tak, n. %
and tAis ssgro "a forced to ou,,
service BY &spds+ly white me- -" :. ~
cured hin, aad drew their ~. ~
aaa beuis ksivss spos him. ''''s
TAs negroes we're roc. soo0,,
the days q slavery to 70 to ,o.'.
their % nsaesss after ! Jug Of ~
hey, ssd they wsfs good .pou,hN.'
to convey valuable properis ~
oae place to another, but vb.,
come 10 CAMPING The U. s. mai.
wss . grseA Outrage. l, va. no ~
rage ior shs nsgfoe. in the div,
slavery, when they we're owned
these hell-housds, and ande, Y
lash Of the oversecr, to a, ma,
things moro important than cs,r,',.
the mails. He was orig,p,u,.
old whis and wss nov in s-rs
giving the aesrees their full poDt
cal righes. TAs ballo, nece,.,,;,
followed the success Of the bsyo,r
The negroes would &c, Their IA
right, they nigh, rest assured !
that
Bat it is useless to publish tt, 4
details Of such q speech What
have given Of il is suikcien, 10 a
pose ito character
PArson Aaron Grigsby follosds
pious, canting hsrangue, incuIc,,ip
charity aud good will, but fa,E
showed the cloven foot, Fad can, a.
as radical As the orators that pr,
ded him
Mex, came the negro orators W
we're we'll posted and drilled M
we're fully equal to their white /
lies.
As much IA has b,en said IA,
written about radical free pe-,
meetings, this was the first one y
ever witnessed.
Our curiosity has been amply ,r
lhcd. May We never sec another
Smith was on the stand, but .s-us
to have been ignored by black M
white. az he was silent,
Al the conclusion. judge C,Il |
we'd exposed the milk in the u
coanut,' by announcing himself |
Il candidate for the Convention, III
plcdging the blacks that, il cleca.
he would usc his exer,ions to ~rr
them full political equality
Inc Eject Of MAGICAL kue.
We imagine that few of our rti
crs fully comprehend in all its enc
nifty, the effect Of radical rule, shosIi
that dangerous and malignant part
succeed, as VIC fear they will, in 81
tanning the unlimited control Of ca
State government. The giasis
character Of the fraud tina, is bsis,
consum mated in all the other SoaIs
err States, cxcep. Texas, will isss
our people what they may to eI*s
if the came policy 10 carried out bs"
The Huntsville (Ala.) lndepesass
thus yentilates the Franchise I'd
adopted by the moagrel Converts
in that State, and we may eIpss
something equally ss bad or sss
here
The authots Of il seemed to h,~
been controlled by nothing h'als
than mere party supremacy. n
first section oblitsvatss oil dlstlnctla
Of color, AID eisvssss negroes to "
same political equality With the vls
race Not only 40, bat large 'la
Of ths white vote is cut out to in
supremacy to the nsgroes ~
Montgomery Mail says " Having u
jected the minority report vhia
coupled universal amnesty with uHs
vcrsal suffrage, they have sdop's
the most important provisions Of tn
majority report. Il is true 'hs, The!
rcccdcd from the provision, at in
reported from r,mmitte disfraucks
ing all who may not vote upon th
question of ratifying the Consists
ton, but they have adhered Il
enough Of that majority report v
disfranchise every thinker, every ma
Of property, and every man Of hoss
in Alabama,
The Acknowledgement is 7ey e.
tensive, practically, though the ~
shors Of the Act claim to disfranchs
none except those already shor 4
franchise By Congress The estl
appended Is Of sach . natalr IS u
preclude acquiesces in il,
The political kuavery displayed !,
il is without = parallel in history. i
is an attempt to make perpeiusi I'D
irrevocabls upon u those prineIp'"
which eight.tentha Of the white T'
pie Of the Staso believe to be wroai
and destructive Of n free and seller
des-d government. Whoever iaka
that oath il hound 10 accept nests
equality in oil its extent and io1 Al
time. IF this net goes into the cc''
ssitution, il will bc held as 'clo'I
for the votcrs Of tho State to a'terF
To alter the Constitution in 'cgaT; 70
citizenship VI tho African race "
matter how clearly il may be deIH'''
strated to 10 an evil that ought to :
got rid Of. No people eau con*''
to hsys their hands thus tied an
maintain self- government,
The 5th section disffarchises ~
who may have been convicted
treason, snbezxlsm~n, Of PUBS
funds etc.
Al future elections, then, all fe'
sons whom Radical Judge and DC,
gro jury may convict as rebels Az
trsitort. Aud how surely this wo"'a
be done II thc Democratic 'trcnln
should thrsaten the success oil w
ksdissl tiskst. Ths machine vow
b pob ~ wurk n once. II Is
BY ~ NeM saas ~ slauss does =
aim Al fsturs aiaetaaehisemens ''e~
bpt every sitissa Who may have
Piled for parAoa ss1sr the sso's
clause, having hsss forced to c .';