The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-18

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TAsrs never has bsen . period il
tAs Misery of he coustry in which
she asaands Of pa,ricsi.u vsse sors
sascsissS shea ststesnansAip, saerl.
ing is'exv;sy. sd uasvcrvisg Aevo
tls.n to III prisriples = The Csesi;
tstion we're so iaperssiyely s>gslrvd.
The AMERICAS people have arrived
alta crisis in their destiny The
yesr before ,hs@ il pregnant With
startling results. II will test their
capacity for self government. II
their institutions survive he ordeal
through which shsy sre ps~sisg. ~
republic will he ssfs, AID will enter
ouee more upon . career Of prmperi
" and power IF they sre destroyed
civil liberty viii perish With than
. nigh, Of CLEO. will ~, in, Tie esd
Of which no one can foresee, asd It's
caIasuitie- no one eau fore,ell.
! A party, bold, unserupulcus, am
b'tious, msscenary AID malignant,
has obtained possession Of the gov.
eminent, and IL fast drivisg il and
its people to ruin.
The tedesstive system, insugura.
ted by the statesmen of l776, aud
which wa. attended by career Of
prosperity unexampled in history.
has been overthrow the rights.
dignity, and honor OF the States
ruthlessly destroyed The checks
and balances Of the Constitution, ia
tended for the preservation of pub.
lie liberty, are TO longer respected,
and 'hs, sacred in-uument it-e.f
openly condemned; a lavish. rockies.
expenditure Of public moue,, has
taken the place Of the economy for.
merly observed len State. -horn
OF their soverei guty. have bee" plsr
ed under = military dcsrotism, back
ed by Iha, lsne If repubil,- a s,ud-
ing amy tie wri' Of hal c.. oJpu-
suspended in time Of PEACE no'
only hs- all thu power of the gov.
crnmcni been centralized ~ Wsse
ins'on, but one department, itself
controlled BY = few perry leader
has assumed unlimited Control Of the
co ordinate tranel Is nd hus bark
ed up, Is engaged in the gigantic
fraud Of Af,icsnizing the southern
States. with the svowed object Of
per; :taa'inr their dangerous p,ver
War il terrible in all ito aspects
ind its dire consequences its dc.
va-tations, the loss of human life,
and the d-,nors Ii milton thst follows
in its track But time, industry, en-
ergy, aud entcrprize will build MP
the as,epIaces, " and bring return.
ing prosperity other men will ill
the places of thore who arc lost
the enforcement Of Law, the general
influence of an enlightened civilila.
tios and the benign influence Of re.
lieion will cure the mental and NOR.
, al maladies that sf'iict society bu,
IL the people, upon whom the gov
eminent rests for its security and
permanency, sacrifice their Liberties,
who shall restore the precious gin
r again ? History imparts tho sad but
, instructive lesson that freedom once
voluntarily forfeited, !. never regain.
+, ed.
What part the South will he per-
missed to take iu this momcntous
+, struggle, 10 undetermined but, whs,
ever rights may bs denied her, there
0 IL ore field, At least she can enter
a The forum Of reason, entreasy, and
/. renosstFanee is open to her. The
D pvsss Of the North, will publish the
concentrations Of leading A.ind.
, and thus may he made the means, II
n rightly used, Of matchmaking tho
. North with eoryec, views Of tho
4 South, and the true theory Of gov
0 erument II We must be spectators
a throughout this contest. Ia, w. no, be-
. idle ones. hat active, vipilsns, indus,
{ trious suxiIisrie- Of the gsllsn, men
!, who are struggling for What 50 deep
. " concerns US. The aid &c al vii
!, be require d none have les escu.,
1 10 he idle than The intellectual men
n Of the South Cur was Intended
. to he u aoyeSuu ut iase1 uron No
q consent Of the governed. aud not ono
0 Of force. Il will be so regarded
= again, II the people rom whom spring
the errors Of eo,efnmcnt arc indoc
, trinated and cor 6,ned in correct
, vicws This will enssre the dsfea,
. Of radicslism, and restore much the,
, has been lost And when We re1eo,
> that there eau he no permanent pssec
, or property until the radicals arc
{ driven, in msriscd disgrace, iron,
power, it ought to nerve all to aid in
| the great work Of regeneration.
TmE 4. r. RAiLRoAp.-The " Ben
Johnson the Isrgsst locomotive on
the 8. p. Rsiirosd, ran partially Cd
the track in Hsrria's bottom, between
Jonssville and Wsstom's station, on
Sunday last, and, ss = passenger in
formed ", "is considerably stove
up" Several days must elapse, du.
ring this Indictment weather. before
the motive can Be removed so ~
TO relieve the track. This accident