The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-01-08

Tho il ustin Republican says all
parties in the Convention seem to be
agreed a. to the necessity of sending
a delegation to Washington TO ask
for more power to be conferred upon
the Convention. Al are said to be
Harmonious on this question, though
they harmonic scarcely on anything
else. They seem iacitly to agree that
it will not be prudent or safe for
them now to franc and submit con
stitu;sc. 20 th= vote of the people,
for they know TIM such q o0nstitu
ton as they would make, il they
mako any, would be rejected by the
people, They have, therefore, cyi
IDENTIFY come to the conclusion to
postpone tho constitution indefinite
w, or till after Grants Inauguration.
Meantime they SEQ many other things
they would be glad to do, but fad
themselves restricted by the reconN
struction acts, TO tho constitution
alone. In this dilemma, they all
agree to ask Congress for an cx,en-
sion of their powers to enable them
to lcgislatc and do what they please.
1t is now more than six months
since this Convention met for no
other purpose than to form a eonsii.
tuition, which could easily have been
done in three or four weeks and now
after spending some $3.50 600 raised
by special tax on the people, they
seem 10 have abandoned the only
duty Tor which they we're elected
They commenced with professions Of
great anxiety to got Texas into the
Union as soon a. possible, charging
that tho conservatives had been the
means Of keeping the State from De.
ing reconstructed And now whoa
the whole matter is committed 90
themselves, their object scoiAs 10 be
to prevent unconstitutional delat
the very measure they were olocic1to
carry out
But what will be the condition of
Texas if this Convention obtains the
grant of powers they are going TOD
apply for2 The whole State will
then be completely at their mercy
Having once obtained the power 20
lcgislate, they will be restricted by
no constitution or bill or rights, like
a Legislature Their powers viii
probably be absolutely unlimited and
dcspotic. They will be without the
usual checks which one branch Of a
legislature has upon the other nor
will their acts require the approval
of an executive for the present Mill
tary Governor can have no control
over them. Should Congress grant
the powers proposed now to be asked
for there will be room for serious
apprehonsions for the result And
YET much good might be demo lor the
State ii their power should DO excr
cisei with prudence mud moderation.
- Galresfon Nc,cs.
Of which no sane man expects or
hopes, as they are not asking for an
enlargement Of their powers with any
view to prudence or moderation.
The same paper says
The Telegraph's Austin CORES
pendent says the Convention have
appropriated $4,000 for the pay.
men, Of the expenses Of the present
session, and .herc was about this
much in the treasury from the pro-
ceods Of the Convention tax of 90
cents on the 500. But tho last
summers session cost $4,000, and
a declaration was passed directing the
Comptroller to pay that from the pro-
ceeJs Of the tax. Mr.. Reeves, the
Comptroller, therefore reported that
the money in tho treasury had been
previously Appropriated, and would
not half meet the appropriation. The
correspondent says; 4" Reeves may
require n military order, and rumor
says It has been, or will be Granted.
A resolution to exclude all matters
from the Convention except the
making of constitution, was do
fcated by 20 to 81, tho minority sup
posed 10 be in gayer of division.