The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-01-29

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and render futile any future animal.
versions upon his conducAssA
That there was an undevsfpdin .
between Malloy and his rabSs~fA'lies
in Jefferson, and some 90 or more
Of this Board is apparent, fsson Tho
day Immediately preceding the pas
sage Of this preamble and resolutions,
2 seRkxil1as letter was written from
Jefferson to the Tyler Ipdex, in
which the very ktosnd taken BY the
Board is clearly forcshadowed. The
writer NO dcxbt ees HE cos from
Malloy, or rome one else In his con
fdence.
How far the members Of tho Csun
Gil sympAthised with him not only in
the movement itself, but in the pur.
poses il was designed to accomplish,
u remains for them to explain. They
professcd to be our personal friends /;
they knew We we're not in the habit
Of making reckless OF iaoossiJsrato
stassmsats that our character for
trushfullnsss ~ man and journal
ist, had never boon during career
Of over twenty years in Texas, sue
csssfslly assailsd, ssd yet they pa~-
ed these resolutions Of censure, with.
out even an intimation Of their 10
tentions, or an inquiry as the tssi-
ncsy upon which our statements
wsss predieated.
That the entire Council or any
considerable number Of its members,
even in view of these facts, we'll cal.
cslstsd to srcsse = pref sdiee 10 our
mind against them all, were criminal.
ly connected with tho trickery Of
these proceedings, ws were not at tho
tins Of their publication, and arc not
nov. prepared 10 believe. We know
that Judge Caldwell has more than
once publicly stated from the stump
and 10 tho sewspaperu Of tho State,
over his own signature, thst there
were leading merchants in Jefferson,
who were in secret alliance with the
radical party, and that they would
talk TO him in their back counting
rooms in " tated rhiyers, avowing
sentiments which they had not the
moral courage publicly to express.
We would be loathe to believe. much
less to charge, npy man whom we have
long known, and have been accus
toned to regard and to treat with
respect. with secretly raining
sentiments which his autccedcnis
reputation, and public avowuls would
tend 10 contradict, much less 80 pccu q
such man of dupIiei,y, dis.imula
ton, and lreaehcry.
The kind personal relations exist
ing between several of these gentle
men and oursclf, made us reluctant
to accept tho public avowal of hostil
ity they had assumed and in view
OF this fact, secret belief that ma
jority of the Council had been i'm.
posed on, and regarding the injury
which their proceedings were design
cd to infiict upo,s friends whose Lbs
erty il no, lives were involved, thus
placed at the mercy Of uuscrupulous,
dangerous men, who were not hssita.
ting 10 manufacture testimony by
subornstion, we waived all considers
tons Of personal feeling and propri.
city, and went to Jefferson with n
view Of having = conference with the
members Of the Board. Wo me,
them, or all of them but two, and the
result Of the interview may be briefly
stated. A majority Of them freely
admitted that they had been most
grossly deceived, and the proceedings
as published, did not in any respect
reflect their sentiments, eithor At the
time Of the adoption OF the pres mbls
and resolu tioas or then. But their
private Avowals to us, werc Of no
value in contradiction Of their Official
public action, which doubtless ere
then had bssn ssai to Gen. Canby
and the War Department Wsurgsd
a written recantation Of what they
had done, with such explanations AS
they saw proper to make. 1t would
be an act Of simple justice to US, to
themselves, snd to the country. We
remained in Jefferson from Saturday
until Monday, and delayed any &C.
ton upon our return, in consequence
of negotiations going on to accom-
plish what We desired, aud have thus
been unfortunately delayed in the
regular issuance Of our paper, aud
our reply is left out of the Times, of
this week This delay is, of courpe,
in every respect unfortunate, bu. Ger.
tainly II Is no fault Of ours. If great
and irreparabls injury results from
it, those members Of the Council
who saw the right but would the
wrong pursue must be auswerahle