New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-25

State" General Reagan, Postmaster Ger
eral under the Confederate government
participated in the grand event, repr,
sentlng in himself the old Texan and til
Confederate partisan. 1t may be asked
"What does all this mean?" 1t may mea
> a great deal or nGhing, depending on Gil
cumstances. In every case the subject wi
bear investigation.
One of the objections urged against tn
division Of Texas into two or three State
Is that such division of the State wi
prevent her from playing the role whic
1t may yet be her destiny to fill before tn
antl-slavery struggle between the Sout
and the North is over. Texas must re
main united as State in order to one
more assert her independence and separ
ate her destiny from the United States, a
she did from Mexico. The legal and con
stltutional ground upon which Texa
would IN such case base her action is on
OF peculiar significance. 1t must be re
membered that Texas is member of tn,
American Union on terms differing en-
tirely from those which apply to the othel
members of the Union She did not come
into the Union by purchase as did Lou
islana and Florida, or by conquest as die
California, or by concurrent agreement
as did the States which originally formed
the colonial government of England in
America. Texas is q part of the Union
under treaty stipulations. That is, she
came las republic to the side OF
another republic. She added her ma
tionality to that Of the Union. She did
this under special, specific and clearly de-
fined treaty stipulations. These stipula.
tons are mutually binding much on
the United States as on Texas. How far
these have been violated is an open ques-
ton, and very serious one. For in
stance, suppose that the State of Texas on
the breaking out Of the late civil war, had
withdrawn from the Union and taken up O.
natural position? She could have done
80 On the ground that her annexation to
the United States should not expose her
to the horrors Of civil war between the
original parties to the Federal compact
She could have said, "Settle your domestic
affairs first, and when these are finally set
tied l will return to the family, or 1 will
do what is wise, and just and prudent.
But | did not give up my hard-earned in
dependence in order to be involved in an
other revolution. Such an address as
this from the people of Texas would have
held its ground before the civilized world
against any reply we could have made.
We state the ground thus clearly and
strongly because we desire the Texas
question to be understood. We desire
the people of the North to know that these
very ideas prevailed in Texas in 1860, and
that they prevail now, and that these facts
furnish the ground for serious apprehen-
sion in the future. They are of vital in
terest to the nation at large They are Of
special interest to Louisiana, as we shall
SHOW 1urtner On.
The geographical position and extent |
IT Texas makes her the most important
State not only Of the South but of the
Nation. She is an empire within herself.
The territory of Texas would, if SUBJ
divided, make five States like that of New
York. Texas can, if thoroughly cult.
'ated, produce ten million bales of cotton,
besides feeding population of twenty
billions Of people. She is contiguous to
lexico and the Pacific; possesses every
arlety of climate, with coal and iron in
bundance. She is bounded on the north
y the Confederate States of Arkansas l.
nd Missouri; on the west she is bounded
y the Confederate territory which lies
etween the Mississippi and the Atlantic.
he Gulf of Mexico furnishes the south
rn boundary line of this empire. If this
reat State should make the next Presi-
entail election pretext for asserting her
'eaty rights, where is the power with
hich to reach her? And if she makes
'e issue as against the Republican party,
i'll not the Northern Democracy and
lie Southern Confederates sustain her
herein ?
Under these circumstances the visit of |.
.fferson Davis to Texas is significant. |
Is neither a blunder nor an accident.
e Is there for purpose; there by invi- '
ton. and if we mistake net, the conflict c
'er the count of votes at the next t
residential election will not be inaugu- a
ted at the national capitol. It will be r
augurated in Texas. 1t will be inaugu- q
ted with all the conservative regard for "
W and treaty stipulations which the
'nfederate leaders know so well how to t.
sumo. 1t will beaccompanied no doubt s.
a declaration of profound love for the fl
MON, ETC., sincere desire to be united. e.
:, deep regret that the anticipations of r.
republic Of Texas have been so d
1elly blasted, etc., and we have the it
nor to be, ETC., after the true, dig Il
lied, conservative diplomatic style of
ing things. o,
The relation of Louisiana to this DOS
lie Confederate move in Texas must be L
.nifest at glance. If Louisiana passes tt
der Confederate rule, she becomes the T
Sc and firm political ally of the re- a
bic of Texas. Holding the mouth of ri
Mississippi river, the Confederates in W
Union, thus supported by Southern al
'ublic in Texas, will be enabled to re- dc