The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-30
IS FOR CONGRESS- ! )
!. ii McLsnaaa County Is
! Candidate.
on WHICH HE STANDS
ueIp for His Confederate
.s and Opposition to
Ss,,road Combination.

rxxss, April 2s.-Judge John ~
..cuncing for congress sets forth
= follows:
n,mocratic Voters Of the Seventh
s.Iooal District Of Texas.
pyself at the approaching pri-
. candidate for nomination for
~ this district. can not claim
seen solicited to take this step.
..sved to 1t solely by a desire to
90 issues for your consideration.
80 looks to the benefiting Of our
- other Will help my Confederate
..,,srest of these old soldiers are
advanced in years. Younger men
au,lly elbowing then, out OF bust
a their future is dark. The prop
\. establish state Homes for their
.,,,.t made In kindness, is not ac-
n. Call them homes II you will,
81, all they will be but poor houses,
nell Of shame and degradation at
And to go to one OF them VIII be
.nne of "Over the Hill to the Poor
army has as much right to PEN
ANN the Federal government as
~ base this claim:
ram ~ the fact that the South has
;snted as much to the preservation
I,nion as the North. Mr.. Lincoln
|: Emancipation proclamation uses this
M wpou this act, sincerely believed to
al Il Justice warranted by the con-
49, and by military necessity, in
~ considerate Judgment OF mankind
~ gracious favor Of Almighty God.
.sscsinr this us giving the true reason
ii al the military necessity" that
INA It was the preservation OF the
y The South we insist then was made
rnatribute about 10000 OF slaves,
"A "a oo0, 600, 900 to its salvation. Right
justice demand that this DEBT TO tne
n IS paid by the United States gov
1nt In taking care of disabled Con-
Srste soldiers. 1.
~ South has exhibited as much II
mcre regard for the integrity Of the
n than the States of the NORTH. J
ri Introduce but one witness on this
q and he shall be taken from She hither
= Il Mason and Dixon line. When States
nv North nullified laws of the United
n and made 1t criminal for their ctti-
y % assist in their enforcement. Daniel
5Aster. the great statesman of Massa-
1Istts. In noted speech, made in 1851
capon Springs, Va, declared the COM
n q union at an end. He said:
khas been said in the States of New
|Ymk, Massachusetts, and Ohio over and
|Fer again that the law shall not be
|ascuted; that was the language in con-
|sentions in Worcester, Mass, in SYRIA
|cne, N. Y, and elsewhere. And for
|tlIs they pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honors. Now.
gentlemen. these proceedings, say II
upon my professional reputation, are
distinctly treasonableaieA And the act OF
Aling Shadrick (the fugitive siaye)
strcm the public authorities in Boston
md sending him off was clear treason.
And do not hesitate to say and re-
peat that If the Northern States refuse
Ntllfully and deliberately to carry into
eject that part Of the constitution
which respects the restitution of fugi-
I've slaves. the South would no longer
" bound to keep the compact. A bar
! ssin broken on one side is broken on
all sides.
But the South refused to accept this COZ
dusion. Her devotion to the Republi
established by the efforts of Washint
lon Madison and host of venerated pi
riots and statesmen, was dearer to HI
ihin even her own section. And for te
kng years she, patiently hoping again
tcpe, that sense of right and justi'
would prevail. witnessed State after Sta
70 tho North trampling the laws OF U
country in the dust. She saw abolitlt
whetting its sword and thirstil
10y the blood OF her citizens. She su
nued to this same abolition fanatics
invading her territory with cutthroats al
etsperadoes armed to kill the whites al
htite the blacks to bloody insurrectio
~ endured published ISLANDERS, sea
IND broadcast over the world by II
iel fanaticism, some OF this incendia
suh, Endorsed by prominent congressme
eong TO the extent OF urging the Negro
'orse by night and butcher their mastf
~ families. and II that were not pre-
nleole. to poison the waters and XIII I'M
ilm BY stealth. Why did the South
,sn9 endure all this and not accept \
Meoster's decision that the contract v
y ~ end? 1t was her devotion to
uaon, And not until this abolition "a
Ikism. feeding upon sectional hate. Rr
2 strength that enabled 1t to obtain
s,osantage Of Federal position and in y
2 lnaugurate the John Brown raid on
snlafged and extended scale. did the SOL
lecept the fact and act upon It. So Il
~ me treason. against which that {
!lsulshed statesman inyeighed. wes g
s ~ to the local governments OF apoiit
Snles she was willing to abide by
vpon But when Mr.. Chase, who sp'
y! me then incoming administration
sAleoln' declared that this same trea
~ 10 be practiced by the Federal g
nmeut. there was nothing left for
X. 70 accent the fact that the Union
ss ! and to exercise the right Q
use People to form government to Il
I'm liking.
living an account OF the peace congl
seo BY Virginia in 1861, the Hon. Al
W ssSer y. STEPHENS In his history OF
SaEed States. says:
henator Salmon P. Chase appeared
ss : delegate from the state OF OH
y was generally understood at u
ume that he was to be secretary I.
NE treasury under Mr.. Lincoln, Y
Incoming president. In view Of %
.sst and his universally recogniz'
sUhity, very great interest was felt
Inc ccirre he should pursue o.
" line Of policy he would tndica'
~ had from The beginning been o
q tho most distinguished leaders
re es'tators or anti-slavery party, q
" Years had stood foremost anonf
mQSe leaders III thu Tinted States sc