The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 1857 Page: 2 of 4
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publish-
by humará Scott * Co.. Kew York; and
I vVnot read then. we might amiably recom-
- But lo the Wwl.
lyed o long we do oot
,) we find m Article upon tbe "manifest
dettlny ot tbe American Uulon," which U o
false In It* narrative of facta; to monstrous In
logic and conclusion!; and ao evidently In-
tended for miacbief, that we can scarcely credit
it at a trans-Atlantic production. Indeed U, lit
too familiar wltb the trivial IneldentIV till*
otry to bare been written by any but a
Northern AlwliÜuuist.
It l« not our pnrpoM to review this reviewer.
we teldom read in tbe
•ndoertalnly they can only be valuable
real sentiments of tbe Brltieb
and people toward* our Soatbern
i ont-
■kl
-flfer
m
, of Seguln. Then,
I the Intel-
' tbe legal pro.
r It sent by lawyer ,
to
wraw
i
RJi
1.1. behalf
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w. w,
1 new-
inxll ,
mnaii'
Ml
ble feature In the article I* the
that tbo «even-tenth* of tbe white
population of tbe Soa'hcrn State* who do not
own «lave*, are a "low, mean, lazy set of leller*
bad whiskey, and bldcr* of «tolen property,
whom the planter* wage a pctpetuat
" Thin language doe* not express the full
of the sentiment. It la Mummed, that no
man or woman In a «Uve State will work;
nil labor la degrading—and tlio whole pco-
Thu German population of Weat-
la hailed aa a bulwark, which will nr-
iie further progre** of slavery. And tbe
loulets are caressed and praised as the re-
volutionists who will not «top short of an over
tbrow of the American Union.
The lust assumption 1« doubtless true es to tbe
purpose. lint wbilo the article 1* profotwed-
phllotopblcal —tbe author 1« so totuiiy Igno-
of the real «tato of Southern «oclety—and
euce reaaon* from tneb false assumptions as to
destroy to-some extent tbo force of the article
antagonism between tbo owucr*
of slaves and thoeo who own none in the South-
States, does not exist. The assertion that
idy in the South perform* manual labor is
constantly mude at the North t and so fashlonabU
is tbe error, tbut m*ny Nortborn men and women
find labor In the South for many years—see
respectable men and women ploughing,
herding stock, driving teams, making
ihd cotton, and doing household work—In
t ni an aggregate !n the Southern States pci-
more manual labor than Is done by the
slaves ¡ and yet they continue to assert the stu-
F. pendous un, that labor 1b degrading at the South
-that tho clam between the mauler and tbe
ilave Is a degraded clase ¡ and that the owner
ililp of negroes 1* absolutely nccessary to respec-
tability. With an opinion so false at home, It is
no wonder, that it should receive credit from the
British public. And yet It Is slrango that «
statesman should suppose It possible, that the
¡1,500,000 slaves of every age and sex, all of
whom mnko not J,000,000 efficient laborers,
•iiutild produce 3.000.000 bule of cotton per an-
num besides tho food for the 3,000,000 slaves,
,000 masters and their families—besides
the "seven-tenths of low, mean whiles'
-^tbe "non-slaveholdlng vagabonds" who do not
work. Out this, according to the Westmiuster
Review, 1 i only half tho performance. Because
the South ftiruitbcs vast exports of sugar, to-
rtee, hemp, tar, indigo, and many other
manufactured articles. Upon the rivers, bays,
and bayous oi tbe Southern Stutes there is
tonnage than the whole English marine
New towns and cities are building up
every year—new plantations are constant Is, open
od ; and lu ft word there la constant 'forward
march lu civilization sot surpassed by any other
population of tho same numerical strength in
tho world. That much the largest share of the
manual labor necessary to theso productions,
which to a great extent supply our truduccrs,
both In tho North and ncrosi tbe waters, must
necessarily be performed by white labor I* a fact
which doe* not often arrest tbe attention of even
Southern men. And yet ovcry planter of en-
larged view* must admit, that tho slave opera-
tives alono eould not, tinder tho best ausplccs,
i,000 bales of cotton per milium,
would bo a balo for every head, of evcrv
aiiil sex—a result simply impossible. Aud
of cotton It not otic-fifth of
manual labor performed In the
mm
from no labor being performed by
tee, tliera lit not an
te white population in tho world who
te so much towards the valuable produc-
ts earth. Mo where else It there *ucli
preponderance oí rural population—such
wealth In the country, with citle* and
(Uie great schools of laxlncss and itn-
) so comparatively small. Nor Is there
globe so uiany of whom
owu homestead* nod lire eo Indepen.
t'
so fi r Ihnn tho intermixture of tbi* la-
operatives of different
a corrupting tondoncy, It la at
enuobling ttate of society,
'small mean* purchases one or two
ituto a ataúd-
f nor bis sons
or wltb a will
negro
i far more Intelligent.
' of association
is A>lt because the whites
i which tbe merry, ft-oliesomu
ot obedience. Form
i be *o divided, that
• men of the «amo proper
a Mt labor His to
fa family.
Tie iierieaa Union.
Whatever may he the wishes and purposes of
extremists sod fanatics at both ends of the
Uulon, as to It* destruction or preservation, It
ia very eertala the number of members of the
Confederacy la destined to be increased.
Conventions have already bren called in Min-
nesota, Oregou. and Kansas. In the former, the
Coaiveutlon ha* acted aud ha* submitted a Re-
publican Constitution, and one very much after
the model of our own. (exoopt that It excludes
slavery,) to the people for their ratification or
rejection- Tbe Conventions of Oregon and Kan-
sas are acting and will doubtless adopt the same
general form of government—tbe only doubt in
reference to the latter being a* to the question
oi slavery—a question which enters not luto tbe
elements of a Kepublican form of government—
and hence one with which Cougress does not
properly have any thiug to do—but it is an In-
stitution purely local aud within the sovereign
control of tho States—and it might therefore
properly be left out of the organic law alto-
gether, but for the apprehension, that there
might be no stability In legislation upon the agi-
tating subject lu orgauic lawa there is some-
thing more stable; aud they are less liable to
be changed.
But we did not commence this article with a
view to the discussion of this never ending sub-
ject of slavery.
We intended to speak of tbe prospects of the
Union.
Three new members will then be admitted
this year. And in a very short time Nebraska,
New Mexico, and Utah must follow. Tho Uulon
will thus be «welled from thirty-one to thirty-
seven members, being within two of tripple
number of State* with which we «tarted seven-
ty years previously. The number of inhabitant*
bos increased in a still larger proportion;
after all which is said nBout foreign linmlgri
the slave populntlon and the free black* fia'
liicreascd lu a far more rapid ratio than !
white*. The reason of this is easily disue
by all who observe the two races—and the
ferent notions of matrimonial relations. But thi
increase is only In proportion, mid for many
rensons affecting the great hives of populn
It must continue to be so. As to slavery ouly
being profitable in Southeru States, there is much
humbug In that. Labor is lubor everywhere)
and the higher tho statoof civilization the more
it is wanted. The negro can work in n cold
climate as well as the white mau iu a warm ono-
The difference it, that tbe negro will not volun-
tarily work auy where—and the white man na-
turally tcek* in doos rather than out door avo-
cations.
But what is to be the effect of the admission
into the Union of six ne«v States—not more than
one of wblch will tolerate slavery, and should
they all do to, It would cause a very small dif-
fusion of the slavo population 1 -MJ
The balance of power numerically lias long
been lost In the House of if1 .oientntivcs.
Six new States will increase tile odds fivo or
more—and It will Increase it soute ten in the
Senate. A re-adjustment of 'the census would
have done the same thing in the House, though
not In tho Senate. There aro those who despair
of tbe Uuiun At toon a* this actual preponde-
rance takes place.
Wo are not of that number. We confess that
we are not without our apprehensions. But wo
only view tbe element as one of the causes
which may lead to It* overthrow. With the
clear understanding of the truo structure of our
Government—with the oardlnal principles of
Statei righta at expounded by Jefferton, and
Madison, and Troup, and that whole elass of
politicians. In a word, to long as tbe principles
of Statei rights and non intervention are acted
upon, so long would the South be safe, even
when numerically iu the miuorlty. In a word,
tho Democratic party as a party has always been
safe for tbe Union and the Statei. At the same
time there ia no disguising, that the fraternal
chain which binds tho peoplo of tho Union iu a
common brotherhood ha* been greatly weaken-
ed—aud the Uulon I* not now toclal, but only
political.
Tbl* it an ovil, which cannot be amended at
the South. It can only be corrected by tbe
Northern people reforming their sentimenti
upon the tubjeet; and learning to feel, that they
have tint enough upon their own contoiences,
without wailing ovor an Institution which it
really an aggregate blesiing. Whether then the
Union It tafo- or not, it will oontinue to grow,
and to itateimen must we look to settle tbe re
tult. We need the best intellect 01 the nation
to study the problem.
Defining their Poiitlons.
The Dallas Ileruld and the Houston Tele-
graph have at last defined their positions upon
the Kansas issue*, which know nothings and " in-
dependent " politicians have caused to ngltate
the country. The Telegraph offers pome better
reasons for the delay, than merely waiting to
see " how the cat Jump*." The keen editor was
watching tho color of the coon, which the new
parly was bringlug out | and as Iho " pendent
vertebra;" was tho last part exhibited, he did
not cry out until ho taw tbe " stripes around the
tnll," whereby ho kuow tbe eucrny of tho de-
mocracy of old. Tbe Telegraph takes the right
ground In favor of popular sovereignty.
We did not receive tho Herald containing the
" (our column article," but IVoiu Iho copious ex-
tracts which we have men, we suppose be main-
taina the position of the Intelligencer. Indeed,
all the reliable democratic papers of the State,
have successfully defcuded the non-intervention-
principles of tho admlulstrntlon. In detail,
there have been otyootlons to Walker's speech
ot, or fo tomo part* of tlicin. But tbo principle
of «SMttiiig the constitution to the peoplo, has
been sustained.
Of oourse. In Texas aa every where else, we
e weather-cook demócrata, who are always
out to see which way the wind blows.—
politician* have been natilent now as they
«rere In 1804, when they were just looking be-
hind tho ace ufa to toe what was going on. Hou*
ton and hit presse* were then by extract*, and
reoorda ot triumphs, and secret caucuses, pol
toning the country against tbe aduilnlatratlon,
non-intervention principle,
And our pw exctlUnct independent presses were
out, that the repeal of the Missouri re-
sovereign.
Sentinels were
was not ao bad.
timo lor the loam
ara glad to tee the democratic
. to
Ü
* $! ♦ #
The Senatonhip.
We were about to prepare some viewe of our
own for the consideration of the several worthy
gentlemeu who -are candidates for the United
Statei Senate (for lu that category do we consi-
der all who -are olectloueeriiig for fhe office,
either by themselves or friends) when we receiv-
ed tbe Ricbmoi.d Enquirer, in which we find a
very able leader urging the importance of a full,
clear and expliolt understanding, as to whether
the aspirant* support the administration of Pre-
sident Buchanan, or nott There 1* no u*e dodg-
ing. There aro only two «idea to the question.
An open effort has been made by the Charleston
Mercury, th« Misslssipplan, tbe New Orleans
Delta, aud tbe Galveston Newt, aided by the
priuoipul ol tho ''American press," to destroy
the administration—not for any real cause, bul
l'or carrying out tho non-interveatlon principle
of the Territorial bills, and tho Democratic plat-
form upon which tho President was elected.
That tlicBe '-rule or ruin men'' have syinpa
thlsers in Texas is apparent from the fact, that
some of our Deinocraliúprctscs have been silent
-others have copied from these denouncers of
tho administration without comment, and many
professed Democrats have sympathized with the
misguided Georgia movement.
Far bo It from ns to Insist npou any man's
blind support of the present or any otter admi-
nistration. It Is human to err¡ aud It is possi-
ble for any President to becosie '•traitor," a*
these presses call Mr. Buchanan. But this we
do lnsist>wrf'<fi t%rt the Democratic party is
Carbonate$Hriq_ we well know:
creamer tarter, - ..u„ot,>d to ClllTV
saleralus. xpccreu to can y
.Mel,unes I.lver Pills, goes into power;
'! do do VermBtatbt last canvass
1 do o" ot tannin, m of federal non
do sick howl ache remodv, . ., , ,
K«l. alcohol, • t0 t!lu l,0°P,li ul
do Porter's burning Fluid," regulating their
do lamp oil. iuding the daugc-
do lurpenlluo. ,t Mr. Buchanan
1^0 do LmiKiea o l. . . . , ..
1IM) kepft Lend nnd Zinc, pure, 'ül'
buski t olive oil, called by all or
dab orted fruits, lection—and still
o r.v tic its' .'vl an/.vzs AX*™ «a"™ 6 I al-
Muftard— French, liul pretended to aid
"i' i' v'* "'"I ?nlration having been
T jEUE3[<>ecouic* all true Demo-
^"^defend the President; and
those IV.iiin¿,«*3fc «o put thetn-ieiveg into a fulse
position.
Tho Territorial question it to be tbu great
question of <hc administration, and tho turning
issue in tho race of 1800. Tho people have a
right to demand in advance the views of those
who aeek to become a part of the advisers and
counsellors of that administration. As a Dem
ocratic journalist, in behalf of the Democracy
who linve approved our course, wo ask each and
every candidate to define his position. And for
a better reason hear that old veteran, the Rich-
mond Knquirer:
lint the "linqntror" wishes one thing to be di-
ptinctly understood, and that too without refe-
rence to Senator Hunter or any other aspirant
lor i' "Apenatorsf " it will ojfose bitterly and
to t,. 'last gasp, "* election by the Legislator
of ii'Vy man t«i .;o United States Senate, who
saneuona and encourages in auy manner tho dis-
union views of the Charleston "Mercury," and
the abuso which tho New Orleans '-Delta" has
heaped upon the President. It will iu tbe uame
oí tho Democracy of the State oppose the elec
tlon of a Senator who affiliates or sympathizes
in any way with those baffled conspirators who
havo been denouncing the Virginia Democracy,
and seeking to destroy the National Democracy.
It will oppose auy aspirant for tho Senatorsbip
who countenances the crashing of tho National
Democratic party and the formation of sectional
parties looking to the dissolution ol the Uuion.
It will oppose any candidate who is suspected
of hostility to the Administration, and sympathy
with Keitt and those tactioaists who seek to
brenk down the Administration. Virginia hav-
ing contributed inore than any Southeru State
to elcct James Buchanan, the Democracy of this
State do not intend so long as ho faithfully dis-
charges his duty, that he shall be deserted or the
cause of tbu National Democracy betrayed.
This Is the position of the "Enquirer," and
our readers can at once perceive that our posi-
tion will be one of strict neutrality where good
reliable Democrats arc conccrned. It proclaims,
however, a war to the kuifo upou all dtsiuiiouisls
and conspirators against the National Democ-
racy.
We go still lurlhcr, and we solicit particular
attention to what we ure uow about to say. The
Democracy of Virginia have an undoubted right
to demand a frank and explicit declaration ot
opinion from all candidates for their suffrages,
whether In u primary or representative capacity.
Whether they place conlldence lu the position
or principles of n candidate or not, any respec-
table individual voter, uowspnpcr, or member ol
the Legislature, has an undoubted right to soli-
oit u lull aud Hank declaration of opinions from
the candidate, and if he refuses to auswer such
call, he offers in Insult to the co.istitiftut, and
forlelts i,ll claim! upou the party. No man in
this country is too high, no office entails such
aristocratic privileges as to deprive tliu hum
blest citizen of this right. 1'ho bumbles! voter
or organ of tho Democratic party, where lie
asks i he opiniouB ol a candidate tor office, re-
spectfully and properly, is entitled to an answer
liuruet County.
The Burnet District Court couiiucucvd on
Monday, Sept.28, JudgoKat.M.Burford presld
iug. The cuse upon the civil docket of most im-
portance wat that of D. Hardeman aud others
agaiust D. C. Cowen el alt., involving a suit
spring. Hardeman claimed by a patent upou u
Ocrinun colony certilioato.
The defendants iuterposed two ejections to
the validity of the patcut.
1st. That the acts authoriting the Issuing ol
patents to the German coluuittH were uiwrdinaii-
cicul and therefore void.
2d. That the talt spring! were not subject
to location; both of which grouuds wero over
ruled by the Court, aud there wut a verdiot ibr
the piaiiltiif.
i I uncock and Green for plaintiffs, Hamilton,
Chalmers aud Armttror.g for the defendants.
This muy awaken some of the misguided nieu
who have had the loolish notion, that they eould
upset the whole of the Germtn colony title*.
A negro waa being tried for artou whon our
reporter left. Tbe defence let op Insanity. The
punishment is death.
The Court aud bar were regaled upou water
melons weighing from 40 to 60 poundt eaoh.
They were raited lu Llano county, by a gontle-
tnau who reported that be got 80 off of one vine,
which weighed aa aggregate of over 1,000
pounds. They are oalled the Cuba water melon,
and are tbe most delioious ever eaten.
The country aboundi In exoelieut bum* ma-
nufactured flour, aweet potatoet, and enough
corn to avert the itarvatlon which oar town*-
people feared for Burnet last tprlng. The
people are returning Austin their sympathy—
ooeaaimally «ending ut a load of flour.
Bring on your melon* and butter, gentlemen.
You are now well to do.
OT Tbe Hon. Jaa. C. Wilson baa
I preaching, and intends to devote himself to
tbe work «a an Itinerant Metbodl*!
mmmw' '
tho public lauda of the State,
•rvey. He oppoees Ürn
for iKo nnaidrtn nt fim,
■VI MO pvUNUU VI UWr
Another Error Corrected,
We publish, with great pleasure, tbe following
letter from our old and esteenled friend, N. Hol-
land, Esq. We can assure him, that no one re-
grets the error which we copied more than our-
self; and no one more rejoice* at tbe success of
Mr. Holland. When he lelt Galveston, he left
with our best wishes, and we have ofteu recurred
to lilt example iib an Instance of success under the
moat discouraging circumstances. We don't
know Mr. Evans; but w« thluk the people of
Austin could not he better represented than by
Mr. Holland. Wo say thi* in no spirit of flat-
tery, but as a just tribute to a mau whom we
have known through six troubles and seven,
and always found his heart In tbe right place.
BellviiXb, Sept. 30tb, 1857.
Hox. Gao. W. Pahchal, Austin.
My Dear Friend:—I noticed In the last Intcl-
ligi'ncer, that in the list given of Representa-
tives elect to tbe ensuing Legislature, the name
of Alfred Evans appears at tho Representative
of Austin county. This it an error, to my pre-
judice, which seems to have got circulated to no
little extent, but which I have not heretofore
noticed for the purposu of correction. Seeing it
in such a paper us tho Intelligencer, however,
feel It my duty to myself and my constituents
to at least notify you of the error. Alfred Hvaiis
is not the Representative of Austin county,
neither de facto nor dejare. I hold the certifi-
cate ol election supported by a majority of the
votes of the qualified electors of the couuty
Evans Is contesting, and the matter will lie de-
termined at Austin after the meeting of the Le-
gislature. I fear not the result.
Yours v- ry truly,
N. HOLLAND.
Homicide at Lampasas Springs.
We hear a painful nccouut of the killing of
Mr. Franklin, well known lu this community, by
A. B. Burleson, also well known. The difficul-
ty ;;rew out of some dispute about rent
When will men have tho moral courage to
govern their passions, and refer the disputes
which they cannot settle to their neighbors?-
There Is no security for life so long as the gun.
tho revolver and tho Bowie knife ia the arbiter
of all misunderstandings. The Jaw is no pro-
tection ; for, until thr public taste be improved
men will leave the law. The only remedy is in
society frowning down all men who will a give
wanton insult, or wilfully pcrpctrutc an act oi
injustice. Wo know nothing of Iho merits oi
this particular case; nor do wc utter these sen-
timents in condemnation of Mr. B. He may b<
jnstlfable, ns tbo world thinks, or if not, his re,
iponsibility Is sufficiently awful. We only speak
of tho spirit of the times.
Since the above was wrltton we have beard a
version of tho affair which wo trust may prove
untrue. Mr. Franklin was not dead, but is not
expected to live.
To "Sixth Ward."
Wo have to say that tho corporation pays a
a few officers, collects large taxes, and digs deep
ditches* the value of which tho property holders
on Congress Avenue know how to appreciate
In return certainly the citizens ought to be pro-
tected against nuisances, and*the too great lib-
erty of throwing stones,
Mm Kmrou,—I am not naturally curious or
inquisitive, but there are some things concerning
our cornoration laws and their administration,
would like to liavo explulned. First, I won!
ask, Is there no law against shooting within the
limits of the corporation, and whose duty is it
to see that offenders against such regulation are
egu
fnnlsnc-dT Should tlierc bo nny such
would request of him to visit that part of the
city, cast of Congress Avenue and south of I'e
can street. He will find there, almost nny day
a band of amateur Nimrods to whose exploits lie
would do well to put n stop, or if that be Imprac-
ticable ho would confer a favor by teaching them
to aim elsewhere than at gtatn window and tin
roofs. Our neighbor* lire continually complain-
ing of annoyances of this kind, and only n few
days since a ball crashed through the window ol
a Female Seminary on Pino street, and barely
mi*$ing the head of a young lady pupil, buried it-
felf in the opposite wall! And now, Mr. Editor,
iu conclusion, permit me to ask a few simple
questions of your enndid, thinking readers. To
what purpose" do we pay enormous taxet ? Where
is the protection we purchased by sacrificing a
part of our natural rights in becoming an Incor-
porate body? And finally, are not our city laws
aud ordinances ns at present administered, a
perfect farce—o serious ono I grant—yet a farce
at last? Yours, &c.
SIXTH WARD.
Austin. Oct. 2d, 1837.
Who ii he after ?
The Indlanollan oomes down upon «omebody,
like a thouaand of bricks. There li much gcod
teuae Iu what be taya, but tho truths are so home-
ly, that thoy are calculated to offend tbe Itine-
rant office hunters. The editor hat not been
long iu the State, otherwise he w;ould have
learned that the quiet retiring gentleman may
be overlooked. At the last Waco Convention
an able politician very seriously objected to
bringing any name before tho convention whose
claims bad not b.-en canvassed before tbe
people, and by the press. In other words, no
one's claims should be considered, unless be bad
been running for nomination on his own hook.
Docs It not occur to our brother that it might
bu well not to tell quite such plain truths?
None but great men have been spoken of by
the presses, at least, they are great men iu some
things, if not in others.
Will not the Indlanollan abate, just a little t
Hear him:
TUE SENATORIAL QUESTION.
We are being not a little umazed as well as
mortified, at tbe mauifest zeal of some of our
coteinporarios, iu parading before the public
their favorite candidates lor the U. S. Senate—
we are amazed at tho facility with which men of
very humble pretentions are suddenly inflated
iulo Intellectual giants—men, who tliemselv
know, that for tbe position of Ü. 8. Senator,
they havo no earthly capacity—arc being aud
have doubtless been astonished upon opening
lome of the newspapers of the day, to find that
they are marked aa possessing the exact qualifi-
cations nccessary to fill the place of the late la-
mented Rusk, and to doii the mantle of the il-
lustrious Sam.
Now wo think, iu n great measure, wo under-
stand why this man and that man and the other
are so frequently paraded iu the columns of our
coteinpornrlea, as the suitable persons to repre-
sent us in the Senate. It is not any particular
patriotism or desire to serve the Slate laltht'uliy.
but most generally cmuúutcs from sorno selfish
design, aud not uufrequcntly do these laudations
Srooccd from intense patriotism of the vould-Lie
iniutors themselves.
Now we have been led to regard Iho U. S.
Senate ns the most exalted body of men in the
world—and tor an aspirant to it, iu the good old
days of Ibe Republic, to have entered the hus-
tings as competitor for the position, would have
branded him with infamy.
It is true that few, if any of the very eminent
gentleman who have been named tor the place iu
our State, have Slrectly or openly presented
themselves, but is very obvious to any one tbe
least observant, tluit although not directly, per-
sonally iu the lists, they ure evidently-the pow-
er behind the throne," and that really the can-
vuss for tbe high position is now being actually
curried on by the purtieB themselves through the
agency of third periotu, to wit: lb very docile
press of tbo State. Now to us this is extremely
mortifying, not but that many gentlemen who
are in the lists are eminently qualified, but that
wo believe it is a position, under our own peon
liar institutions, neither to be sought ordeoliued
and were we a member of tho Legislature, we
should take especial pleasuro In ignoring the pie-
tensions ot any man whom we had the least sus-
picions of having intrigued in the slightest pos-
sible manner for the position.
There are plenty ot'good inou, and pure pa-
triots, who, taking the high position that we
havo assumed, that would not, that could not. if
elected, refuse to accept tlio honored appoint-
ment. Men who would ably and fuithlully serve
the Stttlo; they are men of modest merit known
lo tbe State and Legislature, aud we t-incerly
hope that our Representatives will rebuke the
degeneracy, the base proititutiuu of some of our
would-be Statesmen, by quietly giving them the
go-by, and no matter what this paper or that pa-
per may have said about this man or that? man,
aud select them nuiong tbo many capablc and
good men, who have not cither directly or In-
directly, sought the position. Avauut I yc hun-
gry pack—
'•Mongrel, poppy, whelp aud hound.
And cur ol low degree"—
begone? we will have none of you—there an
others in the kennel who have kept up no whin
tiiug, that we like better.
Texas Laws.
It is a fact not generally known, that a large
part of the useful laws of Texas, and upon which
the courts frequently havo to pass, are wholly
inaccessible to the courls or the profession.—
Every lawyer who has practiced in the new
countlcs has sorely felt this. Full copies of the
actc of the Congress of the Republic arc seldom
to be found ; and the same is already true of
many ot the acts of the State Legislature.—
Hart. Dig. omils many repealed laws, such as the
practice acta, law about attachments, and various
other subjects, upon which rights frequently de-
pend. The statutes defining country bounda-
ries, incorporating towns, are freqnoutly not to
be found. There is therefore a necessity that
the next legislature should provide for printing
the whole laws of the Republic and State at
large. Were tlicro no utility in it, Stato pride
and the truth of history would demand it; but
the work would not only be useful, but abso-
lutely nioessary. „ We hope that our wise legis-
lators will not overlook tliii.
Edinburgh Heveiw fur July.
Wo have ouly read two urticles in thit num-
ber.
1. The review of the nine volumes of Marshal
Marmnnt, published after\he death of this, tho
last of Napoleon's Marshal*. Wo cannot judge
of the merits of Mnrmout's books by the orltl-
cism of the reviewers. An Euglithmuu or
Scotchman could hardly do justice to the sul|ject.
2. Tho licente of modern novelitto. Dick-
ens' " Little Dorrlt," and hi* terrible satyrc up-
on the " circumlocution offloe," wbioh it admit-
ted to be the British government, ia severely
consurcd. But what carca Dickens f Ho bat
bccomo too powerful for critic*.
The London quarterly—we bad juit aa well
confess that wc have not read it. Tbe table of
contenta promises Instruction.
Eulooy oh Grn. Rusk.—The Brenham Ran-
ger publishes a very appropriate addreia deliv-
ered at Independence on tbe 29tb August laat,
by J. E. Shepard, E*q. Mr. S. seems to hare
well understood theatroug points of Gen. Rutk't
charaeter; and the true source* of bla com-
manding influence.
W Tbo Hon. L. D. Evan* baa returned to
Marshall from Now Orleans, and expressc* groat
confidence In Waiker'a Nlcaraguan expedition.
OT The "Naoogdoehet Chronicle" questions
tbe correctness of tbo returns of tb* Civilian
and Telegraph, and laya he ^a« more right than
tar Tbe "Colorado Cltlaen" noticea a good
many valuable lmprevementa going on in the
♦own of Coimnbui.
An University.
Wo publish below the proceedings of a meet-
ing of the citizens ot Lampasas couuty In favor
of locating the State University nt that placo
aud calling lor a Convention upon that subject
and education generally. The movement Is
good ono. For while we can offer many argu-
ments In favor of locating the State University
at the Seat of government, it is much better to
have it elsewhere, and particularly at a health
ful place, than not to liavo it ut ail. Acoucert
cd movement on the part of the friends of the
cause ot education would ccrtniuly bo very ac-
ceptable to tbe Legislature; and wo trust lliut
the resolutions of the people of Lampusas will
meet n favorable response.
A Public Melting ok the Citizens op Lam-
pasas.
At a barbecue given by the citizens of Lam-
pasas, on the 18th of September, I8Ó7, a large
assemblage of people were present from various
parts of the State; and after partaking ot the
refreshments of the tabic—a most sumptuous
dinner—the meeting was organized by nppolut-
ing Thos-. B. Hilling chairman, aud W. B. Cov-
ington secretary of the meeting.
Whereupon, Col. W. C. Wiseman wns culled
upon to explain the object of tlio meeting. He
immediately arose, and in hi* happy vein, in a
masterly manner, made known the object of tbe
meeting in setting lorth the great necessity of
sonic actiou by the people in relation to the lo-
cation of the Stute Uuivcrslty. And in conclu-
sion of hlsj-cmarks read and offered tho follow-
ing preamble and resolutions—which were una-
nimously ndopted.
Whereas, It is in contemplation by the next Le-
gislature to locato the State University lor tbe
Slate of Texns—and
Whereas, further, There seems nt this time to bt>
no place settled upon for th« locution of the
same—and the time speedily approaching for
which action will lie hnd upon the same,
Therefore, Be it llesohtd,
1st. Thnt we, the people of Lampasas, lu
mass meeting assembled, together with other
portions of the Statu being hern assembled,
believe tliero is no more suitable place within
the limits of Texas than at the Lampasas Springs,
for the location of n Stale University.
2d. Thnt we believe that tbe central position
of the Lampasas Spring. , combined with its
healthy atmosphere and rommUio mountain sce-
nery, points it out pre-eminently over nil other
plnces lor tlio location of a State University.
3d. That we do earnestly petition onr Sena-
tors and Ueprcscnfativcs in our next Legislature
to locato tho State University at or near this
place.
4th. Thnt wo do hereby instruct onr Imme-
diate Senator and Representative In tho next
Legislature to use nil houorablo means to pro-
cure its location at this plaoe.
5th. That we do hereby request that all the
oomitioi in this State will movo In the matter,
and call primary mot/tlngs, and pass resolutions
expressive of thoir sentiments, whether in favor
of this place, or any other in preference hereof.
And for tho purpose of appointing delegates to
meet iu Convention at Austin, on the 4th Mon-
day In November next, to deliberate upon the
same, and upon all other mattet-s pertaining to
Education.
8th. That this meeting appoint five delegates
to moot said convention at tho time and place
ipcciflcd.
7th. That this meeting ajfyoint a correspond-
ing committee of «even, to correspond with all
the countle* of thi* Stato upon tbe «utyect, and
to memorallxe the I.egltlaturo by petition for
8tb. That tbo Austin Intelligencer, State
Gaiette and Sentinel, and all other papera in
the State, friendly to tho oante of Education.
i reqnaitad to nuhllsh.thsao .,..™o..,iin~.
The
delegate*
- ■HI to tho oi
be reqne«ted to publish,lhe«e
i A
m _ _ .
Scott, Dr. H. Ryan, Col. S. F.
anted to publiibAbete proceedings,
chairman then proceeded to appoint tbe
tea required In tbe 6th resolution, consist-
C. Wiseman, W. B. Covington, J. W. Weave
Tlios. Murray, James Gibsou, 8. Flctchtr
T Z. Bean. f™*
Ou motion, the meeting adjourned.
T. B. HUL1NO,
W. B. Co vino ton, Chairman
Secretary.
Territoriei.
Here Is an outliue of tho Minnesota ConititQ.
tion, which the Convention baa lubmitted to
the people. Doei the fact of tubmlulon fright*
the Newt and the denounce ol the adminiitr .
tion? Why it there no noiie about thiiTerrU
tory 7 It fooliihiy exeludet slavery; but thia
Ii only a proposition of the Convention
which tbe voteri muit pasa.
These voteri, it will be obierved, are w^lfe
male oitlzem, unnaturalized foreigner!, and ei.
vlllzed Indians. So here are voters who are uot
citizens of the United States. How will th«
New Orleans üulletin and the Newi get along
with this exercise of popnlar «overeignty? Mr.
Calhoun denied the power; but hii argumeak
neither satisfied his colleague, South Carolina,
theSup.Court of theU.S., uorany body butiuoh
blind devotees as refuse to reason for them-
selves :
the minnesota state constitution.
The Convention which assembled on the 18th
of August to frame a Statu Constitution for Mi-
nesota lias submitted one to Ixi voted upon by
the people on tbu 18th of Octohcr next. The
following arc lhe principal features ol this docu-
ment :
The Bill of Rights asserts that Government Is
instituted for the security, benefitsaud protection
of the people; that ail political power Is inherent
in them; aud that they can modify, alter and ru-
tona government, whenever tbe public good de-
nial id .
It ordains that neither slavery nor involunta-
ry servitude, except lor crime, símil lie tolerated
lhat the liberty ofthe press shall not bo iulring.
cd; It secures tbe right of trial by jury; the prompt
administration of justice, and defines treason to
oonslst ouly ill levying war against the State, or
adhering to its enemies m
il prohibits the passage of any Bill of Attain-
der, aud corruption of blood or lo s of estate by
conviction of crime.
Fi uilal tenures of laud and lenses for a term
exceeding twenty-one years not allowed.
Religious liberty is secured, aud no religious
test or property qualiticatioii for office or the right
to vote is demanded.
Tlie government is distributed into three de-
partments, Legislative, Executive aud Judicial.
The first of uhicli shall consist of a Senate aud
llous - of Representatives; the second of a Gov-
ernor. Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer, Auditor aud Attorney General; and
tbe third •>>' a Supreme Court, D,strict Courts,
Courts of Probate, Justices of the Peace, and
such other inferior Courts as the Legislature
may establish by a two-third vote.
Each Senatorial District must embrace nt leyd
5,0011, and each Representative Distsict not less
than 2,000 inhabitants. The coinpeusatlou for
members of both Houses is $3 per day.
The Constitution very properly provides—
that no law shall embrace more than one sub-
ject; that the Legislature shall not grant di.
vorces; and that it shall not authorize lotteries
or sales of lottery tickets.
Tbu Governor holds his office two years, at a
salary of $2,500; thu Lieutenant-Governor for
tho Biiuic period, at a salary equal to twice the
amount ot that of a Statu Senator.
The Secretary of'Siate also holds for two year!
at a salary of $1,500; tho Treasurer and Attor-
iiey-General holding the tame time, receive each
$1,000 per annum, while the Audilor holds
three years at the same salary.
The Judgos of the Supremo Court are chosen
by the State electors at largo for the term of
seven years.
The election franchise Is granted to all white
male Inhabitants, over twenty-onu years of age,
who are citizens oflhcUnittd States, to foreign-
ers who have declared their intention to become
citizens, agreeable to the naturalization law; to
persons mixed white and Indian blood, and to
Indians who have adopted tho language, customs
and habits of civilization. No proviaion what-
ever is inado for colored men of negro origin.—
Whatever may be their culture, \heir wealth,
their virtues, they are debarred from thu ballot-
box.
The Constitution makes ample provision for
common schools, and establishes an University.
Thu expenses of the government are to be paid
by an nnnunl tax. No public debt exceeding a
quarter of a million shall bu incurred; tbe credit
ol the Stute «hall not bu loaned to Individuals or
corporations.
A general banking law is authorised to bo
passed by the Legislature ; but uo law shall bo
valid which directly or Indirectly suspends spe-
cie payment, aud ull banks shall give United
Stales and State stocks as security for the pay-
ment of spccie.
Thu seat of government is, for the present,
loc-ttcd nt St. Paul's.
According to the present apportionment the
number of Senators to be elected thia fall Is 37,
and the number of Representatives 80. Tho
eleotion will comu off on the 13tb of Oct., at
which lime nil frue white persons, tweiity-ono
years of age, who have resided ten days In tbo
Territory, will be allowed to vote, simultaneous-
ly for State officers nnd for the adoption or rc-"
jeotion of tho Constitution.—Albany Evening
Journal.
United States Senntors.
Some of our worthy contemporaries flared up
at the notión^that the choice of Senatori should
be left to the Legislature ; but Insisted upo*
the press lettllng the matter; by which we'tup-
pote wat meant, lhat tho pren ii the proper
indicia of popular sentiment. Admitting that
the prest but reflects, rather than createt popu-
lar sentiment, we think there ia great uncer-
tainty at to the honort to be conferred.
The " Ledger " ereditt the " Houston Tele-
graph " with the sentiment, that none bnt
Southern born men should be ohosen. A w«
recollect it, that illiberal view came from aone
Idea correspondent of the '• News," who had no
notion of giving either of lhe editors of thatpi-
por a chance. The "Telegraph" preferred
Judge Wilton, thus showing a patriotism abova
sectionalism ; for the same paper oppoted the
only man of Southern birth mentioned, (South
Carolina being the whole South with the ex-
tremists.)
The "Ledger" oppose* thi* «ectionallam
birth, but contends for a little in fact—that ia
for come one living a* fur a* west aa Matagorda
bay | which leta In all Colorado flah and thoaa
weit thereof, but excludes Bruahy.. The lint
in fact rum through the Chamberí' grant. For-
tunately Gov. Peate't and Judge Hemphill a
retldencet are on the weit end of that grant.
But then the "Dallat Herald"' oomet at Go*-
Peate became of nature's defect—a fling rath-
er than a feeling of ill-nature we aro ture,
it it not every great man who can talk at th#
"Herald" knows.
The "Huntavllle Item" and the Washington
papcrt advocate the claims of ex-PreiM #*
Anton Jonet, whereat the ''Civilian," which "
breaking itt constitution in tbe advocacy of JJJ
favorite towniman, Col. Potter, grow wr W
and gives aome ugly poke* at the learned
tor. Aad one of the opposition pre*ae* cianr
Ing a kind of right of intervention indulge w •
"giisard-foot correspondence," more poraoo
than witty; and another seises upon a
private scandal for public use and nurl* I' '*
good natured gentleman whoae claima have new
very little ditcuncd In the paper*. All tM^
dongh-nut*" teem to be thrown
Ing of G.
Malm, W. C. Wiseman, and by
man, T. B. Hating, was appom
As alto to appoint the oommittee named
In the Ttb resolution, who aro at fallows: W.
motion tbe ehelr-
nted the fifth dele-
IUf KlUirilUlCi UlUUipjca • • 'q
i|N>nent*"v«ry indecorous fot t
gentleman to use towards another." , _
Tbe Eastern papers are ne better united-
Tho notions of unanimity for Gen. Hendí'**
are entirely in the West. They will suffice.
K.w- • J
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