San Antonio Herald. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 5, 1855 Page: 1 of 2
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VOLT I.
1
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himself, (a
undoubted Hi
aseertioa of J
of
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hw be tai
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« «i Tlm'iMiMtar
CajL DafMboe wae
ward aodgave
gátiou dldttA
cellent speech ta
defeated.
be
think/hardly
etcaager tbingt
haebeea jRip
aacar Charter
the same parpeae
been takeain wfefOHX
honora- wMth more londly
Um, 1*11 . On
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falsehood.
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Wr* th* printing.
A ywA jFrtiS# tí# •ixttn ;mri
•ge, «W («a ih4 m4 write, <h*lrm« rf learn
m* ^rwttwr < *; jí-oeiu^ • good sitaai
•4 Uiaoflc*
"Oar taMrVWe regret our
fire the card of - Our House'' title
It laaaid in well kept and bountifully
vMlritfc the het-l the country affords.
TheaHgtTing day the geatlemaely
♦oca fare their Irieode a tip top dinner. We
advise all who are food of good fare
friendship that will aot add
hie reputation among
lie haa shown that he
ip, truth I'
consideration to
As a further e/ideaceof thefalstty of Mr
Wwlder's statements, we gire below an ox
pÉÍMBÉaáhlriÉrtÉBMdf* ' í~*uJ|lL'~ " 'L *
readily
ewty other
jmriypur-
of the other measure ,
to came us to doubt
that wOÍ tf«r<fc* the
quite
Tha
pleaded
R. A. Henson wain ra
lew pertinent remark*,
advance (q nlly |a aefenoe of
•f ft! dominant party. UUpiw>Md
to go to
~ a Begiatry Law la pa*-] WM «¿n tinted and
aims and
ed, hwñl md& * very great
the Zeitwy, giving! them the flat ¡the rote of this county. Therefore
I licve it W0 be opposed, just as the:
menta of Mr, Welder, made in j tion of the .newconnty below us is
Fewaritag--We invite the
of all iatereeted in tbe
mi reeeiviag business, to the
Wj Dnnu, of Lavaca, Texas.
Hlefctlftimereaneqaaled. and as it will be
aaenhietmtneate ared action on former rate .
Aete hierebehOlty and promptness a* a bus
fosea maa tbe beet of refferenees or |
teaa may he had by thoae desiring ei
We hopa oar aaereheata mad all others
•atad wffl aot overtook Mr. Danu's c
to •
of Representatives at Austi
I regard to the San Antonio
least in two points of /act, a correc-
tion. I
♦ There is no truth In what
had >adly misrepresented
opinions M tbe majority
German birth ea tbe su
never have done so,
tbe contrary from ~
hsve aissed to re[
and aentiaaeata of tbe
tears to the Hunker
K a higher éoe^ to
Germaa reason and
full length of our
after the public
of tbe Honker
says; that we
views and
cittcens of
slavery - We
«Fove
merer
ed by tite plaudits o(f f
we be-J Cpi. Deaison. was
in a few brief
[willingness to respond
was and
poHtics
to the
not bobble.
><
because it wiH cut off several h
that are under the control of tbe eoui
clique. They may prate about c
valuable country, good settlements and the tj,e Bexar delegation,
decrease in the tax of this county, but all returning from Austii
af these are small objections to tho*e making; Burleson of Hays con
them, compared to the votes tbey will lose attested their than
tbe control of, by tbe formation of «his new- jhe rea<ling
county. These facts cause us to dijubt the | then for. a cop;
passage of a Registry ]Law. ; [¿ WM sent for. lnj the
; lowing resolution was ri
for and made a
ling on' the party
American princi
His speech was
ived. as attest-
present
called. He res-
is, declaring his
hen Sam called, but
GZTTOIO
Beware of those w
would
tween friends,'' is a caution that ce.nnot be the interest of the Am<
y regarded by the Democratic - tjo give its own ne
time. The K. N's circulation and
"come be- K&olred. That it is not only tbe duty, but large increase iu
i ..a 1.. ék/v - — ^«%.# ika A ■ ■><*—tlaaw *4w Darn ^ F-
ondlr, ¡tí. ontr , itet! tb« Anti. m^ority of BMrljUcn 'fe.Md
articles, put forth by oar sheet, have
ftty MaMMaa—We hare heard it stated'
that aa Individual Who seta up some preten-
«tata it emu y aád i tapei tahlBlj. remarked
aiftar the American delegation left for Austin,
Umft there would be lam theiviag and rob-
the city until the Know-Nothings got
We learned Oiia ea the street after
«ur raturn, but as no name was given, we'eon
to point out the individual who 1 *a8
i auch a very contemptible opinion
o# hia feflow-eUtsena and countrymen, were-; 50th
ly ta eooaaqueoce of an honest difference of slav.
apiaton. We fare aot to know stKh an oue.1 ^
He la beneath our cc tempt. lj , ■ l^®e
Slaj
emenated from any other pen than onr own.
tl'e need not shine with borrowed plumage
It is (rue that we have published two En-
glish articles under oar own responsibility
* ive emenated from a pen of a native,
at that time, to our knowledge
with being a member of ths Ameri-
We do not know if this charge
in truth, but this much we do
t there was Scarcely any warmer
of tbe Genua ! , than he was. For,
articles treated not the subject of
y, but defended most ably the honor
gfats of the Germans* and this at a
when Know-Notbiugism was, in San
io, overwhelming, and almost every
. i III Native and many adopted eitiren* belonged
-We are unalde to sav any ^ or¿t>r ^ our p8¡>eraiooe combatted
thing about the hotels of Austin, because wejh. We bad several of our English articles
did aot atop at any el them, owiiig to tbe revised by him, because we tbink there is no
Ucttku Ikry wnt anM to overiwiog. I An.,tÍMn jm i1t n. of hishar liMrMj-tó.in-
W. « MrtM toj. 8 A.tooi.lKmd for
■loplag aooommodationa, and we bad to eat
attka watauiata, or crowd our buttons off
trying to get to the table at the Hall House.
-prOjpeieter, mys he jwill
as and better aecommoda-
Americana have a
We hape an. He beer
and doea hia beet
0
te visit to
Hen son. Esa.,
T«%s, and
Mw
of General Houaton luring!hia
Auattar— 71m I
Felt; why that it Waa the prondeat day
of hie life. He waa welcomed aad greeted
thouaands of his countrymen and fair be take from them
that
Ataer¿caá paper
a**aaeat of the ]
I^Owing
of getting to predi last
weet, we omitfitf aekaawledge a r mt
from our wuiibf coUmmmfr of Ihn Bait 1 mi
"V ^m^ 11 ■■ ■■ T
■ te.
- . • — itA a. : il
d«e a etanger, wWcame expressly to -oa our
'■ity. But we wfil do him the justice to say
he pub|fa#e m veat and interjecting1
country women, who bad
bomea, and their bussneM
.Suppose the Legislature
faver of the KtrnmS
the General opposed
Senate. It la but aa
of opinion. Gen.
we heUee Uae Legiaiature
In a ^tiraal' Ike
taeal capacity. He
the Baltimara
clarei against all further
«uhjeot of alavery, ha!
Hié consistency is a
eves of the noUtieal
wr ara wuaw
assailing him from every
ia tbe Sate. But they
pitiful, lean minority, tl
h«*eda tfe^r
aa much as he
from their
that purpose,
giren vote in
which
Uniled States
of a dtffer-
we doubt
a a
to
1111 whleh 4e>
itatiort oa the
it of Congress,
offence in the
_ 'whir are
county town
ite such a
old hero
at hia
tootblf
which de^Tve. fjic e ,eour-!fW?# of w ^
^arty everywhere. „ bc r<ee¡r„ ^ ^
thf l*'e appearance at 01
we are under tbe necjessi
tMft, M aa to make our reg-
nest week. Vf>dpiealny ;pritteipte
i v b,r«n- *m+r
^ Col B.
that he bad hiwn detained at t >
ATÜ saa.by bimam withth- Dirae
the raSlroud thp*e. He r>pptar
baBd our rcM^ and if there' ar*
ÜM-Iis^|)^ t¿ d<t ■••r
oar great taavi of the peojde,
tviwlent
■ njtikiice and vile
„... „ ,m .. h«u*e cliques whoa
writes by last hi¿ because
;i,d*pen4eiwe t< leave a
jars <f{isc*«rrap?od3 if ba^ and
ou* iojuTftie wNh the griat A
tba aatl
3o
pf^l
will treat with
ta of ptditical
to sacrifice
keep with
e the pett;
of the con;
. i^rs «it tbe *oil *b«
■'A tbe (}rSt ]*' í >11 lit
lisgrace and d';Ü-¡
Masted tbe
fty that bad been
ignpag m"B; and
ncan partyj and
and aai
ltd isikoiaed;
rtjáie ' ■fe-r ■4
:ujiisa.
prostrate and hopel-s^j I Their
breed dissension s in tbe
i(rty by sowing
exciting bitter
I excused himself on account of mental and
uuse bodily fatigue.
ing off- Col, Davidson stated tbe kind treatment
ved going to and
the hands of Ed
when tbe meeting
applause.
Platform was
not being present,
ican time tbe fol-
and adopted.
The
tpeo
of some who <
their numbers.
A number of
the American
theirs, and
(Bombshell)
to their Rum
dred horsemen In
1 We mould
to
eention
particular
the disparity In their
aád ridiculosa Tbe
neither a.4ted nor expected.
" 1 1 i - 1 ■
1 The position of San Antonio, the
point of departure for travelers to £1
Mexico and California, makes it a
of rtwort for discharged soldiers. br«~
down gorenwü nt tcaasaters. fngitisns
1 justice east of ths (íuadalajw. Mexican
and, itt fact, for YagalKMid>i of ¿very
lescription/'— I¿edj/tr.
We have been ue
published m our own
pledge ourselvesi
enable its enterpru
tbe I if raid, and ei
Col. Davidson moved
party of Bexar,
n more general
icularly tbe one
nty, and that we
oorbest efforts to
to enlarge
usefulness.
amend by adding,
.< ¡ And that each onej present who has n
j* ^¡scribed, do so, and those who have!
urchins
. not paid do so now;, and
ry maid, who, to ¡ pay for another year in
would (wll the Tho rsralatioa |u
made htm bowl.
iwho
trance.
mousey adopted. A
ed, was unani
erable number
they now tie prod
only chance is to
ranks of ttMT; . . .
broad caat "falsehoods,
feelings aflPMigat our
attU.
We once heard of a
quiether crying
bouse dog's ear un
thus frightening
The editors of the
similar policy.
hare been diaaj
selves duped, and
tricks that have
To prevent this, the Gazette attempts to gexar county have been informed through
frighten them by pulling Sam's ear and tbeir delegates to the Convention at Austi"
making him growl. He's been beaten, and; that Ed. Barleaon of lfavs county, e
bshells
tbem-
quiet. canje and endorsed it, by subacrib-
Opting * .¡0g an<j iucreading their
j R. A. Henson, Esq., o
resolution, which w
mom coaseat:
Ranked, That as thel American party of
subscriptions.
Tered tbe following
adopted by
unani
now Mea "prostrate and hopeless/l yet the
GazttUwen pretend to fear that be will "corns
between friends." They^ia keep|eas¡fon
tbat score. Sam's a Wise chap, and will Dot
be guilty of auch a silly trick. He will not
interfere in the quarrel amonj
shélla, knowing that '-when rogues fall out
hoaeetmenget their due." Neither will,
eir favorite mode of
dcast falseh >odB."
warfare, "sowing bi
re has nev< r been in
Lates: nade in
llcious mainer, and
that tbe noninalions.
J able to Iwb, will
"We
our city a selection
more fair, open and
wo are happy *®
aa far as we have
receive tbe aupport !of tbe
without exception.'*—Toan.
That's decedly cool. We belli re thla is
o first regular party nomiamtiq!' «e have
had in thla city, and^^we know of aoné that
given m<we dissupActiott} not With the
citizens generally,
to them various acta of kindness
tal ity, the American party hereby I return
their thanki to him for so doing.
It having been stated upou the floor of the
House, by Jacob Welder, Esq., ooe of the
Representativee of this county ia the Legii
latule of Texas, that the anti-slavery artic
which appeared some tima aáace in the
tung„ were written by a member of the Amer-
ican party, Mr. 3. G. Viall moved that a
committee of three be appointed tie watt
upon the editor of that paper and ascertain
whether the atatement lie
We know not what our cotemporaries oppor-
tunities are for learning public sentiment
and feeling.
aot la have
ation will
entire party,
to
•Odder be caá
Independence will
a iveZed meeting,
the action of the party
prediction neighbor.
P. Since writing tbe above, we learn
tb*i the Bomhsbe!. t>ave come to tbe conclu-
sion that they caa t mate tbe trip with the
popular tickct, aad intend calling a
etlngoa Saturda
*w tickHw It ia
son, Esq., wni tó pui'oS the track
prorided b? cae get a two third
mf .'tins in his favor-" !; ■
t i called
Make a n
of this
true or false. • This
waa deemed neceaaary, as some of tbe dele
gatea, while in Auatin, pronounced the atate-
ment false, and authorised the membera
the Legislature to ao atate. Tbe following
gentlemen were suggested and appointed
J. O. Viall, S.
said committee: M
Childress, and X. A
The call for the
party 1 faking- Hrfwas then renewed.
Platform. Col. Davl
the President being
tl
Amer ican part;
X. N. Henriques, (nati
but thirty year* n
States,) a K. Wood,
aoa.q.rCbli.E.r
'latfc
ilcox.
of tbe V latforn
te readiajgj of thi
Viet Hp
abaent, Invited all
member* of the
to come forward
of the West indies,
ent of tbe l/nited
. Haller, Wm. Bllir
McDon
, Charb
Hints, W.R. Blankanahip, Came forward aad
were regularly initiated,
On motion, the proceedinga ware
to be published in the Ucrti l, when the meat
<<e are * 1- a.st-a tis -see Oa?
> Sk.llmaa again ia our m ds .
ifp".
:1i
« mMU.Sn
/' i Gv&mm:-
forMnyor,
Irotc
j the pfirposo cf
«- JWM
Dec., 4th, 1855.
oxy Ají
írsigned, having
call
Aatouio Z xiimg. I
t authw ofi
vhick appeared
August. But
unwittingly solved
to aeeonnt for tha
11 vou; last
co>temporary baa
e«tien.'
ISau^Once make if apparent that Hinfpo-
i«m is in the ascendant, and these presses,
(so-called democratic,) would be Hind'►os.'*
* IfuátmtU tits .
Who's struck now?
Once, Mr. Boml.^hell
t ■ « i i
speak M
^ft-uNo true KnoW-noUiuig can be an
old whig or d.-mocrafc"*—¿«frsr
Just so. It weald be dllllcult to belong
to what has no aiptajaliexiaienc*. But it is
Ian eaay matter for ait old whig or an old
bo an A^erloaA, aad eomend
ation of tbe Union, against
ts. Secessionists ami
the Sébtlb, and thi Free Soil-
Fusionists, and Spoils men
m CUf, Webster, Cass, and
of the téo old parties were
hen tbe Union was threatened.
Nullifiers,
Bom l«hella
ing jto titia
party
ve-born tí
are a$*M worthy aaen belong-
ew (America^) party, for'
muí"
language that, to be applied
4 majority oí the
of the country. When
¡y quietly permita such tying epithets,
s not look aa though there were many
"complete outlaw^ in its ranks. It la and
dennnciationa th^t lead prejudiced, vieloua,
ignorant foreigners to attack and murder
nativ
Why Doat Teu Galaige Year Paper^-Ia re-
ply to those who ask *hia question, we can
ooiy my—Miuottfur sasant leemebUwiodott.
We are as anxiona to enlarge as aay on can
possibly be to have ua do ao. We hat* la-
bored hard had faithfully, and lived eoooom
ically, with the hope of beiag aide to iu-
creaae the aiae af the Hendd at tbe end of
the ftraleix month* Wehave earaed a saf-
flci«n| amount, bat as lame portion of it is
unpaid, wa are not mack nearer tbe accom-
plishment of our object than when wje first
commenced. Maav prommi to |
our material* arrived for eali
Lave done our peril, the material aar'nw#,
but they have Jailed to d^ theim To ta-
crease the sixeof o | papar will *
our labor; but pe *fe pÜling tuincreaie o ur
*y
if 1
SOwlu ibosé tit'
arder ua worthy of jeut
other aoarce to
We belong to
■are
,, II" '
roa*.
af the
We Ww do not eoiv
bice, then we have no
jar comfort.
This i* the
to this subject. The
fur friends and pat.
i 4: if!
'¿paper a few months since, have dona ao, and ¿sttrday lart;
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