The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 11, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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Fauir.—We are sorry to learn that
the frost killed much of the fiuit. The
Dtlon is not general.
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es Abridged Debate , 10th
New American Cyclopedia, 6th
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Plant an abundance of sweet po-
«agar millet. Nothing is as
bogs aa the latter, nor of such
use as the former.
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Honorable J. W. Throckmorton,
; writes us, that tho late
bave. materially damaged the
crop in that section.
attention of the reader is
o advertisements of " lost
D. Oarr & Co.," " citation,"
"admiaictrator^ notice," it to-day's
Rain —Abundant rains loll on Thurs-
day, Friday, Saturday and Sanday last
Mr. S. Palm reports the total depth by
the rain gage to have been 2.46 inches.
Many regard the early corn as now safe
Th# Artesian well, back of the
has been eicavated to the
hundred and thirty odd
work is «till progressing.—
at the present depth, i*
on the Houston
rains on the road,
sustained by' the
great as was first
Tho crops generally, pre-
' '"g «"Pec*-
back to
H.H.
r, who have re-
vialt to tbe
Utter gentleman reports
the pros-
were never better.
The Nonliitloa for Coagreu.
'a mall brought us the newa that Oen
T. N. Waul had received tbe nomination of the
Weatefn District Convention for Congress. On
tbe first ballot Mr. Cunningham of Victoria re-
ceived 11 votes, and Judge Oldham led Oen.
Waul, the vote being, for Oldham 89, for
Waul 88; on the aecond ballot Waul-was so far
ahead, that Oldham withdrew bia own name,
and there was such contusion that au adjourn-
ment took place, and Waul was afterwards unan
imously nominated.
This event crowds upon us such a rush of re-
collections, that we must give vent to them,
even In the ftce of tbe fket, that our passionate
friend, Judge Oldham, sometime* unjustly doubts
our sympathy for bis ambitious aspirations.—
Nevertheless, we are sincere when we denounce
this set of poaitive-lajnstice, and this unblush-
ing defeat of tbe will of tbe '* Convention De-
mocracy " of tho Western District of Texas.
We bave known Judge Oldham through eve-
ry phase of bis ambition for twenty ycara ; and
never lias a man been more scurvily treated by
tbe party leaders, with whom he has consorted
all that time. In 1838 be was a member of tbe
Arkansas Legislature, from that strong-bold of
Democracy, " tho Mammoth county of Wash-
ington." lie was clected by an immense ma-
jority. Never was there a better organized par-
ty than iu thut same old county. And so well
did tbe Convention Democracy manage it, that
in 1840, Oldham wa%beatcn by tbe man who kept
bis accounts in byeroglypbics, and fought over
tho circular charge of a cheese, when a'grind-
*tone was iati aded—tbe difference being that
" no eye wna punched In tho centre." Then in
1843, tbe County Convention "trieked Oldham
out of a nomination j" but one of the nominees
having failed to run, 0. came in as a kind of
compromise candidate, and was chosen Speaker,
which office be filled with dignity, having only
resigned if once during tuo session.
In 1844 Oldhnm went before the Little Sock
Convention, a* a candidate for Congressional
nomination, lie was beaten by a Dr. Chap-
man. O. and bis friends, at once repudiated the
action, of what it murt bo confessed was a slim
offiiir. They clamoreé long and eloquently for
a new convcutlon—and a new convention came.
Never was tbe ingratitude of convcntionists
more glowingly displayed. They laid aside
Oldham, and gave tbe nomination to a very in-
ferior man, who bad fattened upon office, and
wbo had to resign tbe Governorship for tbe time.
Oldham allowed some ill temper, but was ensed
off with an electorship, and aftcrwaids. with an
old pair of judicial boots. It must be owned,
however, that be waa tbe eourt while ho was
the judge,
lu 1848 Judge O was regularly beaten by a
men no ways hi* equal in years, ability or expe.
rif nee. Nothing daunted, ho resigned the judg-
a son of an old farmer, " who bad to work Is
tbe Held," when tbe son* of the rich " were st
school or at play." lie fa self-edncated and
aelf-reliant. In all except tbe great mistake of
hi* life, that of committing his political pros-
pects to tbe idle, silk-gloved; d amond-ringed
aristocratic gentry, wbo bave no other use tor,
men with power over tho masses, except to en-
joy their victories, and to fatten opon the spoils
of office. Upon tbe cursed arrogance of tho re-
open the African slave trade iiltrui.-m, and tbe
plottlngs of aristocracy, has Judg.- Oldham been
sacrificed. It is our mutual misfortune that
Judge Oidbnm is not our Iriend. With mutual
symputble , we oould never be his enemy. In
tbis ease we do fuel an honest ind gnat ion, that
be baa been sacrificed, for a man who we have
ever numbered with our personal friends, and
never did wo regret to part with any man, more
than we did with Waul, when be became a can-
didate for a judicial nomination, and the slave
of a villainous convention system.
Wbllo we fee) pride at the compliment
Waul, we have felt obliged to do justice to
claims of s tried political servant, whose enmi-
ty never amounts to nialico, und whose injustice
to himself bus never caused us to forget his
strong devotion to party mncbinery, and tbe
convention system. Tho Democracy will re-
sent It.
The Slave Trade, nntl the Attacks upon Judge
Reatan.
As we anticipated the bold and undisguised
denunciations of Judge Reagan, of the mal
contents, Who In the namo of Democracy,
linvo arrayed themselves against its cardinal
principle of auti-sectionallsm, have arous-d the
pre** and tbe people of eastern Texas, and over-
whelmed the wire pullers and Salamanders. The
Dulla* llcrnld, th- most Influential paper In that
District led off lu a cousse which none could mis-
take, tbe Clarksvillle Standard has the Judge's
name at the mast-head, and with strange Incon-
sistency It placed Runnels, tbe leading offender,
along with it. However us he run up the name
of Frank M. White, we suppose the Editor hnd
two conservatives to off-set one fire-enter, who
unaided, is powerless to do much evil. The
Tyler Reporter, although1 the Editor was the
secretory of the Smith couuty meeting, which
endorsed Chilton's " all or none " resolutions
comes out in bold and manly argnmcuts against
tbe schismatic incendiarism of the iiltraist*,
which prove* bow an Editor can Improve in com-
position, when ho espouses the cause of truth
andjusiice. This defence of Judge Rengan is
manly- -his skinning of tho compiottcrs against
late, repudiates the new planks. /^fte'Trlnity
Advocate, we nro told, iajta-Hio snme side.—
These with one ojicuffion, are thepnpers, which
Joined in against the Intelligencer for
oppflsirn^-rtcw planks and denouncing, the South-
•blp, otid tu for the UoJted § tutes Senate.-, ^rfi-Teagues, Southern-Congress, re-open the Af-
judlcinl duty can have any effect upon r
opinion, Gen. Houston wlM, Yeoeiv
iug iurtlier applause, ho -kbtlcd and sent down
into the grave, an niefi calumniator ol au up-
right JudgtY-aml faithful citizen.
'•Yours, Ac., Viator.
iug oi me compiouers ngiunsi j, * Colorado County, Texas, April 20."
him distressing. Tho Crockett Arpiis, Ijipwptl While wo hoped for Gen. Houston's peaceful
"Witreoi and Houiton."
From tbe day that tbe paid organ of the
" Democratic party " anticipated tbe speech of
Gen. Ilouatoo, and denounced the motive and
tbe time of nakiug it, until the present,
we bavo felt convinced that the misguided
enemies of the retired hero and statesman, would
array themselves as tbe defenders of Judge Wa-
trou*. Tbe destruction of Col. Bryan's politi-
cal prospect* by bis untimely defence, and his
unfortunate ascribing of uuwerthy motives to
tbe people of Texas; his subsequent quarrel
with Judge Reagan, because be would not en-
dorse Guy's threat to carry "all the Gulf States
out of the Union ;" the increasing affiliation of
the Galveston News with the ultmists, aud its
readiness to endorse conventlous upon a contin-
gency; tho untimely outglvlugs of the Upshur
Democrat, which did not iuek its sentiments out
of the editor's fingers; the general silence of
such papers iu regard to the Watrnus defence,
added to tbe industrious and amusing efforts to
read the Intelligencer out of the Democratic
rauks, were all significant of the coming event.
Here follows an onslaught upon Gen. Hous-
ton, which we clip from the Colorado Citizen,
and which the editor wisely publishes, though
he repudiates the sentiments of the writer. To
publish wns right. Give them rope, and theHa-
mans will bang themselves. Was thero e*ir
greater hypocrisy than tho following!
" Editor Citizen I hare ticen a sincere
admirer of the Hero of San Jacinto for over
twenty-two year*. 1 hive heretofnro felt thut
tho Resolutions of the Legislature, reflecting on
his course as United States' Senator, were un-
called lor. and unjust to him and to the State lie
had so ably and zeulously represented. I thought
the people of tbe State would regret that act of
their Legislature, und revoke tho censure they
fixed upon him in the late election for Govern-
or. 1 longed tor one more opportunity for them
to reverse their judgment in Ids Itebuif, until 1
read his celebrated speech in tho Senate, ng.únst
that worthy citizen, Judge Watrou*. That
speech has caused me to doubt, for the first
time, the purity ol his motives—his sense of jus-
tice and tuir play—and impressed me, painfully,
with an idcu that 1 hud been mistaken in the
high estimate 1 had placed on his virtues—that
Gen. Houston was and is susceptible of bearing
malic.1, and of taking advantage of his exalted
position to stub in the back a much traduced
citizen, who for years has filled, with marked
ability, an office of dignity and responsibility.
I have just read Judge Wutrous's reply to
that elaborate but vindictive speech, and 1
The Nominees.
Since the Houston Convention ha* performed
the du tie* assigned it, and the delegate* bave
returned to their respective place* of abode,
tbe people will be prone to inquire into the an-
tecedents of the uouiinces commended to their
acceptance.
H. R. Runnels, the candidato for s second
Gubernatorial term, is known to be a rank, un-
compromising, fire-eating seces*ioni t. Not on-
ly did he take especial pains, during tbe com-
mencement of his administration, to signaüxe
his devotion to these principles, but in his sub-
sequent communications to the general govern-
ment upon Indian affairs, his tone was so char-
acterized by haughty defiance and di>respectful
inuend'i, as to cause President Buchanan to treat
his official bulletins with the silence of utter
neglect. However much disposed the Presi-
dent may have been to maintain a friendly cor-
respondence with our State Executive, touch-
ing border difficulties, yet such was the bluster-
ing style of the latter, and bis presumptuous
arrogance, as to render such n course of policy
incompatible with the dignity of the distinguish-
ed personage addressed, and totally inadmissi-
ble. Consequently, in th's correspondence, «o
eulogized by some of the Governor's ardent ad-
mirers, " the coinmutuniity of reciproc'ty was
all on one side." Not a scratch of the pen, not
a solitary autograph did Hardin ever receive
from our respected Chief Magistrate. Had
Houston been in tho Executive chair of tho
State, the result, it Is believed, would have been
far different. Not only would he have obtained
tbe fuvorublo ear ol the President, by the use of
becoming and courteous languugo, but it Is the
honest conviciions of many, that he would have
saved the country from ninny of the robberies
and horrid murders which northern Texas was
made to sutler.
Whatever may be sold In praise of Governor
Runnels, neither his willingness nor ability to
defend the frontier, judging from the lights of
tho past, can ever be referred toas constituting
claims to future admiration. The most that ho
has attempted in this direction, has been attend-
ed by the most signal examples of splendid fail-
ures. His correspondence with the President,
nbove mentioned, nnd as might.hitrs been reu-
ronuct'.ve of no bone-
sonably anticipated was proouc
ficial cno ~J". ..ees ; while the
career of the
think, if the truth and an impartial performance Igu-Usnl rangers doing buttle under Executive
of judicial duty can have nny efl'eot upon twiWiffj nusplces and instructions, accomplished but. lit-
tle el*e than an attack and dispersion of a Co-
>w, and that
publishod In some
oí our paper, all the
i at Austin, wore
party nomi-
. Tbe very
o Commissioner of
Ed. Clark, owes
ibis position to no
to Mr, D. Rich-
Nows, and Mr.
who arrived
n, for late
commend to
will
day , where
for a good
the oppor
■
dlaoovored one
sise grad-
the fl.or to-
reposed two of |
Colonel, of
in termina-
noctur-
ntipedc
and was
baa
the
but-
Tb« people were for him; hut jealous politician*
blighted hi* prospects, and drove hint1 to Texat.
The Judge, however, came to Tcxa* a per-
severing and zealous advocate of a system,
wbioh had put little men up and great men
down, In Arkansas. He first submitted "his
claims " to some " reference," and was '• horned
off," and a fllllbuster thus walked Into tho State
Senate. He ran (or Floater, with no butter su>> a
Those repeated disappointments, aftMHs N
activity with tho obalrman of tbe central oom-
mlttee man (the present Mr,) In the meeting to
expel tbe Mexican population in 1853, were
enough to excuse hi* etoapade Into the K. N.
Order, from wbioh he soon emerged more ar-
dently attached to " strict organisation " than
over.
In 1857 Judge O. performed more disagreea-
ble labor to seenre the clectlou of a < dummy "
candidate, than any man in the State. He thu*
beoamo better entitled to Houston's boots In the
Senate. Out how wertf the expectations of the
masse* diisppulutod ? In a "rascally caucus"
Scurry was m«de to distanco the man of the
people, and the Chief Justice, wbo never killud
a single " American," nor dealt a blow at Hour.
ton, was made U. 5. Senator, while he was sound
asleep, Tbis would bavo cured any ordinary
" faith In Primus." But not eo with our friend
O. He, onoo a Judge, spoke in favor of judicial
conventions, and gavo the " ail-fired De-
mocracy of Travis " their right name. Against
light snd knowledge, he spoke and wrote for the
Judicial nominee, and " bided tbo refractory In-
telligencer," before and alter the election. The
people again oalled for him to represent them
In Congress. Newspapers paragraphed for him
—primary meetings reoouimended him—ono op-
ponent after another was driven off, by tbe pop-
ular clamor. But now behold the result. A
usw man wbo had scarcely been tlttlllnted, li
made to beat this veteran In the convention
cause-tfbis father of the system In Texas. And
wbo was this successful competitor t A polish
ed, elegant gentleman, to be *ure—a social and
courteous, clever fellow, whom to disparage
would be unkind. But what was bis political
record! Why, when Oldham was fighting tor
Yon Burén, and briuging up tbo forlorn hope,
Waul emerged fVom South Carolina nullifies
lion to real Club Whlggery. When Oidbnm
was fighting (or tbe National Jaokeon Democra-
cy, (and we say lu all sincerity, that, until O.'s
recent uufortuuate associations, he wns as true
a National Demoorat as any son of Tennessee
we ever knew,) Waul was, as we are told, au
out and out Mississippi " fire enter."
They were both co-worker* lu 1855; but when
the convention In 1856 lent 0. to Cincinnati.
Wsul was shamefully beaten. 0. did yeoman's
service In the Presidential canvass In 1806.
Wbo hoard of Waul f Oldham declined tho judi-
cial nomination In 1848; Waul run for It, and
got a corporal's guard.
How, then, has the thing been done? Doe*
blrtb in South Carolina, and a schooling in
, give suoh advantages over a Ten-
nativity, and aa Arkansas educatlou ?—
two last States have given Texas one
' its whols population. Had not the first
In a U. S. 8enator and a Lieut.
It not enough that we bave a
or, a Mississippi Secretary of
Principal Keeper ol the
, to say nothing of other Mlsslssip-
ig nearly the whole State pat-
it from us to attribute the defeats ot
this kind ol prestige or prejodioe.—
bis defeat a significance i Gen.
is better estab-
Judge inhe-
notbeadls-
m'ewmm! ■ mm
I to deny
imm m
>«-
:.vS is;.
rlcan Slave trade—salamander secession move-
ment, even when led by those in whom the De
mocraey had, in an evil hour, trusted.
Tkr Contiia.—The Pharuslacal editor of the
Marshall Republican (a most appropriate name,
but a dangerous loam) ts yet as savage against
Judge Reagan and the Intelligencer as a meat
axe. Wc shall give tho real Grecly onslaught
ttentlon on Wednesday next. The Beacon is
said to be Itttlo better.
We have not observed particularly tho courso
of tho other papers in that Districti and wo give
this resume -in advance of news from the Hender-
son Convention. Wo doubt not but the ultraists
there, nnsustalned by tbe Hot-Spuvs of the west,
have been forced to tnck their tails; and that
Judge Reagan has received tho endorsement of
tbe Couventlon as he already has of his cooslit
ucnts.
. The Convention.
A* we anticipated, the uftriilst* shrank from
risking their re-opei) the African Slavo trade
Utopia In the platform, but the managers eon-
tented themselves with re-affirmiug the princi-
ple* of the Cincinnati platform, with the Waco
addition, and to these they added' a declaration
in favor of the acquisition of Cubs, and another
in favor of the Davis view ofthe territorial ques-
tion.
The extremists, however, succeeded in pre-
senting the very embodiment of all that is ex-
treme in tbe candidates for Governor and Li-
Governor. We are not disappointed at the re-
sult. It had been foreseen; and it was a* much
desired by conservative Democrats as secession
malcontent*.
We haveonlv room to-day to remark that at
thefird call delegates were only reported from
fifty-teyen countie*—less than half tho counties
in the State. Nothing loth, they proceeded to
organise. Had thero been only ten countio*
represented wo believe the same result would
have followed. We are told that by proxies, Ac.,
sixty-nino counties were finally repreaented.—
These delegates were probably sent by three
thousand people in the primary meetings, all
told. In tne convention, upon the remlution
to pledge the delegates to support tho candi-
date*, the ' fervency and seal" clause waa left
out. And yot a spirited debate arose upon it;
and bocause of its passage Mr. Hartley with-
drew. as Mi\], Johns came nigh doing at Waco.
A very respectable minority voted against the
resolution, and about the same number "scat-
tered" upon Judge Gregg for Governor, who
wa* not put in nomination, and who had refused
to allow hi* name to go before the convention.
Possibly ihero will be no opposition to the
ticket, though wo feel now as we did after the
Wneo Convention, that a great 8tate. full of
great men, ought not to have mado suoh selec-
tions for the first offices in tbe gift of a mo-t en-
lightened people.
Whether there shall be opposition or not, wc
shall take ocoaiion to ditous* the philosophy,
tho neoessil v, the fltne*s and the abuses of con-
ventions. Tho time 1ms come when this sun be
done without danger to a free man's head. The
reign of terror is over. The power of tho gull-
lotine I* no longer to he dreaded. Men limy
dare to speak their sent'ments, to diacois can-
didates and the abuses of the government with
out fear of bullyism, and with perfect con
sclouiness that thu "organization" is powerless
to destroy. Those who disagree with tho ex-
trcm ■ views of Rnnnels and Lubbock, will at
least be allowed to "scatter," like the minority
did in tho convention. We shall claim that
liberty.
White is a conservative man; but ho is not
running for a political office. It is a mere que*
tion ot fitness and of bread and butler to him
and the clerk*, wbo livo upon the publio crib,
when they ought to live upon tho reasonable
fees of tho offioe or not at all.
to ses Frank lu bad oompany.
Still wc regret
Dsad.—The New Orleans Delta contains dis-
patches announcing the deaths, la Washington,
of Mrs. Jaquelina Pendleton, the aooompllihed
widow of Edward H. Pendleton, about whose
death so much was said in the papers last year,
and of James M.nher, the public gardener ever
1833. Few people have had a more ex-
tensive acquaintance than those who have thu*
died on tbe same day. Mrs. P. was a woman or
remarkable talents and great force of charac-
ter. Her influence among the public actors at
Washington was often felt. She died suddenly,
,K.t as *uoh spirits ought always to die; fcr through
k all the changes of administration, the fiad nev-
a day older. She leave* no children.
' *e ornamental
lit*
rctiicmeut, after this triumphant and brilliant
defence of tho people of Texas, and whilo we
have had occasion heartily to oppose his politi-
cal career in somo things, we see but onocourso
left for him under such unwarranted asMitil s:
and that is, to put his name before the people,
and let them dcaidc whether lio is to " go down
TO T1IK GRAVE AS AN' AIIC1I CALUMNIATOR OK AN
UPRIGHT JUDGE "! ! 1 If tho General does
this, the people will soon settle the i.-oue ; they
will bo brought to understand the nature of the
Watrous conspiracy, aud tho proofs upou which
it rests.
Wo care not In what, shape Houston appeals
to the ballot-box for an endorsement of his
ipeech, tho people will overwhelm his impudent
persecutors with inextricable confusion. Wc
might regret to lose the hearty co-operation of
our friend Gushing, and of the néw convert,
Loughery. But we should ascribe the first to
tho General's unfortunate attack upon the Rev.
Mr. Perry, and the la*t to the pure salamander-
ism of tbe Attn , who has had to divide with his
friends, while packing the " old company."
Wo say that Gen. Houston's speeches not "cal-
umny,'* but saber truth.- What rny tho seven-
ty thousand voters of Texas, who never cared
for tho statute of lfcultations, or nny other ol
Judge Wutrous's imaginary gossamers for his
sins against Texas? Don't all speak at ctice.
THE OTHER ISSUES.
Other iisueB have also been forced upon Geu.
Houston, which he cannot escape. An effort
wa* adroitly made last summer, to make Gen.
Houston the father of the Southern League
movement in Texas ; aud for that purpose some
of the Salamanders invited him to Washington.
The toasts wpre all cut and dried, and. in all
censcienco, they were secession enough in their
sentiments. Rut the curses upon Union uien
were so muoh of kindred to the cursos of Ha-
inan) upon the Israelites, that one of the actors
exposed the ridiculous farce.
Upon the Pacific Railroad debate in tho Sen-
ate. Mr. Iverson, a Georgia "fire eater," took
Gen Houston to account for his Nntlonal Dem-
ocracy and Union sentiments ; but Iverson wns
torced to apologixo, and the public decided that
he had only come out second best. Iverson hnd
rnshlv assumed that Houston had been beaten
for Governor in Texas, becnuso he wns not
enough of the secession school. After Gen.
Houston had disproved this, and had made Mr.
Iverson ashamed ol his fully, and niter Gen
Houston had denounced the "re- pening the Af-
rican Slave trade movement as anti-Democrntio
and clearly announced his d'termination to re-
tire from public life, and that he would not ac-
cept a nomination for the Presidency, the Sen-
ator from Texas, appointed by the embodiment
of the Salamanders—the Governor jf Howie
county, who would not objoct to a dish of rnw
African at the Executive Mansion, (on the night
of a Southern Congress caucus.)—took up the
debate and declared himself a Union man only
with a few long '• / ," The good man Ward,
supposing that the Governor was tho embodi-
ment of Texas sentiment, and that the ' Golf
States wore about to be rolled out of tho Un-
ion." franked this debate, in whicn he was the
sufferer, and *ent it all over the country. The
fire-eater* would not accept Gen. Houston's de-
clarations of an intention to retiro into private
lite, but they have been accusing him of ambi-
tious motives—been puasing re-open the Afri-
can Slave trade resolutions, endorsing Runnel*
and resolving to support no conservative man.
The isiue is then thrust upon tho people, and
Gen. Houston''• enemies seem to have deter-
mined to take advantage of his unpopularity to
have hi* aun go down under a cloud.
We believe with Stewart, that there never
waa a better time ta settle these issue* than
now, when theru is only a struggle for Stato of-
fioer*. "Let her rip." Hear the Civilian :
"The Democratic meeting in Parker passed
a reiolution declm ing that 'any law of Congr< is
maklug the foreign iluve trade piracy, a* a usur-
pation of power not warranted by the Constitu-
tion of the United State*, and ought to be re-
pealed.'
"Several other countie* have adopted timiiar
resolution*, sud there 1* a prospect that thi*
matter will cau*e considerable distention in the
State Convention. Fur ourselves wo are satis-
fied with the existing provisions of our consti
tution and law* of the United State* on the sub-
ject of slavery, and opposed to forcing any new
Issue on the subject upon Congress, or tbe peo-
ple of Texas. There never wa* a better time,
however, than the preient, to
ter both in convention and by
owever, than the preient, to deoide this mat
tion and by the people,
regard the re-opening of the African «lave trade
Wc
as no part of the Democratic creed, and shall
rote ft r no man who makes it hi* hobby, cither
in or out of the convention. The agitator* of
the scheme may as well understand at onoe
that the question will be feirly met, and caodi-
dates for popular fcvor must be expected to be
Interrogated upon It, and to auswer plainly aye
or nay."
These are alio our sentiments. Let the Issues
ome. Let us deoide the question at once.
manche encampment beyond our borders, and a
very wasteful aud profligate expenditure ofthe
people's money. On the other hand, how-
ever, much may lie snid in extenuation of
the Governor's delinquencies, as far us frontier
protection is concerned.
No inconsiderable portion of hi" time, during
his Gubernatorial B\Vay and renown, was pass-
ed ainid the pleasant shades of Bowie couuty.
and other attractive localities remote from the
seat of government. How could he think of
northern Texas while so immersed in tho eares
of private business on tho one hand, and beguil
ed by the charms of pleasant recreation in the
gay c ties of neighboring States on the other 7—
It would bo unreasonable and absurd to require
an affluent and remarkably sociable Governor
to evince entire nnd exclusive devotion to the
monotonous details of official engagements ; rs
pccinlly when tie- illustrious incumbent is known
to be a gay bachelor, and passionately fond of
the apron and lioop gender.
The Honorable F. It. Lubbock is, pnr eicel
lence, the Demosthenes of the party. His style
of oratory is fervid, glowing, and abounding in
the most chaste and captivating tropes nnd fig-
ures, wh:ch fall from his eloquent lips iiko
sparkling gems, or showers of coruscating me-
teors amid tho darkness of silent night. His
speech, when he proposed to take Houston
"through a row of sprouts," nnd his last brllli-
ant effort at the Domocratio convention, in ac-
knowledgment of the flattering honor of re.
nomination, desjrte tho cardiuul principles of of-
fice rotation, afford fair specimens of the stylo
of his graceful und polished eloquence. On tho
last occasion he seemed highly delighted nt the
idea of being denominated "the short horned
bull," and classically prefigured tho daring
achievinonts by which he intended to immortal
ize his name under that felicitous and welcome
nom ilcffticri'e.
Like the Governor, tho Lieutenant lias a de-
cided palate for lire-eating, is in favor of the ab-
sorption of Cuba, an underground railroad to
Africa, and the strongest affinities for the glory
of Bepnrato sovereignty. Frank wag once an
enthiislnBfio admirer of General Houston, but
when the old man's siltt appeared to bo wading
through clouds, our cautious Vicar of Bray
deemed it no longer the part of wisdom to fol-
low his apparently fading fnrtuneg. Frank is
too wide awake a politician to throw his teu-
drils around a falling pillar. Hence, In the day
of the old hero's advorsity, his denunciations of
the venerable cx-Senntor worn as bitter as his
zenl and admiration hnd formerly been warm
and profound.
Since writing the above, Judge Paschal has
Informed u« that he has paid his re-pectt, in
another article, to the efficient Cid. F. M. Whit",
and the accomplished General Waul. We will
therefore only remark that the convention has
do'ie Its duty well. It has presented to the
Democracy of Texas th reo secessionists and one
conservative candidate. The views of all par-
ties, to some extent nt least, will bo reflected
by the nominees. But what will the constitu-
ency of Colorado county say. who promised to
susiaio the nominoes only iu the event that they
were honeit, capable, and "in favor of tho Con-
stitution and the Union ol these States?"
Brokk Hun Lkg.—Be not lightened admit-
crs of the Key-Sickles pictures. But the hero-
ic lady ef tho distinguished Georgia Senator,
Robert Toombs, while her horse wns running
nt head-long speed, leaped from th'; buggy and
fnctured Iter leg. besides doing other not dan
gerous injuries. The lumps snd broad skirts of
the blessed ladies usually protect these unmen-
tionables; but when frightened horses run
away with them in carriages, tho. question
" what shall she do with it 1" recurs with fear-
ful force. We aro «orry for Mr*. Toombs.
Jlikii: Reagan.—To tbe Hon. John H. Rea-
gan, as a pure conservative Democrat, the In-
telligencer will give its cordial support. The
selection of such men in the counoil* of the na-
tion. would tend more tho harmonious action of
tho Democratic party, nnd to tbo strength end
influenco of thu South, than any policy we could
possibly adopt. By the moderation nnd firm-
ness of patriots tike Reagan, the Union hereto-
fore has been rescued from tbe perils of threat-
ened dissolution. It it i9 to be preserved and
handed down as a rich legacy to coming ages,
it will oulv be by tho noble exertions and wide
spread influence of (latesmen, who rising above
the pnltry consideration* that stimulate the of-
fice seeking demagogue, nre intent ouly upon
the good uf thu whole commonwealth.
19* in the following article, the
Galveston Civilian accounts for the
withdrawal of the name of Mr. Potter,
from the Houston Convention..
Judge Lathnm arrived this morning from
Brownsville. He wa* among the Delegates to
the State Conveiftion. The entire vote or the
counties of Cameron, Starr and Hidalgo would
have been given to Mr. Potter for Congress, had
the delegates arrived in time, and had Mr.
Potter been put in nomination. Tbe uon-arrlval
of these Delegate* wa* among the reasons that
induced the withholding of his name.
Disappointed Politicians —When the poli-
ticians who get up a convention are known to be
in favor of disunion and the re-opening of the
African Slave trade, aud in It get only two ctnt
otfour of their candidate* nominated, and are
forced to submit to have all the resolution*
touching their favorite matters laid on the table,
their disappointment must be great, and their
miffc.-iugs must be cruel 1
Texu.
We find in tho Weekly Floridiun what
purports to be an extract from a Geor-
gia paper, in which the croaking editor
gives his experience in Texas; and if
such croaking could keep all, who never
sec anything but tho dark side of the
picture away, wo should be glad. The
writer will have it, that the year 1858,
was the ''best crop year during ten, in
Texas ;" that only " fifteen bushels of
corn per aero made." Every one
knows, that it was not over half a crop
year, a few of tho western counties hav-
ing suffered from grasshoppers—tho
wheat from rust—and the corn aud cot-
ton from the drouth. And yet the aver
age price of corn over the whole State
does not now exccod forty cents per
bushel ; wheat is abundant at sixty
cents, and our cotton crop exceeded
250,000 bales off of 500,U00 acres iu
cultivation.
The very olscrvant editor will havo
it that "bacon was from 25 to 3S cents
per pound as early us April and hence
he denies that this is a country where
hogs " grow to weigh 200 pounds with
out feeding." Merchants books would
show what a " whopper " was the first
—and any one who knew the prices in
New Orleans would know thu absurdity
of the statement. Bacon is now chea-
per in Austin than in any other Capital
in the Union; and the bacon ol tho coun-
try has generally been raised and fatten
ed from mast, and tho porkers often
weigh 300 lbs. We may as well remark
however that Texas is nearly five times
•as larga as Borgia;.and like all other
countries, portions of it indeed are
subject to bad seasons. Nor is it a
country where riches force themselves
upon people without exertion.
Very much of it is tho best poor man's
country we ever saw. But there are
tnany croakers here as well as elsewhere
—many who swear that nothing can be
done until their neighbors get rich.
A country which supports its popula-
tion and forty er fifty thousand annual
immigrants, nnd exports fifteen million
dollars worth of products—which doub-
les its population and quadruples ils
wealth every seven years, is not to be
sneezed at.
" We lenrn from the Houston Republic
Ihnt Havd'n Richard Runnels, for Governor.
Frank it. Lubbock. Lieutenant-Governor. Frank
M. White, Commissioner General Land Office,
arc tho nominees of tho Statu Convention, nt
Houston. Gen. Waul, wc lenrn, from private
intelligence, was nominated for Congress. As
to the nomination for governor, we uro not dis-
appointed—we felt certain that Runnels would
get it-. We do not consider ourselves bound to
support the nominees ; and if independent can-
didates present themselves whom we consider
better qualified, we will gladly support them.—
Colorado CitUen.
Whon first we heard tho names of the
nominees, wo wore satisfied that the
dish prepared by the Houston Conven-
tion was too highly seasoned with se-
cession spices to suit tito conservativo
taste of our able cotemporary. Fur-
nishing throe fire-eaters to ono Union
man, as candidates for the Texas De-
mocracy was " cutting tho slice a little
too deep." Yet cnven this itr a cotices
sion, for which, under the circumstances,
wo should be duly grateful.
But how will the wire pullers under-
take to convinco the unsophisticated
sovreigns that it is their interests to
sustain flic three disunion candidates ?
By what hoktts pukus arts will tiio for
mer attempt to influence an intelligent
community, to repudiate their own
principles, by tho support of men who
oppose them ? What material differ
enco does it make, whether obnoxious
doctrines are reflected by our platform
of principles, or by tho endorsed candi
dates of tho party ? Will the organs
advocating the nominees, please answer
those interrogatories ?
" A Rose by any otheh Name would
Smeli, as Sweet."—Wo see figuring ex
tensively in tho Houston Telegraph's re-
port of the proceedings of the conven
tion, the namo o( G. W. Chylton.
Who can he bo ? It is suggested to us
that it is no other than G. W. Chilton,
Esq'., of Smith county ; the same who
recently became bo excited in favor of
re opening tho African Slavo trade and
disunion, that ho lmd the temerity to at-
tempt to discuss those topics against
tho Hon. John H. Reagan, and, as might
have been expected, got himself utterly
demolished for his pains. If it is he,
did the castigation ho got from Judge
Reagan drive him to change the ortho.
graphy of his name f Or was he impoll.
ed to that step to avoid the appearance
of inconsistency iu acting with a conven-
tion that he foresaw was about to nom-
inate so firm a Union man and so reso-
luto an opponent of the African move-
ment as Judgo White ? We pause for
a reply.
19* If you wish to learn the colloc
tive views of the patriots of tho revo-
lution as to the Union, read the Consti-
tution of tho United States, If you
wish to loam Geu. Washington's views
read his farewell address, which was
circulated far and wide in different lan-
guages, by tbo Democratic committee
in Washington in 1859. If you wish to
loam Gen. Jackson's views, road his
proclamation against nullification. If
wish to get Mr. Buchanan's views, read
the Union and tbe Constitution.
Tha Doctor Joba Dnrn
Who was shot iu Mexico, u".
been from Texus, and to have
iu this country. Ho ¡R dee
large man. Prom affinities ,
expected to say who he wag
possible, to tell who he
not John C. Duval who
nuo eec i
* annin's massacre amidst thocoiT'
ed assassination of his fellows ^
capitulated. Our John then l|Wh°'
of Mexican revolutions
gote
then seen the good fortunéX
cians who were spared wo h.-T*
siblo that had his fillibU8
led him into this sanguinary rc
ho would havo dubbed doctor J i
name.
Nor was tho murdered man
John P. Duval who once held
this city as a physician. «B
brother, Doctor Lucien l),lv„| Íní
in Florida. And wo hope tliath^'
Doctor Duval, son of the i^wjj
Arkansas
Duval, of Fort
cttmo to Texas
Smith,
., 8ome tlireoTears
with his family, and of w|i0^r"
not heard for some limo. VV. ti H
nomo wns William, though of i' !
are not positively certain \Wl
Doctor Duval of Bastrop county 1
Nor do we know who tho unfo^,
man was. If, however, |,0 J ,
Doctor John Duval of Syracuse
sent out the book offurlng tho
romedjf th« ¡«cL, ,3
tion, lua fall is no calamity to the J
though none the less a crime in hill
doi'crs 11
Mexico.—Perhaps no nation of |
present ago in broad Christendom,w|J
presents tho least claims to tho dim
of oivilisyvtiiWr is- more lorn
tractod by civil commotions, thai, |
unfortunate, miscalled Mexican confj
eraoy. Tho truth is, for many J
110 stable system of Government or i
cognized authority, has at all CS«H
in thut ill fated and Wood-stained
try. Anarchy, in its most revoltitj
features and wildest forms, rules
hour. Murder stalks abroad in
streets nt noon-day. After tbe ret
battle, which resulted in thu uvor throl
of the LiberalistF, the wounded.wliocol
ered the field were lanced with as lita
remorse,as though they were wild beaij
Even the humano physicians, who
not participated in tiiTOin and «moll
of conflict-, but were kindly admiuisij
ing the cup of relief to the disabled i
both parties, fell victims to thesauri!
ary piirenzy of the excited victors.!
The lute treaties with onr GoveriimcJ
were publicly renounced nnd our Comal
Mr. Black, who had long sinco unite!
himself to the peoplo by marriage will
a beautiful Mexican lady and for 11
ries of years had lived in the countrj
was furnished bis passports as tin ct|
dence that his presence was no Imp
needed at tbe National Capitol. Win
will be the final issue of tho prouitiij
civil broils, which stain tho soil
blood und its annals with crime,!
man foresight cannot predict.
{¡gr If any of the politicians of Ted
after having failed in the attempttj
foist such new planks as disnnionafl|
the re-opening of the African Slave traJ
into the old Democratic platform, wij
to destroy their identity with tlieW
lire by changing their names, we wml
suggost that a remedy is provided™
them in flw statute book. Sucli a thi
can only be done legally by filing an Id
plication in the District Court, int
plinnco with tho requirements of an >
entitled "tin act providing a. rmiiifi
per sins wishing to change their tÁ'iil
and lir-ramet, or either, awl to adopt
other i"stead thereof;" passed February®
I85C. See "General Laws of theSM||
Legislature," pago 80.
Since writing tho above it hns o««
red to us that the law cited in thefor
going paragraph cannot bo fairlyc
strttod to embrace newspapers. Tk,
can change their names at will aseasiijj
as some of them can change tbeir prin-
ciples and toctics. For example, W
Ilonsbn Tilegraph could oppi'opriatelyj
chango its name to tho AnliHmiMi
Teleg'aph, without being compelled!0!
resort, as a preliminary step, to t |
District Court. Why should ituotuw
the chungo of name ?
13T Mr. 1'r.nnr of thi Austin luiflligtntii^t
lo<l on us this morning, lio i a clever ft'"*!
uinn ; and represents a spicy nnd ¡'"'el*™ |
pnper—national nnd convurestive in iti
Oalneiton Civilian.
On the part of Mr. Perry, who is not,I
as will bo seen from tho above fi t,ef|
ing notico, absent from his accu
haunts, wo return the most graced I
bow of which the Intelligencer Offi®I
in its individual and collcctive cap ®1!
ty, is capable. Our Perry is "a clever
gentleman," and the fashionable circle , j
where all tho feminine graces abouo . 1
afford him an clement both con®í" J
und agreeable for tho display of U I
innate attractions, for which he is80 I
murkable. . .
For tbe compliment to thoInw"'P.I
cer, emanating as it docs from a W"
we so highly appreciate, we cannot I
too deeply grateful. We aro J® t|
Hamilton'Stuart, until the bell .
summons the last boarder on this re , |
ving sphere to bis mid-day 'neal'
heard no more forever.
SioNitwant.—The paper selected bj
Buchanan as the organ of the admit í
tration wti oalled the Union—"0* ^
Dis-Union. Its name, since it roc |
changed proprietors, is ihe Consti" ,
What is the Constitution of the v t
States, but the bond of Union bet j
tbe States composing the nation.
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