Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 1, 1855 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TEXAS STATE GAZETTE.
Edited by JOBGf 3XARSZIA&K arid IV. S. OJLDIZA!T
OITY OF AUSTIN WEDNESDAY AUGtJST 1 1855.
f for Governor
HON- ELISEA M- PEASE-
Wor Lieut. Governor
HON. ffit: B. HtJNKLS OF BOW
i3r Congress Western District
HON. P. H. BELLi
.?br Congress Eastern Districts
MATT. WAED.
i?br Commissioner of the General Zand Office
WILLIAM FIELDS.
Keep StasdlDgr what the "State Tmes" and Messrs. Dickson
and Jowcrs snbscribc to.
"""The "following resolution is part of the national platform of the
Know Nothings adopted at the Philadelphia Convention on the 14th
Jane last:
Resolved. That the American party having risen on the RUINS
and in despite of the opposition of the Whig and the DEMOCRAT-
IC PARTIES they cannot be held in any manner responsible lor
the obnoxious acts or violated pledges of either of them.
Recollect fellow-citizens the Know Nothing party in Texas is to
be built up npon the RUINS OF THE DEMOCRACY! Can a
single Democrat vote for men who make this open avowal of their
principles ?
Why dld'nt it CoraeT
A friend writes from Galveston that"hesent us by last mail a Semi-
weekly Civilian. It never came to hand. The only papers from
Galveston which we received by last mail weie the Confederate and
the Christian Advocate. s
a Know Nothing.
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Letter from Mr. Fields Democratic Candidate for Land Com-
missioner. Galveston Jnly'24 1855.
Messrs. Editohs: Yours of the 18th hist. was but this moment
received ; the mail closes directly and I can only say in reply that I
do not now and never did belong to the Know Nothings or any oth-
er secret political society. I am a Democrat nothing else. You
cad publish this so that neither party may be deceived as to my true
position. Yours with respect WILLIAM FIELDS.
Bogm Germans.
ACentral Texan says: " We are indebted to Mr. Xiewis Rotteu-
stein for the following translation of the proceedings of a meeting of
the foreign born citizens of this place" and then follows some trump-
ed up proceedings giving no place or time when the assumed meet-
ing occurred ; but the gist of the whole is found in the following ex-
extract :
" And therefore should not every German especially those who
have taken the oath of American citizens and whose lives have been
embittered in their new and once happy home by the premeditated
and false scheme of Know Nothiugism unite as one and concentrate
our voice to elect a man in whom we cau'depeud and who will not
abuse us as a people. "
And then it is said that D. C. Dickson is the man.
This declaration is followed by the names of fifteen Germans of
Gfimes and Mr. Rottenstein is one of them. Any one can see In-
to "this barefaced trick to deceive these Germans and every Know
Nothing is laughing in his sleeves at it. .We have evidence of men
here who had the declaration from Dr. Dickson's own lips that he was
This we have published and yet here are men
reason of foreign birth never were admitted inside of a Know
$& lodge vouching that Dr. Dickson is not a Ji.now .INothi:
Ah anonymous writer in the last Times signing him
self " Qoia "Water asks the yiewe of the candidates for judg-
fihip upon the subject of a .prohibitory Maine Lienor Law
and "whether in their opinion such a law would be constitu-
tional. It seems to oe forgotten that the man who as a can-
didate for a jndg3bip would pledge himself to any particular
judicial course would be unsafe after his election. A judge
should be -chosen for his integrity and ability and the friends
of law andbrder fehonld look to a man's morals and previous
character for firmness and not to his pledges to get votes. We
have steadfastly Tefrained from mixing up the judicial.with the
political canvass 'and w6 desire to see the opinions ofs. the
judge elect unfettered by any acknowledgments in advance
of the framing of a law upon the merits of which after enact-
ment; he may hereafter be called to decide.
"' ' . Prospects in Bexar.
-An old politician of San Antonio estimates the Democratic
majority in Bexar at certainly 500 perhapB 800 and the ma-
jority in the Bexar District at from 1000 to 1300. Our friend
iano betting man but his1 sporting friends offer to back the
first figures with the cash. The same gentlemen say they will
Jack their opinions upon the general vote of the Rio Grande
and the lower Rio Grande particularly. Those who believe
that Dnrstand Bee will carry the Hio Grande againstBell and
Pease will either find that they are mistaken or else these latter
gentlemen have much less influence than we suppose. At any
rate those who believe that Pease and Bell will not cross the
Guadaloupe 4000-ahcad can double their capital in Bexar.
. Virginia Election Washing to the Faithless. The
Lynchburg Republican notices one particular gratifying fea-
ture in the route of Know Nothingism in the Old Dominion.
"We will relate it for the special benefit of Democrats in this
SMte who for the Bake of office have been induced to abandon
their old friends and party. It is this : " Every renegade
Democrat who accepted the Know Nothing nomination" has
been defeated where there was opposition so far as we can
learn from Patton except Dickerson of Richmond and De
Jarnette' of Carolina. Poor fellows ! Unfortunate speculators 1
They Sold themselves for paper that has.gone to protest. - The
" thirty pieces of silver" was as useless to them as it was to
Judas. The tide of popular excitement has ebbed from them
and they are left stranded npon the barrenbeach -withont
pltyor respect from any quarter. 'We know" not what their
feelings are 1 lbut we should imagine them to be akin to those
of Aniold when he found that his treason had been vain or
tbafcof the deserters in Mexico when they were hung in full
sight of theaters nd stripes waiving oyer fhe captnred for-
tress of Ohenltepec"
Know Nothings going Armed. ' '
It will be recollected that it was stated by Judge Paschal
in a speech in this city some Week3 since that it was said to
be one of the obligations of the members of the secret orderato
go armed upon certain occasions and to come armed at certain
signs from their members. Although the matter caused some
growling among the initiated at the time yet as the speaker
had been prompted to the remark by a seceder from the order
then present and one whom no honorable gentleman would
contradict without knowing the responsibility the fact has
never been denied nor the practice justified. Had the fact
been disputed the ritual now published every where would
have lelt no aouon upon toe snoiecc. we presume tnat a re-i
spectable council of Know Nothings will be received as good
authority as to the fruits of this assassin practice for to arm
against our unarmed and unwarned people in a civilized and
peaceful community governed by laws is cowardly and assas-
sin like. We extract from the address of the lately dissolved
Know Nothing Council No. 147 located in Lyme Conneeticut
which address is signed by 70 members of the order :
" It has enticed people from their homes in the still hours of
darkness and at its numerous places of meeting bound them
to ita foul and fearful purposes by administering the most
horrid oaths with one hand resting on the Bible and the other
raised toward Heaven to yield themselves unreservedly to the
control of this secret power and even to deny to their families
and the world that they hold connection with the order.. No
person is permitted to hold an opinion which has not the sanc-
tion of the self-constituted mouth pieces of the party. Within
this temple of superstition Sir Oracle reigns supreme. The
devotee who worships at its shrine is completely unmanned.
He no longer feels nor acts his former self. In secret he steals
away like a conspirator to the place where the most inveterate
hatred is engendered against the descendants and countrymen
of those brave men whose heroic valor assisted in achieving
the liberties which we now enjoy. In the same manner and
often at midnight he gropes his way back to his family again
to repeat the hundred times told lies of no connection with the
Order. So much falsehood in the family circle where the ut-
most confidence truthfulness and harmon- should exist has
a direct tendency to produce snspicion and mistrust on the!
part of wives and mothers towards their husbands and sons ;
hence we find in every town where a council exists the female
portion of the community are spreading out boldly their moral
indignation against an order that is so manifestly baneful upon
all who are connected with it whether nearly or remotely.
He who does not here behold sure workings of demoralization
and ruin must indeed be a poor moralist.
Bntall these are evils of small magnitude and consideration
when compared with other gigantic wrongs with which it la-
bors to curse our land. The scattering of a few pieces of red
paper of a peculiar slwpe obliges every '''brother ' to arm
himself with bowie inife and revolver or other deadly weap-
ons and follow tlie beck of their leader even to the shedding of
blood. The Cincinnati Louisville St. Louis and other fearful
'dnd bloody Know Nothing riots are but the legitimate work
ings of the order and but the beginning ot such scenes as were
enacted on the soil of France under Red Republican rule."
As is justly remarked murder is the legitimate result of this
barbarous practice of carrying concealed weapons and of
appearingat every place of ordinary war of words with death
dealing instruments of destruction. As to the moral effect of
the " hundred times told lie in thetfamily circle" we leave it
fn fhp. reflection of those .christian and kind husbands and
fathers who have bound themselves by terrible oaths infneH
midnight conclave on Saturday night and preached to and
brake bread with members of their unconsciously proscribed
brethren on Sunday. The lightof the christian should never be
under a bushel but set upon a hill. His work should not
be carried on by oaths nay he should not swear at all except
when required by the laws of the country and then to tell the
truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth not to lie by
denying the oaths and the order and its objects he should
not Seek for strife and blood but preach peace to all mankind.
We invite the heads of religious families to make a clean breast
of it divulge the whole secrets in the family circles and ask
your Martha's and Mary's if you have chosen the good part?
The Rio Grande.
We stated some time ago that letters from parts on the Rio
Grande had been received here which left no doubt of the strength
of the Democratic candidates from Corpus Christi to El Paso. We
had this information on the authority of a respectable citizen of this
place and from confirmatory letters since received by him we be-
lieve that the strong efforts making to transfer the Rio Grande vote
the Know Nothing party will fail. We feel satisfied that it will be
entirely unavailing aud will only recoihupon the heads of those. who
are misrepresenting the strength of Dickson and his position in the
Democratic party.
We have received a slip from the American Flag published at
Brownsville. That paper hoists at vits mast-head the names of E. M.
Pease and H.R. Runnels for Governor and Lt. Governor and Wm.
Fields of Liberty for Commissioner of the Land Office. The editor
of the Flag iuvites all good democrats to support it and in an article
on the Gubernatorial candidates says that his eyes are opened to the
actual position occupied by Dr. Dickson.
6m Sfcas fifor!? Cfxity
PrairleBUuia which ha heretofore becn aiding the Know
Nothing. pftrty!M ebngsd Jnd8 am! we recWizc the nam- of .T
; ouKMrJag igq si colter. He does uoi hoist tny candidate land office. We have known Mr. Fields some years and he
bnj; iTpwcftBtfy remarks that "The-new (angled notion aud doo-
tHer that ctouA our poiHlsBl horizon wlH not be mentioned only to
far h To Wep the pobHe mind Informed ol their petition bo." We
Rlnoto that & C Cro9$ Ij&j our correspondent pablisht a letter
i BI4sseKlngfalilB an able manner Ure enotmltle?' of Know
NftfeFngLini. All right J . y t&iw--si
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WXifiM
Sam Rccrniting."
Such is the fnll length portrait of a Buncombe looking follow which has
riiade its appearance in our town. He carries over his shoulder a pole and
net to catch gudgeons. Upon it are hanging several articles; ' Letters from
Brig'ham Young about wives'' from u Ned Buntline'1 and " Marriage Cer-
tificate No. 34'' also " Sam's logic or reasoning powers" (a pistol and bowie
knife) " Medals for deeds of daring." comprising' ' Convent Burning
Charlostown?' " Churches burnt Philadelphia" " Churches dcstioyed Mas-
sachusetts" " Riots Cincinnatti" s-Riot St. Louis" " Riots in Louisville"
" Sam's great American heart sick" and a Mask of Washington." Upon
his coat sleeve is written " Transparent Politician coat National bank In-
ternal Improvement Protective Tariff Abolish the Veto Power Liberal Con-
struction' ol the Constitution Distribution of the proceeds of the Public
Lands Unlimited Powers of Congress in the Territories" &c &c. Under
his arm are the following newspapers " Washington New Era" ''Libera-
tor" "Investigator" " Olive Branch" '" Temperance Journal" and a " Nig-
ger Auction" Bill. In one pocket is an edition of the Bible in another a
llymn Book in a third a Brandy and a Wine bottle. He carries in his hand
the "Dark Lantern" labelled " From Guy Fawks to my father." One foot is
set npon a copy of tbe " bill of rights." Thi foot and leg is naked and we
perceive that it is of a genuine nigger color. Another foot tramples upon the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Around his neck is a
badge and a pad lock; upon the latter is inscribed the significant word " oath."
Over the whole is set forth " Sam Recruiting after the injunction of secrecy
had been removed these are his principles." If this is the veritable Sam no
man on close inspection will desire the old fellow's company any longer.
B" The True American of the 21stfinst published at
Goliad mentions the following names in connection with Know
Nothings. Every one of them are Democrats and opposed to
the Know Kothing party Hon. GEO. M. DALLAS Hon. A.
P. STANTON (F. P. Stanton we suppose) Hon. A. Y.
BROWN" and WM. FIELDS.
The True American says " the ITew Orleans Delta and the
New York Herald are battling for the party." As the Herald
is thus recognised as " official " we publish the following ex-
tract from its columns as interesting to the members of the
Know Nothinsr order :
" The Council has printed a long document called a platform
and signed E. B. Bartlett of Kentucky. It is much longer
than snch documents usually are and about fifty times as
long as a political platform need be. At least one half of it is
balderdash and mere words. It is high time that such stmT
as article I. about the Supreme Being ; Art. II abont patriot-
ism ; Art. Y. about immigration ; Art. YII1. about the Catho-
lics; Art. IX. about elevating the character of Congress and a
large portion of the others should be omitted from serious po-
litical papers. If it is necessary to use such twaddle to work
on the feelings of the people of the country : a double set of
documents should be adopted one for intelligent readers the
other for those who are not and care should be taken to keep
the latter out of the city papers. Neither are the otherpoints
of the platform worth much. Abstractions do not tell with
the masses and are seldom worth contending for."
To Judge Baylor of Washington.
We commend the following excellent advice to Judge Baylor
of Washington who seems from our correspondents in Wash-
ington county to have been thejmost active canvasser for
' Sara" in that region and who is the President of the Know
Nothing State council. We take the extract from the Texas
Republican of the 21st inst.:
The Baptists and the Know Nothings. A member of the
Baptist church who is alarmed at the proscriptive and secta-
rian character of the Know Nothing principles which he
thinks the ministers and members of every denomination
ought to openly oppose has laid before us an article taken from
the Tennessee Baptist showing the persecutions to which this
christian denomination has been subjected through several
centuries and that at all times and all places when they have
been in the ascendancy or weak in numbers and proscribed
and hunted down they have been constantly and perpetually
on the side of religious freedom. They maintained this prin
ciple " clearly earnestly and constantly" and will continue to
battle for it without ceasing until every human being is re-
ligiously free-. Our knowledge of church history is inconsid-
erable but presuming this statement to be true we say that it
is a position of which every member of that church may feel
justly proud. That such a principle upon its crest stood
out like a pillar of light to illumine the long night of error su-
perstition and bigotry is a matter of honest exultation. Will
they forget their glorious antecedents? In this land of civil
and religious freedom will they unite their suffrages with the
bigots aud demagogues who are endeavoring to destroy it ?
We call upon them and upon the members of every christian
denomination to assist us in arresting the progress of tin's
order which seeks to ridejinto power by appeals to sectarian
bigotry and tolerance. Texas Republican 21s.
The Spirit in a Sister State Tracing the Birth of "Sam."
We give below the concluding part of the State Democratic
Address of Mississippi an able and eloquent document and
which will be sustained by the triumphant election of the whole
Democratic ticket.
!Men of Mississippi if you would save thisity-fmuj'pnr
children and transmit to them the blessings W a free Govern-
ment rise up in your majesty and indignantly frown upon this
first downward step in our national progress this effort to
cast the first blot upon our national escutchon.
But as the last act of legislation upon a bill is to establish
its title we add a word in reference to the last name assumed
by the Know Nothing party and will close this address already
extended beyond our original intentions. Our enemies have
never been at a loss for some high sounding name under which
to cloak their real intentions and to make war npon the 'demo-
cratic party and its principles. In the present instance it has
been unfortunately selected for the principles it is intended to
represent which in every important feature are anti American
and subversive of American principles and American inter-
ests. Our fathers met this same party in the convention that
formed the constitution as the advocates of a consolidated
Government of a hereditary President and a Senate for life ;
they met it again in the contest of 1801 supporting the alien
and sedition laws ; and again in 1812 opposing the war opposed
to protecting the rights of naturalized citizens and contend-
ing for the doctrine set up br the corrupt dynasties of Europe
of "once a citizen always a citizen" but upon all these occa-
sions it was known as "the Federal Party""and as such was
overthrown by the people. We their sons met this same party
under the administration of General Jackson advocating the
great American system of high tariffs ior protection internal
improvements by the general government a national Bank
and deadly hostility to the settlement of the-public lands but
it was then called "the great National Republican Party." In
1837 we met it again but as its only trophies were the great
Philadelphia Mob and the burning of a Convent at Boston it
soon died out under the name and bedewed with the tears of
the great Native American Party. " In 1 840 it swept the coun-
try like a tornado under the less assuming but far more appro-
priate name of " the great Coon Skin and HardCider Party."
bince that time and until its demolition in the defeat of General
Scott it was known as "the great Whig Party" and being de-
feated .at every point and pressed down by the weight of pub-
lic odinin it assumed the very euphoneous and signficant
appelative of "the great Know Nothing Party." Since that
time it has been' rebaptised and now writes its name in flam-
ing capitals as the great American. Party. But under what-
ever disguise it may have assumed to cover up its principles
under whatever alias it may havebeen dragged to the bar of
puoilC opinion it uas over ueea iuuHHjuwiu-u ius ungiuai in-
stincts opposed to'the progress of free principles the equality'
of the citizen and the rights ot the estates and as such it has
been uniformly condemned by an'intelligent and virtuous peo
ple.
The Mother of States has recently placed her heel upon the
head of this monster and forever "crushed out" in the Old
Dominion this last and worst of all the isms. Let Mississippi
... whflL
etas of citons will be the next object rfBwn S
wrath? ThevlongsincedeclaredwaragmnsttheBoman
olica and against Protestants ho are marned to Oathohc jo
men : they have declared war against all men who happen
to be bora uSler a foreign flag and against the sons
men; and now thev nave commenced hostilities ago nst
Methodists ! and for what! Well Jot read the followm
tract from an address officially sent forth in the True America
of Trenton New Jersey: churcU
" ine verv organization ui wc w.v-.-- -r . . nr sl3
s to tie liberties of afree people . PF" . -rf lha
ft nnitiffl .ICtlOn in WUluu iu --- -
very
is dangerous
to arise in
Methodist Church is interested.
From the dependence
of all
the
... ...7... ;e nnsv tn uerceivc how iu
pans onone greaocenimi'puuj'-t n-w j r xnA hv the
suffrages of most of the members may be controllea oj
Bishops. Let the Bishops suggest to the Presiding Elder tna
the interest of their ecclesiastical despotism will be snou
by the election of a certain set of men to ofhee ;tne j
ins elders use their influence over the preachers the preut .
ov"er the class-leaders and thus the balance of power in a poi
icai contest may rest in the hands of seven Methodist Biops-
There is as much danger of this as there is in ..-
Wiilian Fields for Land Commissioner
The following deserving compliment is from the Crockett
Printer:
CoHMissiosEE. Among the announcements will be found
the name o$ Wra. Jbields Jor Commissioner of the general
lieve hira to be eminently qualified for the office : he is a win
ter and was elected torth-e legislature from Liberty conntv in 'if.
which postho held nntil the present time. He is tlie anflor of
a popniBT work esllea " Field's bcrdp Book." us services
for the irtate reflect no discredit upon ifim'-his profession gives
him a wide experience nndgeneml knowledge well fitting him
ior iuo uuxvvi
follow the example of Virginia
CrS.TAEPLhJY
ED. PICKETT Jr.
JACOB THOMPSON
STEPHEN COOKE
W. MoWILLIE
July i 1S55.
H. T. ELLETT
W. H. H. TISON
J. J. PETTUS
-D.WALKER
ELOYD SELBT.
1 . Committee.
The East
A letter from Attorney General Jennings under date of 26th July
Nacogdoches addressed to a gentleman of this city says that Gov.
Pease will get the vote of " that entire zegion."
r The Crockett Printer of the 18th takes an extract from a
correspondent of the Gazette on the subject of Texas Debt and
heads it " The Austin Gazette says." We note the above for our
cotemporary's correction inasmuch as wejdo not endorse all the views
of said correspondent. j
QP" The Texas Ranger comes to ns with th Democratic nominees Pease
Runnels and Boll at its mast-head. Th Sentinel at Rusk hoists the whole
State Ticket; The patriotic editor truly remarks that." the entire voice of the
Democratic party" has called Runnels forth asj their champion. H says of
Fields that " he is all the Democracf conld desire faithful honest and com-
petent." . . -' f
l Here s as much danger or mis as mm - ;-nit
complishing a similar result; provided the occasion requires .
'We have thus briefly shown that Episcopal Methodism i an-
A morinon in irs enirir nnfl rftnrlfinev. aild itlS a dingerOUS JVO
for Republicanism. We have shown that it had its origin in
': i. .i . :...: ..'Aa Vnr t ift SUPPOrt-
usnrpiuion mat us very or;auiziwvu jmumuw .
and extension of assumed power and this power mav bo ex-
pressly exercised without restriction. We have shown that xueui-
odist Episcopacy contains in itself the very elements ot an
absolute despotism and therefore must ultimately unless check-
ed subvert our republican institutions."
Whose turn will come next I Having slain the Catholics ana
Methodists perhaps they intend to follow up the slaughter ot
those sects with the destruction of Quakers Episcopalians nncl
Jews. Who comes next ? This is the hour of victims !
The Bomb Shell in Marshall and Cass.
" POOR SAM HAS GOT THE BLIND STAGGERS."
"We learn from Marshall that Sam is caving in there. The
Republican of the 2 1st says the rumor js "that Democrats
and state rights Whigs are LEAVING it in this county BY
SCORES."
In Cass County at Jefferson the " Council " is BROKEN
UP.
Op- The Texas Ranger gives us tho following about ' Sam" in Washington :
The Dying Groans op Know Nothivrism. The order in this county i
dyins out fast. At ( happell Hill we learn that its m-mbers continue to
withdraw and at Brenham where was nnce a large and flourishing lodge there
is not a respectable corporal's guard left. Numbers of good and trno men
h:iv. withdrawn from the order at this place disgusted and sickened with
ii..:. mMnirri.t maatinr. orwi ilpsnnfif. onthi. luhlack flac on which is
scribed ''iaw head and bloody bones' is bound to
btrike to tho
m-
stars and
stripes."
" Declension ot Col. Johnson."
The last State IHmes thinks wc are mistaken in supposing that tho friends
of Col. Johnson will vote for Gov. Pease now that Col. J. has withdrawn
from the canvass. He says :
" After a careful reviowal ol the contest the members of the American
party came lo the conclusion the declension of Col. Johnson would benefit
Dickson mort' than Pease. Such will he the case in this county in the Trinity
counties and those of the north In these regions the opposition to the Gov-
ernor is strong and irrepresible they will not vote for him. His opposition
to the Pacific Railroad is the reason of their hostility. Tho American party
are not afraid to men tho Bombshells in a fair fight They do not fear tho
result. The relative strength of Dickson against Pease will bo augmented
by the course of Col. Johnson.'1
Well neighbor the proof will soon be at band hut in tho meantime we
take the following fiom the Henderson Dcmccrat a personal friend of Col.
Johnson. Certainly this docs not look liko the friends of Col. Johnson in tho
East sustaining Dr. Dickson :
.Candidates. We take pleasure in hoisting the names of H. R. Runnels of
Bowie county for Lieutenant Governor and Win. FieMs of Liberty as
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
' e would cheerfully sustain for the office of Governor either Gov. Peasn
or Col. Johnson ; but as we cannot support both we desire to ascertain which
will be the available man against Dickson and expect to do so before' our
next issue when we will run up his name at our mast-head."
By this time the Democrat will have learned the withdrawal oi Col. John-
son and the next number will undoubtedly have Gov. Pease at its masi-head.
Communicated
lion. Jesse Billingsly.
It is with feelings of confidence and pleasure that I call on the vo-
ters of our Senatorial District to rally to the support of this sterling
patriot. It is unnecessary that I ask "old Tesans" to battle on his
side. lie fought on theirs through his early manhood and gratitude
demands reciprocity.
I state positively and without the fear of successful contradiction
that the respective merits of this scar-worn veteran ranger and his op-
ponent are in no wise equal indeed they are exclusively on one side
and those who were marshalled under the 'Lone Star banner" at the
opening of the revolution "The siege of San Antonio" and those
who watched the progress of that revolution through its various and
bloody phases and who assisted in elevating that banner with Spar-
tan courage at the final contest the battle of "San Jacinto" and
those who fought and punished our treacherous border foe wherever
depredations were committed throughout that memorable period :
Let all I say testify to whose credit merit is to be placed.
Voters of Colorado will you elevate a man who has lived among
you always who has grmon rich "staying at home" while his
neighbors have groionjioor defending his property and his Iife'as
well as their own from the depredations of the Indians over one who
came early in life to your State and enlisted in your army before
manhood had placed its seal on his yuuth who participated and nobly
too in the first and the last battle of the glorious little Republic
whose company captu-ed more of the enemy's flags than any other
company who has fonght and bled and sacrificed his all for his be-
loved country who is still poor on account of the loss to his private
affairs of time spent in her service who poor as he is would scorn
to charge a country-man for a night's lodging who would open his
little store to any deserving man much sooner to his country's sol-
diers hungry and in want. Who has been the firm tried and unwa-
veringricn of the poor man who never voted against the "Home-
stead Bill" that bulwark of a poor man's rights that law which
gives refuge and protection to industrious women against the insa-
tiate creditors of their prodigal husbands that law which has re-
ceived so many eulogies from the pure and enlightened judiciary of
our Stale that law which snatches the clutches of the rich man
from the neck of the poor and tells him "Go your wife and little
ones shall have a home to shelter them. (Col. Caldwell his oppo-
nent did vote against this bill and made a speech to prove its iniqui-
ty.) We ask you in God's name to pause and reflect. We refer
you to any old patriot Texan "Capt. Swisher Capt. Rodgers Jon-
athan Burleson" or any other man who felt an interest in and aided
his country in her peril. Pau-e we beseech you ; do not suffer party
rancor and ungodly oaths force you to aid the downfall of patriotism
and gratitude. Set the world an example. Say now as has been
said before "Capt. Billingsly you never tarried when your couutry
called and we will honor you now !"
I would say to new Texans that you too should support Captain
Billingsly. He suffered for the blessings you are now enjoying and
his opponent did not neither pecuniarily nor physically. You should
vote for him because he is honest capable and patriotic. If you are
Democrats or patriotic Whigs and have any respect for the memory
of Jefferson of Jackson or of Clay you should vote for him for he
is grappling with that intolerant tyranny which had enslaved the
world before the btrth of the American Republic He is battling for
God's pure religion "freedom of conscience" against sectarian big-
otry. He i3 warring against dishonor to the memory of such men as
Cameron as Karnes as Alexander Hamilton and Paul Jones. If
you honor your sons and wi3h them to respect virtue support this
noble old soldier against the malignant attacks of smooth-faced-street
talkers and white-washed whigs barely longenongh in Texas to have
a vote. Say to such "we are generally in love with what you dis-
pise and thank God our fellow-citizens are also or our country's
glorions name would soon vanish."
To Capt. Billingsly I would say be watchful bo firm be reliant
The crusade against liberty which you are now repelling is not s
fearful as that through which you have hitherto fought and fougl
successfully. You will do victorious. Tho gratitude of your folio
countrymen will be placed it your feet and tho exultant cry of "w
done good and faithful servant" will gladden your heart on the t
ruination of this contest. The shout will bo dictated by the sp
which promptod you atSaii Jacinto. A VOTER
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Oldham, W. S. & Marshall, John. Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 1, 1855, newspaper, August 1, 1855; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81199/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.