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THE NORTHERN STANDARD
CKAS. DE MORSE
LONG SIIALt 6UR BANNER BRAVE THE BREEZE THE STANDARD OF THE FREE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TOL. I.
CLARKSVILLE TEXAS JULY 6 1843.
NO. 42.
.PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY C. DE MORSE.
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For the Northern Slaudard.
"Mr. Editor: In the last number of the Standard
I notice a communication under the signature of"M.
D. Y." purporting to have been written in Lamar
County. The author of this article sets out by say-
ing "that the manner in which elections have hither-
to been conducted the people have had but a poor
'chance of ascertaining what were the real sentiments
of those sent to represent their wishes." Now Mr.
"M. D. Y." as you are a citizen of Lamar you
.must be very ignorant or profoundly stupid if you
.'do not know that the claims of your last candidates
Messrs. Bourland and Crisp were fairly gefore the
people. All the leading and important "measures?
which weredikely to be agitated ut the then ensuing
.session of Congress were fairly canvassed before the
wert and there could not have possibly been any
misunderstanding with regard to the opinions and
political "measures" of the then aspirants to office.
Such are the facts of the case in. the counties of Fan
nin and Bowie. The candidates made stump speeches
throughout the county cltariy and unequi-rotally
declared their polititical sentiments cop.sequtxtly
there could have been no misunderstanding and the
-people well knew their policy and what would be
the course of" their electors. la' Rel River there
was but one candidate and littls or no interest mani-
fested ahout the election. And whether ihesentimchts
of the member from Red River were fairly known
and understood Mr. M. D. Y. is the most appropri-
ate judge "The wide mouthed partisan should nev-
er find a seal in Congress they should be driven from
i's walls and measures should alone be discussed
there" Where Mr. .M. D. Y. will you find such
.-a character a3 you have been describing among our
.former Representatives. Look at them! view their
.course in Congress and see if ihey are not men of
reputed honesty integrity of character and aevoted
to their country's best interest. I verily believe the
-application "wide mouthed" and I will add big
mouthed demagogue can more appropriately be ap-
plied to the author himself. I have nodoubte would
be much pleased to figure in the Halls of Congress.
Cannot his fellow citizens properly appreciate his
distinguished merit and solicit his appearance in the
field. It would not I am convinced require much
persuasion; and if he would just mount the stump
we would in reality have a "wide mouthed parlizan."
bawling and braying over the county like a i s.
Listen reader to the verbose grandiloquence of this
humble farmer of Lamar in speaking of the impor
tance ot taking the census.' 1 he great and glorious
uoctrines of EQUA L RIGHTS so gallantly as
serted by our forefathers the American revolution
arc set at naught by the present basis of representa
tion in Texas." Is'ntthisa patriotic sentiment?
'wonderfully sublime emanation of an unsophisticated
mind the spoutings of a demagogue who from his
miancy ha luxurated in tho cradle of liberty and
taught no doubt to respect and even to venerate the
grand and cardinal principles of equality and Re-
publicanism. Yes Mr. M. D. Y. patriots have made
bare their bosom to the tyrants steel and braved the
-awful horrors of destructive warfare to establish Gov-
.-ernments predicated upon the great principle of
.-cuai iiigms. as to me importance ot thi3 meas-
mre I fully agree with the author and so does every
ireflecting and sensible man in the district Even onr
plain farmers will give theirapprobation to this new
umeasire' of this learned statesman. By taking ihe
census representation would necessarily decrease in
the west and Red River district would be entitled to
-ill least one other member. I also think the tariff
.should be modified. All the necessaries of life such
s cannot be produced in the Republic should be im
ported fiee of dutyand on luxuries itshould be increas-
wi so as to' amount to a prohibition. Upon ihe seat
of Government AL D. Y. is pathetic and gives an-
other touch of his patriotism and great predilection
tAJ free suffrage. He says "the eternal turmoil and
and .low vulgar recriminations" .will be avoided by
JeivinT this important measure to the Toice of the
.people. Who I would ask the logical farmer are
rcpresentat."yesana what the powers with which they
are Invested? Are they uot the servants of the peo
ple bound to obey any instruction coming from their
constituents? most assuredly they are. And cannot
the voice of the sovereigns be ascertained upon the seat
of Government question during the present canvass-
ing for Congress? And this would be the proper
nfcthod to pursue. Let the people instruct their rep
resentatives wnetner mey wisn tne seat ot govern-
ment to go back to Austin Crockett or any other
place and they as honest men will feel bound to obey
iheirmandates. Here comes the gentleman's conclu-
sion mark well his closing paragraph. It goes
fully to prove the predominating feelings of this sa-
gacious author; and the important object he-wishes
o accomplish in publishing to ihe world this peu-
jrili effusion not such as ought to emanate from the
cool calculating btain of a "plain. fanner." In ihe
fervency of his soul and in the deep devotion to his
adopted country which ho awfully fears will yet be
engaged in civil warhe ejaculates the following patriot-
ic prayer. "Above all lei us send men that are hon-
est and will dp what they say and will not go to
congress t swap away their votes and thus deceive
their constituents and sell their own votes and con-
sciences." This is a sentence of no common occur-
rence and I am surprised how it could have sprung
from the cranium of a "plain farmer." One little
sentence big with seven important circumstances and
tins is what tho author has been trying to get at
through his whole production. His intention is to
make the impression that heretofore the people of
Red River have been duped by their representatives
that they are politically dishonest "promise one
thingand doanothcr" swapaway their votes deceive
their constituents &c. Now Mr. Editor cannot cv-
cvery man see the intention of this humble cultivator
of the soil (as he would have people believe him to
be) too illiterate and stultified to correct the errors in
his stateman-like production. It is simply to excite
the public mind against our old Representatives
and pave the way for some new and "broad mouthed"
aspirant Such insiduuus remarks are odious and
superlatively contemptible and deserve only to be
met with merited rebuke. Who does the learned
author allude to when speaking of our representa-
tives "swapping away their votes proving treacher-
ous to their trust" selling their consciences &c. He
must judge other people by the way he would act ifl
a member of Congress: and would have people be-
Iieve that he is no "wide-mouthed partizan " btVt a
well trained politician pregnant with political hones-
ty and patriotism.
CIYITAS.
Tor the Northern Standard.
Lamar County Juiy 4th 1843
Mr. Editor: I should r.ot pevhaps have troubled
you again if the rumor had ;ot reached here that an
armistice had been p:ocUimcd between our govern-
ment and Mexico by t'de President.
Is it true? if ruc- what will be its effect? To my
view unaid.td b.y the lamp of experience it is the
harbinger of better tidings ytt to come. It is said
that "coding events cast their shadow before" but
in this instance it has burst'upon us suddenly and
I without warning carrying conviction to our minds
tf.at we have been abusing as a traitor one who now
proves himself the benefactor of the country. I
have long been a political opponent of Gcnl. Hous-
ton and half inclined to believe him an inactive im-
becile Executive; but this last intelligence convinces
me that the course which I have condemned as weak
and adverse to the interest of Texas has been dictat
ed by a wise policy which has terminated in the
next thing to a lormal recognition of our Indepen
dence opening negotiations between the two coun
tries and causing a cessation of hostilities giving
peace to our sunering frontier and Testonng conf..
donee to the whole Republic I am constrained to
make this admission as an honest man and frc.m the
purest dictates of conscience.
Justice requires that those who have heretofore de-
nounced the Executive as a traitor should now
take it all back for if such is the effect of treasonable
practices on the part of tne president I say god
uiesssucu treason i wisn n o'ja been indulcd in
long time ago.
I cannot close this communication without noticinr?
another subject I see by the last Standard that the
Hon. A. H. Latimer has published a communica
tion r.aaresseil to the voters of Red River District in
wnwn he gives it as his opinion that "to restore con-
fidence and give protection to our defenceless frontier.
live return of the seat of government to the city of
Austin is a matter ot primary importance "I do not
like to throw myself in a position adverse to one up
on wnose opinion l piace so nigh an estimate yet 1
am compelled-io differ ivith him. -
It must be evident to every one that will have the
candor to look at the matter impartially that "to re-
store confidence and give- protection to our western
frontier" the establishment of the peace just conclud-
ed is a matter of more primary importance and I
cannot see in what other particular the return of the
seat of government to Austin can advantage the west-
ern frontier than the advancement of the personal
interest of the few individulas who own property
there; at the cost of continuing the quarreling and
contention now going on about it? location endanger-
ing the peace and tranquility of the whole Republic.
It is very evident that if we wish the affairs of the
government conducted well and with all due fidelity
to the people it should be done at a place where those
engaged in its conduct can deliberate calmly and be-
stow the whole energies of their minds to the busi
ness there to be transacted undisturbed by fears of
aggression irom any quarter and all know thai such
is not nor ever has been the case at Austin.
Situated on the north-western extremity of the fron-
tier without a single settlement between it and the
Cpmraanche Nation and whi'st the palmiest days of
lis prosperity that during the sessions of Congress
when there was usually the largest number of per-
sons present at the seat of government the members
were liable to be shot by the Indians almost in the
very streets if they ventured abroad after dark and
even now that peace is established with Mexico this
source of danger is not removed common sense
woum tcacti any man that the few officers required
to conduct the affairs of government between the ses-
sions of Congress would afford but little nrotection
to an extensive frontier and they perched away off
ioo. in its nonu-western corner themselves continual-
ly alarmed by the expectation of Indian attack.
Who ever heard before of any nation niacin" their
Capitol where it was most exposed to the attacks ofl
the enemy lo lexas has been reserved the honor
of adding this new doctrine to political science and
this new evidence too of Congressional folly.
Plain and undeniable facts will bear me out in
the assertion that the seat of government was origin-
ally locatedat Austin through the influence of n tew
land speculators those curses to this country who
are always watching for an opportunity to fatten up-
on the necessities of our penniless Government.
Nothing is more clear to rny mind than that the
great outcry about the removal of the archives has
been dictated by the same selfish fiction who rcarintr
high the standard of faction threaten to prostrate our!
republican institutions in the hope of gathering spoils
from the wreck of the government to satisfy their
avarico or ambition.
These observations have not been elicited by any
prejudices that I may entertain to-wards Austin but
merely to show that faction and avarice and not pat-
riotism has been the cause of the discord that has ag-
itated this land until I am heartily sick of it.
The plan which I have suggested of leaving the lo-
cation of the seat of government to that source of all
power in republican governments and to whom it
properly belongs the pecple will insure a fi-
nal settlement of this the most vexing and harrasa-
ing question that now agitates the Republic. The
only remedy that I can see. for the evils which its
discussion are entailing upon us besides removing a
most fruitful course of Congressional bargaining is
to let the people settle it by a direct Vote.
Some of my very wise neighbors say that I am
striking into water beyond rny depth "and specula-
lion is rife as to who I am. 1 again repeat that I
am a farmer who cl?.ims the privilege of being heard
upon subjects in "which as a citizen of Texas I am
deeply interested and although I am not college
bred and m?.kc no pretensions to more sense than
my neighbors and have to call sometimes unnn tlm
Editor to correct forme I belong to that republi-
can schoa who claim a freeman's right to speak a
freOinaii's sentiments hnldlv .iml fpnrlpU- nnrl if
hear I have given any offence in so-doing I am
sorry for it. f have told plain facts and if any one
. j - ji "--
should be so foolish as to take them home to him
self it is not my fault. I have intended no personal
application if they have hit any one there is the
lnshmans blunaer proven to be good sense for it
would.really be a random shot taking effect right
plumb where it wns intended.
I am.
Respectfully
M. D. Y.
The Northern Standard.
CLARKSVILLE
THURSDAY.
JU-Y G 1S4S
FOR PItESlDF;tTT
JOHN HEM. I'HILL
OP WASHINGTON.
FOR VICi"pES1DENTf
WILLIAM E. JONES
OP GONZALES.
Pj r-' l- pleasure in announcing that Gen'l
Edwari. H Tarrant having resigned his commission
as Brigaicr General of this Bri-Mde is a candidate
"1 Major Gentr.il of the Militia at the ensuing
eiccuon in September.
Gcnl. Rus. will not be a candid Jtc. We under
stand that Tarrant's nomination is received with gen
era! approval every where on the route from Wash
ington to this place. Wc bosprak a strong vote for
the Uld Hurricane of the iNorili.
Wc arc informed that Gen. Rusk declines being a
candidate (or the Presidency.
We understand that the war spirit at tho West at
the time the President's Proclamation was issued
was beyond all former knowledge. The whole peo-
ple were said to be imbued with it and subscriptions
and preparations of the most active character wcie
making for a war of invasion. A larce body of
volunteers were about to join the six companies order
cd out by Gen. Rusk when the whole movement was
estopped by the announcement of the armistice.
The Navy. We learn that Commodore Moore
has had a third fight with the Mexican fieri which
without being decisive left him in possession of his
position: the Mexicans hauling off. Our vcsstls
were becalmed and therefore at disadvantage. Con
sidcrablc damage is said to have-been done on both
sides. The Commodore is probably by this time
reinforced by a steamer sent from New Orleans to
his assistant and if so will be able to make a show
ing the next trial. The merchants of that city learn
ing his need of a steam vessel arc said to have made
up a subscription in three or four hours purchased
and sent one to him. well armed and manned. Wc
honor their spirit and liberality.
Tub Uiter Trinity. We have made arrange
ments to obtain information of the most authentic and
valuable character of the situation prospects quality
of soil agricultural adaptation and navigation of this
much talked of. rich healthy and beautiful
country. An intelligent gentleman who has previ
ously examined the most of it and its facilities for
navigation and who was last year engaged in survey-
ing some portion of it will start in about two weeks
for the Indian Council to be held in that section and
will afterwards in company with some friends make
with the intention of settlement minute examination
of all that country including lhe and on the tribu"
tafics of the Trinity; and also sound the depth of
water for navigation and by the middle or the last of
August give ns full and clear account of it. It is
probably tljo most desirable country for-the emigrant
noiv known in the world and wc feel that wc shall
render a service to a large number bfpeople by lhe
publication. -'-
jEThree Mexican emissaries are said to have
been seized among the Seminole Indians by Ti"er-
tail one of their Chiefs and carried to Fort Gibson.
Ihey were endeavoring to induce the Indians to
hostilities with Texas.
General Murphy the new Charge of the United
States to this Republic is at Washington.
En-President Lamar is at Washington.
U3TnE Late Expedition to Santa Fe. Out
readers will perceive the communication of our Fan-
nin correspondent relative to this expedition. Sub
stantially the same news reaches us by way of St.
Louis said to have been broughtlhere by three Mex-
icans who escaped from a party captured on the road.
Town of Bois D'Arc July 2nd. 1813.
Mr. Editor.
Sir: I take the opportunity of writinjr you some
news which has just been received here and which
if true may be of interest to the numerous readers
of the Northern Standard. (
A Gentleman resident on the Trinity. lately ioin-
ed the Delaware Indians in a hunt and went with
them to Cofleo's Old Trading House on Red River.
There they found about 300 Waco's who took the
white man from the Delawares and were going to
Kin nun; nut the Delawares informed them that rlC
was a deserter from Fort Washita and they rcl-as"c(i
him.
The Waco's informed them that Col. Snivelv
and his daring band had Surprised and U-Jkc a com
piny of Mexican Traders and got $";0 000 m Spe-
c.e.That they killed every one of the Mexicans
And that they had also taken o ;ttc Town above
Santa Fc (which I suppose p-usl have been Taos
I his news a though not eDireiv amhcntica!ed is at
least probable and whcra we come to consider the
promptness and d.spah with n.hich news of hjs
character circulate a nmoogsl lhe Prair;e nd;
we ;an without t;ng 0r credr.I.tv toany great ex
ten give it ctr..cncc Gwj . - . cq
reel. e
Yours &c.
THO. F. SMITH.
The Supreme Court met on the second Monday in
June 3iid is nrobablv still in session.
In the Red Linder of June I0thareno lc3than
six distinct articles abusive of the Editor of thisnaper.
. Li . .
As reference has already been made to these by the
friend who had charge of the paper during our ab-
sence and as we presume ihey arc in part a rcpeti -
tion of some previous abuse which wc have never
. . i.. u . . . u II i
et been able to gtt. wc shall vary upon this occa-
J
sion from the course we had marked out and reply
to some of the misstatement which it contains:
We feci no degree of resentment for the attack
upon us. but slander however gross has some little
force when uncontradicted.
Commencing then with his description ofthechar
actor of this p.iper in his article upon "Texas News-
papers" he says:
"Its Editor is a bitter personal enemy of I'rcsidcnt
Houston and his journal is consequently to be num-!tuu amount of a year's subscription some advancing
bercd in the ranks of the opposition." Theediton-1 ' v
al columns of the Snndard display ulcnt and indus- a rger amUnL lha morenent was a general
Uy. bm they are engaged iu sustaining j bad cause. jn" FP"'arone- anJ both the supporters and oppo-
Wc haveendtavoredto keep a complete file of the nents of the present administration participated in it.
Standard but have been unable on account of the The support first given the paper has not in any
fl"nf .f ?Eml mai'5' a0d the.vlainous disPs: case b'een withdrawn but the number of its .ubxn-
tion of the editor to cut our acquaintance. We shall' .
make him rue the iliy he commenced publishing I bers )a3 steadily increased from the start. With re -his
falsehoods. Stern justice shall be dealt out to S:rd to the size if the Red Lmderconcern can get
him 'though the heavens do fall.' We have been any of their townsmen to loan them a copy of it after
determined never to admit personal altercation in our ' " i . u- i i " i -
r-rr ii.u " i ci-u.Mi .UH.11.U1011 in our SOm.e six weeks at which period our new suppy of
paper though wc cannot always prevent it." ... ht.J
vr i; .!.. r i .u r paper will be here unless prevented by accident'
rirst his charge of personal enmity to the Prcsi--' r r j
dent is false. We supported him for the Presidency ! thry wil1 fiml il considably IarS thaR Heir own
in preference to Judge Burnet. Wc have never ' I"1!"-.
asked anything of him and consequently have not I .'' ??'" !f " : rnmm.n.rt. nn ua lW.
been disappointed. The two or three personal inter-Jment and good sense of ihe people of Texas. We
views wc have had with him since that time have cite the following fioui the Standard of March 30th-:lL
been of the most friendly ckiracter and his deport-
mem toward us personally has been especially cour-' T h"d her da' ' ruraph 'ft h-cr reSeneraiion from
'- . r J the thraldom of Ignorant Legislators! and paltry
teous. lhe statement which this fellow trumps up pubHc :Ieni3. We have seen men nominally tfflinc
in another paragraph about our '-hatred to ihe Prcsi- high offices in her government whose attainments
dent" because he vetoed a bill making a le"islalive ' were anything but respectable in their private capaci-
change in our name is meie stuff The President l' ' and hc Legislators Great God! the
i:.i;i.: l p ... r .." J Legislators that wi: have seen stand up in the
disliking the lorm of a bilforth.it nurnose which . . r-. it
. uI5e' "IC".h.ills of Congress to improve the statute books &c
had passed through Congress sent for lhe Editor of1 &c.
this paper and suggest! d to him the withdrawal of.
the bill from the Executive office and making such
change in its verbiage as would remove the objection
he had to it and save him the necessity of vetoing it.
This wc would have attended to. but bfing very busy
we allowed too much time to pass and the President
was under tho necessity of vetoing it or allowing it
to become law Jjy date. He accordingly vetoed it
and in the written objections which he sent to the.
House of Representatives suggested that our object
could probably be as well attained by a bill of ano
ther form. Before the question was taken we
stated to Col. Mayfield who was about lo have it
taken on the passage ofthc bill over the veto that the
form suggested by the President would suit ns as well
as the one then before the house; had the bill altered
and parsed and it was approved by the President
If the veracious Editor will look at the list of acts
passed at that session he will find that the act so
passed was approved by the President.
As to the cause we are : engaged in sustaining;"
we know of no other than the general cause of the
country.
The terrific vengeance which the jackanapes
threatens us with in the way of '"showing up" will
produce nb great tremor of our nervous" system. We
shall await it with a most- piteous degree of resigna
tion and shall probably leave it to perish in filth of
its own generation unnoticed.
The last sentence about his determination never to
admit personal altercation into his columns is farci-
cal dealing as he does in ly'ng innuendoes- His low
jealousy induced him to attack the personal character
of the Editor of thi3 paper in the most wanton man-
ner and that when we had nerer seen bin or said u
word about him.
The article about our participation in a- public
meeting held at this place i3 ;00 trifling to require
much notice. A meeting 0f the people of the coun-
ty had been called by otb.er persons without any con-
sultation with us for the purp0e 0f nominating
candidates for Senator and 'Representative. This
notice allowed but. three davs time for the assemblage.
Knowing that n such a length of time no fair expres
sion of the r.eople uf the county could be obtained; and
desirous thaitha people should interest themselves in
the rp'atter especially at such a time as this we sug-
Se' - led delay which was assented to and at the ex-
piration of the time named in the first call we appeal
ed before the persons present and proposed a plan
for obtaining the sense of all the people of the county
in the nomination of candidates. To this they read! j
Iy assented and wc offered the resolutions which!
were published giving full expression to all pirtiesl
and endeavoring merely to obtain a concentration of
public sentiment upon some lico candidates nnd
awaken sufficient interest to obtain good representa
tion.
The astute Editor does not like the manner in
which the remarks we made at the meeting are
spoken of by the Secretary. If there is any thing
wrong in that he had better quarrel with that gentle-
man as wc had nothing to do with the report o' the
proceedings.
He says " The people of Red River doubtless un-
derstand sufficiently the hih appreciation they should
place upon the character of their Jeor of the Stand-
ard. This is plainly discoverable ftom the beccing
scolding tone and half diminished size of ihatsuciL
N? nen of s"h or d'3Cretl0D "" a'd s!?im'DS
n Journal fjmous only for propagatinr infamous
fjlsehoods and openly slandering the judgment of
his fellow citizens in their selections of pereooa liouk
Jnmong their numbers to be their representatives."
A" in aniolhier place he says:
' Ihrough ihe assistance of a few of the violent
.i. ..: r .. n. -i . u j j -
personal enemies of the President he succeeded m
establishing an engine to play upon the ciedulity of
lne public having in view the laudable object of
ovcrllrning 'he liberties of his country by procuring
t'e doivn-'''o-rtj.aipatriotand statesman who brought
nization into Jier councils."
It is here a matter of as general notoriety as the
came of the county that the Standard was established
by the subscription of the people generally ofthc four
counties a larrc number of whom raid in nrfvanrn
' We hope this poor misgoverned Republic will
We take pleasure in republishing the extract for
His the unvarnished troth not a smoothly turned lie
written to tickle the palateof national vanity; but so
ber truth iviibin our own knowledge; and statd with
the honest intention of benefitting the people by turn-
ing their attention to the defect in representation.
We did not say that all were of this class. Sor-
ry indeed should wc be if such a state of things
ixisted. We know full well from personal ac
quaintance and persona! observation that there an;
in every Congress of the Republic men -.vbosc
capacity would give credit to any legislative as-
sembly in ihe world and whose presence there
renders it important to the interest of every con-
stituency who wish a representation of their own
that they should elect only such men as havo
sufficient competency to think and act for them-
selves and capacity to express their views. In.
stead of that we have seen men there of a vcty low
grade of intelligence; so low as to be entirely under
the direction of others and therefore not representing
their constituents because however honest and eager
to seive they were incapable of doing it. This we
have seen and known and it is a fact notorious to all
intelligent personswho have had an opportunity to. ob-
serve the under current of congressional operations.
It is a fjet which it is important for the people 'to
know and appreciate and act upon; and no false
principle of delicacy towards the people themselves
or their representatives shall induce 'us to veil the
truth. We regard the real good of the people and
the progress of the country more than any tawdry
sentiment of national vanity- - we would far rather
eradicate an evil ifa;n dif'iise it.
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De Morse, Charles. The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 6, 1843, newspaper, July 6, 1843; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80491/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.