The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 2, 1835 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME .1
BRAZORIA SATURDAY MAY 21835.
NUMBER 35.
THEREPUBLICAN IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
F. C. GRAY
And will be printed for subscribers every Saturday
& $5 per annum if paid at the end of six months
op 87. if not uaid until the expiration of the year.
No discontinuance will be allowed except at the
;djnd of the year and not then until all arrearages
fare paid.
Advertisements of eight lines or under $1 for the
first insertion and half that price for each continu-
ance longer ones in proportion No advertisement
will be withdrawn until paid for but will be contin-
ued at the expense of the advertiser.
CT All communications of a personal nature
will be charged for the same as'advertisements.
FOR E1GN.
Acreeably to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the
boarTl of medical censors for this jurisdiction held in Brazoria on
the 24th utt.:it was ordered that the following resolution be rcpud-
lisheil in the "Texas Republican for one month; viz:
Repaired That the applicant for Licence shall have receive!)
'from pome public Scuool' Society College or University legally an.
thciiscd a t'epee ofBachelor or Doctor of Medicincc or Surgery
iploma or other certificate evidencing ins capacity 10 prac-ir?n-
Surcrcrv. &c. &. &c. When such degree diploma
f . i . - k.. .).. ; 1 ilio non.liilnto fir tirmiSH shall
or cerimcaie '.as -im uccn nuiuui.u w. ......... --
submit toe satisfactory examination before the Board and present
and read a Medical essay and publicly defend it.
By-order of the Board
T. F. L. PARROTT.
Brazoria March 14th 1835.
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Notice.
BURING my absence from Brazoria Hosea H.
League and . C. Ainesworth are my authoris-
ed napntiTand attornevs to transact all business for
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me.
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31. W. SMITH.
W Curators Sale.
BY erder ot tne primary Juuge ot tne junsuicuou
-of Columbia will be sold to the highest bidder
on a credit of six months the purchasers giving bon
with approved security. The following real estate
belonging to the succession of D. W. Anthony: The
one quarter of a league of land lying on the San Ber-
nardo in the vicinity of Robert Hodge. One block
-xf Lots No. 41 and an out Lot No. 48 in tbe town
of Brazoria. Sale to take place in the town of Bra-
zoria on the 25th day of April next.
T. F. . PARROTT Curator.
Brazoria 23d March 1835. 30 4w.
Negroes Land &c. for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale one thousand ac-
res of land being part of the league granted by
he exican government to Chriesman situated on
he Brazos river adjoining Henry Jones. This is
one of the first and best selections on the river and
with the exception of about700acres previously sold
the purchaser has the privilege of making his choice
and locating the quantity offered on any part of the
balance of the league which has a great proportion
of peach and cane on it.
v I will alsosell three or four negroes and about one
hundred head of cattle of which there are about six
yoke of work oxen. The land will be sold in tracts
to suit purchasers
ENOCH JONES.
San Felipe February 7 1835.
JVotice
ALL those indebted to the subscriber are requested to call and
mnke settlement with Alex. Russell and those having claims -a.
gainst him are requested to present thenvto said Kussel! tor pay-
d6.e . ( v J). KAiiMr-o.
rncnt.
Frotu.the Nalionaljiiitclligcnccr of March 6.
LAST DAY OF THE SESSION.
The two Houses of Congress adjour-
ned the night before last their func-
tions then ceasing; and what a wreck
of public business ensued!
In our two or three last papers we
cxnresscd our opinian respecting the
state of the public business in the House
of Representatives. It would have
been as just had our intimation respec-
ted the state of the House.
With a great deal of talent and we
have no doubt too a great deal of pa-
triotism the late House of Representa-
tives had been brought into a condition
by various causes in which it seemed
incapaple of getting on with the busi-
ness of the country. Attentive obser-
vers have noticed a tendency of this
kind from the early part of the session
but its last days forced the truth on the
minds of all. Long debates; to end-
less perplexity of the rules; contests
every moment about priority of busi-
ness; and an eagerness of discussion
which seemed entirely to disregard
the comparative importance ofsubjects
were amoni these causes. There were
others of which wc could speak of
which indeed we shall feel it our duty
to speak and to speak freely hereaf-
ter but which we at present forbear to
mention.
The melancholy result of the whole
is that Congress has broken up leav-
ing almost every great measure of the
session unfinished and therefore total-
ly null and void. The following bills
originating in the Senate most of them
passing that body by large major-
ities and some of them quite
unanimously have shared the general
wreck and ruin:
The Post Office Reform Bill;(passed
unanimously in the Senate.)
The Custom House Regulations Bill;
(passed unanimously in the Senate.)
The Important Judiciary Bill (pas-
sed bv a vote of 31 to 5 in Senate.)
The Bill rerulatinr the Dcnosite of
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the Pub'ic Moneys in the Deposite
Banks.
The Bill respecting the Tenure of
Office and Removals from Office; (a
most important bill supported in the
Senate by men of all parties.)
The Bill indemnifying Claimants for
French Spoliations before 1800.
These half dozen (not to sneak of
the bill of the relief of the Cities of the
District of Columbia; the bill providing
for the increase of the Corps of Enge-
neers; the bill to carry into- effect the
Convention between the United States
and Spain; and the bill to improve the
navigation ot the Mississippi in the vi-
cinity of St. Louis arc among the bills
which were sent from the Senate to the
House of Representatives "and never
heard of- more."
The Fortification bill is totally lost!
Yes in this very critical moment of af
fairs not only has no new measure of
defending the country been adopted
but the bill for the usual annual appro
priation for Fortifications is totally lost
We can hardly credit ourselves wnen
we write this paragraph. Yet such is
the fact; not a dollar is appropriated to
fortifications and we doubt whether it
be not the bounden duty of the Presi-
dent to call the new Congress at the
earliest day possible. Certainly most
certaintly such is his duty if ho has
any seasonable apprehension whatever
of hostilities with a foreign nation.
When the amendment of the House
as follows
"And be it. &c. That the sum of
three million of dollars be and the same
is hereby appropnatedout ot any mo-
ney in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated to be expended in whole or
In. part under the direction of the Pre-
sident of the United States for the mi-
litary and naval service including for-
tifications and ordinance and increase
of the Navy: Provided such expenditu-
res shall be necessary for the defence
of the country prior to the next meeting
of Congress"
came to the Senate it was opposed as
conferring Ion the President unlimited
military power it was said lie had
asked for no such power the war De-
partment had recommended no such
appropriation it had never been sug-
gested any where until this late mo-
ment. It was urged that the section
itself was altogether indefensible inas-
much as it proposed to give a vast sum
into the hands of the President without
any specific object leaving it to him to
use it as he might please. He might
raise an army ho might scud forth the
navy he might in short dispose of the
money just as he should see fit. It was
averred on the other side that the
President would certainly do no harm
with the money he would use the
power to ends &c; and to this it was
replied again that such a power had
never been trusted to any President;
that it was not to be thought of without
ffivinr un all notion of the authority of
Congress over the expenditure of the
public money and indeed ail its control
over the question of Peace and War.
The attendance of Senators was re-
markablc the whole evening as it had
been the day and night torty-six Sena-
tors answered to their names and Hie
remaining two were in thier seats the
minute afterwards so that every Sena-
tor was at his post to the last moment.
Such a thing has probably never occur-
red before.
cue. Here in fact is our anchor of
safety. Leave it and you are tossed
at once on the wide billows of anarchy
and uproarous confussion. Staunton
Va.Spectator.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
What is "Public Sentiman l"? It is
the breath of the multitude. Ah! so
unsubstantial? Yes but in this land
of ours it is all powerful. It was the
noble architect of our happy institu-
tions which are the praise and admira-
tion of the world. It gave to us civil
and re ligious liberty. It is the author
of our laws the preserver of our
rights: upon it depend our lives
o'ir property tar all.
And is its operation uniformly bene-
ficial? No; it is oulyso when left to
the gentle influence of wisdom inteli-
gence moderation and virtue. If im-
properly or harshly wrought upon it
becomes a scourge a monster as
potent in evil as it could be for good.
Even our boasted Constitutions are in
its hands but as "a nose of wax"
which it can twist into any shape that
suits its whim or fancy. Laws by its
breath can be either partially or gen-
erally stayed in their operation. Pri-
vate Rights however firmly secured
by Constitutions or statutes may be
violated wun impunity unaer us sanc
tion. We hold our property by the
mere tenure of its will; and even our
lives may be made a sacrifice to its
prejudice or caprice.
Then it is indeed a mast potent
and a most fearful agent; and it be
comes us to take care how we tamper
with it or attempt to force it from its
accustomed channels. Any thing cal
culated to disturb the general harmo-
ny of rights is a public evil as en-
croachment on one side will bt certain
to produce retaliation on the other.
Let us therefore most sedulously keep
in mind the nice checks by which the
various and conflicting interests views
and feelings of the community all
equally free with ourselves are held
in l place and preserved inviolate.
Thus will "Public Seatiment" be kept
sound and wholesome; and then any
violation of one interests will rouse the
jealousy of the mass to come to its res.
The Richmond Whig talks thus cool
ly with regard to South Carolina and
Nulification:
Suppose South Carolina off" gone
from the Union what then? Will any
citizen of the U. States feel less confi-
dence in the safety of his rights of
hiscountry;of her capacity to resist her
enemies and move on in fulfilment of
her great destinies? We presume not.
Unless told it was so no man would be
worse off or wiser for the event. Her
portion of Revenue even if she pays
all that Mr. M'Duffie contends for
might be well spared from a Treasury
whose disease is Plethora.
In'no possible contingency but one
can we foresee any necesity of policy
or propriety fof an attempt to rule
South Carolina baci into a Union
which she is dispasod to renounce. If
by throwing open her ports she there-
by destroys that wise system of com-
mercial regulation which commen-
cing in 1789 has advanced coiiiiuually
in the affections of the great mass of
the American People self defence
would force upon public consideration
some means not of annoyance to her
but of protection to the laws and policy
of the U. States. A cordon sanilaire
around her confines to prevent binuf-
gling 2nd one or mdre public vessels
on her coast for the same purpose
would be amply sufficient for the de
fence of our Revenue laws.
Is there danger that by passive ac-
quiescence in her violence other
States would imitate her example?
We apprehend none. She will with
more probability retrace her steps and
apply for re-admission thanjthat any
other will follow in those footsteps.
It is not premature to discuss these
dark topics; for either we must helicte
the public men of South Carolina base
prevaricators those who have ever
ranked high on the page of chivalry
or we must suppose practical nu'ifica-
tion to be a thing inevitable. As to a
relinquishment of the protective principle-
the only condition which can pur-
suade South Carolina to tarry among
us that is a matter wholly out of the
question. Let the public thought then
be turned this way; let the public mind
be prepared for nulification; and let
all who wish well to their country and
countrymen endeavour thus early to
give that direction to public opinion and
to the Public Councils which will avert
the shedding of blood.
Madisonvittc E. Tennessee Feb. 24-'
On yesterday at the race ground
ap affray took place between
Messrs. Russell. Weaver and Mabry
in which Kussell and Weaver were
both badly wounded Weaver mortally.
We were not present to witness our-
selves and thase who seem somewhat
confused as to the report they make
the following however seems to be the
fact: Russell by some means offended
Weaver struck him Russell with' a.
horse wmp; upon wnicn ne (tuisseuj
stabbed Weaver and inflicted a mortal
wound during the infliction of which
Mabry shot Russell in the arm; it is al-
so said that Russell fired at M-ibry
without efTect. The wounded were
brought into the tavern and the best
medical aid present was called but a
bout 9 o'clack last night Weaver died;
Russell will probably recover
Of all the marvellous works of the
Deity perhaps there is nothing that an
gels behold with such supreme aston.
ishment as a proud man.
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The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 2, 1835, newspaper, May 2, 1835; Brazoria, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80258/m1/1/?q=%22Brazoria+%28Tex.%29+--+Newspapers.%22: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.