The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 9, 1844 Page: 2 of 4
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med that many bodies have been found sup-
posed to have been frozen to dfoth alter reach-
infr the shore A number of the naftfenaers
were brought to the city to enable them to The EJitor is a Northern man and expects
procure clothing having lost every thine by to be as long as he lives. The editor is very
the station; yet they flatter1 themselves that
he can form a strong Government out of the
materials of the party.
Major May field Dr. (Jhalmers Judge
Webb and Major De Morse are spoken of
for his Cabinet.
The Standard will not go for the western
man be.cavse-hs editor is a western man
ihis most dreadful calamity.
A gentleman from Virginia lost about thir-
ty s'aves.
The Good
OF THE
Republic.
The Rights
of the
People.
The Northern Standard.
CLARKSVILLE
SATURDAY - - - - MARCH 9 1844
FOR PRESIDENT.
ED. BURLESON.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
K. L. ANDERSON.
The Next Presidency. In the Har-
rison Times of Feb. 15th. we find an cdiioiial
article headed "Political" from which we
make the following extracts.
"Asa politician Mr Jones has ever bpen a
firm and consistent supporter of the present
Administration. In fact much of the success
which has resulted from the policy pursued
is to be attributed to his untiling efforts in the
diplomatic relations of our government.
The negotiations with the foreign powers
wbich brought about the interference and
mediation with Mexico and ultimately the
Armistice wrre thn works of Anson Jones
and to his skili in manainr our foreign re-
lalions may no doubt be attributed the pres-
ent piosperous condition of our country."
The first sentence will account for the sup-
port of Dr. Jones by the Vindicator. Red
Lander and Times. As to the remuinder of
the paragraph if it is correct of course the
credit heretofore so profusely given to Gen.
Houston for this same policy must be with-
drawn. This system of glorifying one man.
fora public policy which wehavenodoubt is
really us and then borrowing the credit of it
for the electioneering purposes of another
will not answer. The credit has heretofore
been claimed as the personal right of Presi
dent Houston and if there was any honesty
in. the assertion of the claim it must rest
there it is not negotiable property to be pas-
sed about as a political mantle to cover the
deficiencies of aspirants to office.
"As the Presidential contest is now fairly
ttarted and the candidates believed to be fair-
ly jn the field we shall occasionally take a
hand in the political game. The Standard
has. long since prophesied unfavorably for
the man who has been nominated by the
voice of the people in many sections and
.who is our choice for the important station
.of Chief Magistrate. We shall at present
indulge in only a few conjectures. General
Burleson will get the undivided support of
tne partizans ot the delunct Lamar-adminis-tration.
But they are few in number and
their influence small. The Colorado Coun-
ties will vote for the western man because he
is.in favor of their monopoly of representa
tion w All of the half depopulated Counties
westjwm vote tne same way for the same
neason. Some of them with from 40 to 100
votes have now the same voice in Congress
that Counties in the East with 800 voters
hgye. The Standard .will go for the west-
ern map because the editor h a western man
and was a member of Lamar's Government.
But his influence Jias long been on the wane
jaid we fear nothing from that quarter. We
Jijipjildiread hiunif he were to take up the
cause of. Jones It would-be fatal for lUe ad-
ministration party. The.. western candidate
jwjigetiaiscatteringi vote in Middle Texas
iMint the .northern: counties. There are
tMDtjwhp will votefor: Burleson 'who ac-
much indebted to the Red Lander and the
Harrison Times for the information that he
has had influence and that some of it per-
haps remains to him. He has never presum-
ed to think so himself and feels highly flat-
tered by the acknowledgement coming from
political opponents. The Times says "we
should dread him if he were to take up the
cause of Jones. It would be fatal for the
Administration party " Wr trust it will be
by the time we have taken it up and sifted it
as we intend to do. We hope to give him
cause to dread us though not in the way he
professes to fear. It is rather a stale ruse to
profess a fear of the support of one whose
advocacy there is no possibility of enlisting
though we can inform him that we have re
ceived from Washington a proposition evinc-
ing a very different opinion.
The editor says "Major Mayfield Dr.
Chalmers Judge Webb and Major De Morse
are spoken of for his (Gen'l. Burleson's)
Cabinet." Without intending to impeach in
any degree the veracity of our neighbor of
the Times he will allow us to suggesl that
this Cabinet arrangement is probably a mere
intimation of his own to induce a belief that
our position is an interested one We are in-
clined to think that no sucli rumor is in gen-
era! circulation. So far as the editor of this
paper is concerned the promise or prospect
of such an office would be no allurement to
him. It would be an empty honor with no
concomitant but poverty. He has howev
er. no reason to anticipate it.
"In the Eastern counties the vote will be
nearly unanimous foi Jones and Anderson.
In Middle and Northern Texas the same"
The East will give but little majority for
Jones. San Augustine the political centre
will un questionably give a considerable ma.
jority for Burleson. In Middle Texas Bur-
-leson will get a majority beating Jones in
Galveston Harris.. Brazoria Washington
Fort Bend Milam and Robertson that id to
say he will beat Jones in Brazorja which
he calls his- home and in Washington the
Seat of Government where he now resides.
From the Harrison Times of Feb. loth
"The Editor of the Northern Standard
announces to the world under date October
21 1843 that Hon. Anson Jones present
Secretary of State of the Republir of Texas
a nd candidate for the next President of said
Republic will bs. badly beaten when the
election comes on. R will be' recollected
that the Major of the Standard was one of
the partizans ofthedefunct Lamar adminmis-
tration. One among the number of that ad-
ministration that involved Texas twelve mil-
lions in debt in three years. Maj. De Morse
was stock commissioner during the reign of
Lamar. He is violently opposed to the ad-
ministration of President Houston. His is
not so magnificent a government as to expend
d.OOOOanuallyl Houston's administration costs
th country only some $120000 each year.
The editor of the Standard is opposed to An-
son Jonee because he is a member of the
present administration and in favor of the
pacific policy of President Houston.
The Standard will undoubtedly support
Burleson for the Presidency because he is'
a western man opposed to. the interests of
the eastern and middle counties opposed to
the census bill opposed to an equal and fair
rtio of representation and in favor of locat-
ing thfsea't of government on our extreme
western border. Major Dc Morse emigrated
front the West .to the North deeply imbued
with all the prejudices which characterise the
population of theextrwoe West against the
President and against. Eastern Texas. As. a
matter of "course it may be Njxpectedthat be
will advocate the claims of a "Western man
and "one who if elected "will Tesuscitate the
parly which went out of power when Lamar
went out of office."
We were not " one of the partizans of the
defunct Lamar administration.5' We have
never been a partizan since we attained the
age-of manhood. We had nothing to do
with the administration of General Lamar.
For General Lamar personally as we have
said before many times we entertain the
highest respect and a warm feeling of friend-
ship but we are not to be held answerable
for the acts of his administration over which
we had no more influence than any other
head of a bureau and that was none at all.
We are not "violently opposed to the ad-
ministration of President Houston." We
must be permitted to know our own feeling
toward the administration and if we do it is
one of perfect Indifference. Perfectly wil
ling and ready to admit all the good it does
and to add our mite of commendation in such
case and unhesitatingly censi'iins any act
oi project that we believe lo be wrong; its
success excites no emotion of paitizan exult-
ation or its failure any vindictive feeling 0
triumph. We are not of those who would
dislike to see the Administration successful.
for fear that it would add to the reputation of
the President we hope never to find ourself
under the influence of so mean a feeling.
We hope he may be eminently successful ;for
the sake ofthe country we hope so; and those
who wish otherwise from dislike ofthe man
are neither good patriots nor good men for
their patriotism is so inconsiderable as to be
less than their personal prejudice. We have
been told that there are some who openly ex-
press themselves" as unwilling to see any
good attained by the present administration.
Such men are misguided to say the least and
should be ashamed to express such a senti-
ment. We are not "opposed to Anson Jones be-
cause he is a member of the present admin-
istration and in favor of the peace policy of
President Houston." Wc are in favor of a
peace policy ourself at this lime. As to
Dr. Jones we have known him more or less
since July 1836. We have seen him in the
Senate mingling many times in debatp and
we have known him as a fellow-citizen of
Austin for a year or more. We have al.
ways considered him a man of respectable
capacity very much overrated by persons
incompetent to judge. In the Senate -which
has never had a member of the first calibre
and only some half dozen of the second or
third he held only a secondary position.
He has never rendered any eminent public
service that we know of and in intellect
and personal rank he is decidedly inferior lo
several men in the Republic that we could
name. The fact is that having no personal
ill will or any strong political objection to
him except that his patriotism has an avar-
icious taint and that he expects to be sustain-
ed on part' principles we see no reason in
the world why ho should be made President
' As to Burleson the editor says we will
undoubtedly support him because he is a
western man. Of course he could not doubt
that we would support him in preference to
Dr. Jones having our declaration to that
effect in his possession but the because we
have shown by our acts to be incorrect.
Our own first choice for President was a
citizen of Washington in Middle Texas; and
our present choice for Vice President is an
Eastern man. As to the other because that
he is "opposed to the Census Bill" we knew
nothing of it until informed of it by the
Times and we care nothing for-it now either
way. We are perf-gtly satisfied .that the
census if taken would 'not in any way affect
the present apportionment of representation.
because the "Constitution reqoires'thaTniiero
shall'be 100000 populationbefore the pre-
sent apportionment is altered. We are sat-
isfied now that ; there are not T 00.000'popuTa-
tion in the country and;we would not.bcsi-
late lo wager a years labor upon it. There
have never been more than some 12000
votes given in the country at the most excit-
ing'election &in old settled countries wfaefo
there is a greater proportion of women and
children a calculation of six persons for one
voter is a fair one. In this country where
the proportion of single men in the popula-
tion is large five to one would be a large al-
lowance and this would show 60000 inhab-
itants in the Republic. This being the case
we conceive that the taking of the census
cannot do any good; but so far as the mere
taking of it is concerned we would go for it
to please those who wish it taken and there
fore the opposition of .Gen. Burleson to the
measure could constitute no reason withus
for supporting him. So much for this asser-
tion. The location of the Seat of Government
we would as soon have upon the upper Trin-
ity as at Austin; and if it is left to the people
to the upper Trinity it will go. There
again the editors reasoning fails.
The last reason given for our support of
Gen. Burleson is. that he will if elected
"resuscitate the party which went out of
power when Lamar went out of office."
We do not know of any such party in exist-
ence but if the editor refers to some persons
who had influence at the Seat of Govern-
ment at that time he will allow us to tell
him that we should be sorry to see some of
them again warmed into activity and conse-
quence by the light of official countenance.
These are our opinions if we know them
ourself. so the Editor of the Times unless
he knows us belter than we know ourself
will have lo allow that he is entirely at
fault in. this fnstance. So much for unwar-
rantable assertions. t"-
It is very common for men who have ne-
ver risen above the- rank of camp followers
in political movements to distrust the candor
and freedom of action of others whohave
never been affect d by the nod of a political
leader. It is very natural considering the
world as it is that it should be so. That this
is the case with the Editor of the Times we
will not pretend to assert though his editori-
als would seem to indicate something of the
sor'.f We hope however that it is not so and
that we may be enabled in our political con-
troversies to entertain an unfeigned' respect
for his opinions motives and expressions.
That it is the case with immense numbers
of people however we are certain and to
such we expect to be frequently in.opposi-
tion and with such out of favor. If we do
not at all times act and speak candidly
honely and of our own free will and from
the dictates of our own judgment then wo
do not know ourself for we think wedoand
feel the least possible veneration for the opin-
ions and movements of assumed political
leaders. We have instinctive respect for su-
perior capacity but none at all for assump-
tion or arrogance. The editor ofthe Times
therefore if he wishes to do us justice will
in future credit our acts and expressions to
our sense of what is due the honor and pros-
perity of the Republic and our opinion of
the course best calculated to promote them.
Perfectly satisfied then that Gen. Burles-
on has not all the educational acquirement
we could desire in a Candidate for the Pres-
idency as we have heretofore shown by nom-
inating as our first choice another individual
whose qualifications were all undoubted and
whose services to the country wer.e consid-
erable and whose desire to serve is
ever evident; we candidly acknowledge the
partial fortfe of this only objection urged but
still prefer him to the candidate opposed to
him because wc consider him a better pat-
riot; because he is a free man and notj. par-
tizan; because be runs upon his ownstfengn
and not upon that of a party or a patron?
because he hqrs no selfish or avaricious ends
to serve by obtaining the c flier; and has good
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De Morse, Charles. The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 9, 1844, newspaper, March 9, 1844; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80516/m1/2/: 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.