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nlcSfk'tu miMt be addressed totiie Kriitons.ywffcjW.
A Texan Patriot SpcaKing Hear liira!
"Who can rise from a perusal of the following speech" of a
Texan Soldier of the devolution without feeling a thrill of
patriotism in hi3 heart and what enemy of human liberty but
will feel his malignant and rancorous spirit of intolerance some-
what softened by its manly appeals to his better nature.
The Speech is taken from the Ledger of the 7th inst. and
was made at the Democratic fleeting ot the 30th by'Mr. J. C.
Wilson. "Weomita portion 'of it. 'on account of our limits.
The democracy of San Antonio had proposed to nominate Mr.
Wilson for Lt. Governor but he said that he desired no office.
The KiKvy-Xothings seemed to have mustered their clan to
-prevent him from being heard by their noise and confusion.
He proceeded however :
I am willing to believe that among the persons who by their
clamor prevented my opening my mouth when I first presented
myself there were none who are accustomed to public speak
ing none who could appreciate the mortification and pain
which n discourtesy of this character throws around one who
arises as I did simply to thank my democratic friends- and
"brethren for the testimony of "their regard and confidence which
had been read to the meeting and to decline tlie honor.
I confess that I felt it-to berathersingular when I turned my
contemplation for a moment to the pastj and then reverted to
the position and conduct of those before me that a dav had
come when an old citizen soldier of Texas on the soil of Texas
was forced not only to plead for his citizenship for his right
as a freeman hut even for a liearing when called upon by his
political party i o speak. ' '.
I do not wish to speak of myself but involuntarilv my thouahfs
revert to the past to a time when Karnes and Cameron and
Ward and Fitzgerald and a host of other worthies stood shoul-
der to shoulder on the field where the freedom of Texas was
won and her national existence and security were established
When amid privation and hardship and danger and death
they trod the red war path that led to Texan freedom to grear-
nessand glory. Ever first among those who were foremost in
every enterprise of danger but I no not jikmkmber that in
those days iny man said to them "stand back give place. g
not before me your blood must not dj-e the soil your arm;
must not win victory your breast must not brave the leaden
shower your bodies must not mingle with this dust yourboes
must not whiten this plain Te are foreigners."
No gentlemen the memory of those times and scenes s(pds
up no such echo. No such sounds were then heard. '
I cannot forget that we have among us this niirht mniy a
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nnyerimr rencoriiiuse iiioriuus uv-ironeuavs. neaiimruDormtMi
bodies the marks of the fueman's lead and iron broken con
crlrnrinn Ttnnr 1J1 nnrSP. llllt.wtin ll'IVonnvof vom'nrfW til nil'
much loved Texas who desirod no other reward thatto wit
ness her prosperity. ' I
I say I canuotTorget that many such men there areand that
tTioco nri.t.lin i lnon wlioni von shmIt to nrncnrlho Tfpwhowon
their atentof citizeinhip at the cannon's month ani were ad!
initted as Americans by the bloody baptism of theMttle field.
Men whose integrity is unquestioned whose capicity is ad-
mitted who have been tried a thousand times by he severest
ordeals aud never found wanting And yet yo? would pro-
scribe them strip them of their citizenship make them some
thing less than freemen in a land that thej7 aidei in redeeming
by their valor in purchasing with their blood.
Who dares to stand upon the soil of Texas and tell me that
1 am not a citizen or that I am to fie denied the freedom of
speech ? Who dares to stand by the grave of Cameron where
the hero's bones arc mouldering in a hostile soil and say that
in Texas Ewen Cameron was an alien less tian a freeman ?
Disenhume the ashes of Karnes insult and dishonor them
better do this than deprive the host of patriot worthies English.
Irish Scotch German aL'd French who foiiglftside by side with
their fellow-citizens of American birth fur the liberties of Tex-
rs of thocc liberties which they have now.
Ground tell Ward who in this citv qf JSan?Antcnio in the
verj front of the battle saftered mutilation. Uecama a decrepid
ati disabled man that though he hasgLveniiis linUs as proofs
of bis devotion he is not entitled to thutenjoymc it of a free-
jn' piivi lege?. that he is escribed "'degnu ed below tha
j$i& and dignitv of a citizen.
"tiall apthti huinry of Texas written and w .vritten go to
Uie muster rolls of the annis that redeemed f d defeuded the
aeuutrv jatid tti kc thence tlie name j ever citizen soldier
not. bm-n in '" Jniied States; this will' ben .ch more consist-
littrfoa:d Me vith'tho native American me who participated
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IR TOO JLtHtae fVOaUMl. JjW. mut ua it vr muwcu. i f"
thousajftd if so many can be tound
made till he became again a ounteer. Again he was one o
tlu-ee and oi' that three the lea.ter performed again ami auaii
the task of penetrating to the Very centre of the enemy's lines
amid showers of lead. And I'wnul-lask them if for this la-
must be proscribed and disfranchised ?
Ane has itreully come to tin's ? Is it realty necessary that an
old citizen of the EopnbMco Texas should because he was
not born in America nle:i( for his Huh fs of citizenship as a
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man pleads
Aie th
tictics? Is this the lenirt)'
tion ? Then God snnerl d&mncracv. You have iriven another
Xeibiiurs
Pbiiudc'.nliii Pla'form The Founder of Know
Edward Judsou. alias Xed Ilnnilinc.
T. Tliencknnwlcilstneiitor tliat Aluiiglity Hetti who rules over tbo Uni-
vers -! pte-ides over the rotinoils ortiHtions who fonilncts ihi ntrnus of
mf n autl who in eu'y tep lv w Iiich we litivt ndvnureii to the charnctcr of an
ttidcpeii'lent nttion has tlistingtii-lied us by some token of providential nency.
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Vlir Re-i-t:tnce ro th" nrarossive policy nntl rorrttpting tendencies of 'he
Roiujii Cuhoiif Chnroh in o"ir country hy the sulvanc men: to a I political
stntinns nteiitiv. Iinislniive. indifial or diplomatic of ihose onlv who do
JO!' IMS lite alio VOU Will not even Hear llim SpeaiC : no huld en il allpariaiice directly or indirectly to any ton-tgii power w ueiiier i
eSG t lO nritlfinlpA YOU IfivOPItP ' AlV tlieO VOlU CIlllori-cCliH.IMlHl amiwuoitre rtinrncins ny uinii e.im-.... ;;- i
L&U UJU pilUCipie& JOU dinCIUIL. -lit- HIUSU 1U .i... r..ifiii: l mnviin ' AviciriNj nvr.v siui.i. r.ni-Efi.V Amep.ICa '' I
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to WillCll VOU Carry your lirOSerip- The protection of allouiuns in the lfg.il and proper eer ie of their civil
reason to-night why all liberal minded men should love it an
mil reliiri"ii- nshts and prtvile's ; the nntntciiance of the risht of everv man
10 the full tiiirestmuii'dandpe.icefnl enjoyment of In own religions opinions
and worship and a jealous resi-"nncf ol ail attempts by any ect.'lenominatton
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Ullim UlUUl LIHU IC IS r P IKLITV or ILnnnOIlOtlUlSIll. LUU DLIILV Ul orr..r..i m n htmn nn ncem i-nev over any oner tnnl ue State uv means oi
lihorrv ' ' anv snecial n ivilees or exemption by any political combination of t's mem- ' the IOreiglier . Attempts Were 111
n .1 h i - i t t j? i). .! 1 i t'eis rl)v a division of their civil allegiance with any foreign power potentate in which MeCreadv w:is nerfirmin'-
Gentlemen vour coiduct caused me pain but I telt and teel ' ' -.. " 3 l" lut-11 iHt-rLau) .is peiiinim.
nfiitliPr silmslo;i n.r fnimi.lfitn.1 1 frar iinithflpcroivfls nor iii-1 r ec ia- U 4 f - out and ordered to fire into the mob.
dividti'lls wltpn nflvtrino- n o-nl pmiico ' ! XI. The education of the onth of otir country in schools provided by the W3fC sl.Ot down Seven 1 of whom W
c . 7 .. . - it State: wh'ch -Hiools sh iil be common to II without ns inct'on nt cieftl or n ciect!itor3 ' N"ud Huntlinp" W'
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tllllld and tender fubfed. because I have thus far declined takinr character. ml. inasmncli as f'hiistianitv by the enstitnti-n
an active part. Tin did not appreciate the painful character ' " State bv the dec-ions of the mon eminent judicial authorities and bv
. i r r 1 . . .1 the consent of the pei-ple ol Americn. is considered an element of our political
Of mypOSltlOn. I'ttonilOt lorget Or release lliySClt IrOin the ysllm nmlzs tIe 'Holy Bible isat once the source of Christianity and the
feeling of humiliation and SUUDreSSioil. Of inillsticeand wrong j nVpository md l nntani ofall rivilnml religions freedom we oppose every
It is not to in... n idem niiPStiun of nnlitit-al discussion. It j-; attempt to exclude it from the Schools tliu eablu-hcd 111 the btates
something in wlnihT feel a personal and a vital interest. The
feelii'g presses h-iivily upon my heart that much has been
done iind sutlerti in va n. if it is necessarv for me to stain
?
among thegravs of the hundreds who havexlied for you wno
have given thei lives freely for'our country whose rich life
blood welled oiton many a plain through wounds received in
defence of thefliberty which yon enjoy and plead for them
or them that thev be noi made less treemen.
I sav to vfi mv democratic brethren who have not stood m
this positionwho have not felt as I feel you can form no just
conception m the weight that piesces upen my mind -wheii I
:pea'c of tjpe things or even think of -them.
(Jan yoiiealize it that it is really necossary again to fight
the battle of civil and religions liberty in Texas? That men
who hav'stood against and turned back tlie storm of war ami
oppressMufrom the iand : men who have poured out their blood j
in rich Ifbations to secure those blessings which they have in
vited yu to come and share with them ; men who have been
tried V the fire and found faithful; whou devotion danger
cha:i' starvation the love of personal liberty the fear of death
conhuot shake must not only l"ad equal rights and privi
iegtas citizens but even beg fur leave to plead ? And do yon
supose that such men will submit to occupy such a position
wit patience?
"jJut it is not alone the citizen of foreign birth who most be
piecribed disfranchised degraded regardless of merit. Men
ojrn uptn the soil and the lords of tlie soil ; men who have
rice and oftermade manifest their love of liberty and of Amen
(in institutions must be d s lalified from filling any public post
Sum holding any office of tiust honor or emolument. And
A'hy? Because they worship God as their fathers jdid and as
conscience leads them.
I did not rise ro make an argument. The lateness of the
hour and the inclemency of the weather would forbid it even
were I so inclined. What I have to say will be said in less than
five minutes.
Again my thoughts recur to the past and a scene arises before
me which as individual cases servo as examples of classes
may tend to show the iniquity of such a proscription.
f Many years ago. in the loathsome prison of the xVcordado 1
saw through his prison bars the wasted form of a Texas patri
ot and hero in shackles and solitude mewed up like a danger
ous beast forbidden the society and even 1I13 speech of his fel
low men. And why ? Because he was too good an American
because he would not abandon the cause of struggling Texas
the cause of freedom the cause of American liberty ho was
persecuted punished and threatened with death. Neither love
of personal liberty the promise of rich rewards the fear of
death nor the priestly influence which you fear so much could
induce Antonio Navaero to become a traitor. For years lie
was retained the living inmate of the tomb after his fellow pris
oners were released and finally bore away as an evidence ol
his constancy a shattered constitution disease that has brought
premature old age; and what is his reward ?
That he thus proven and found eminently worthy he whom
his fellow-citizens shuuld delight' to honor he upon whose
name the breath of calumny has never blown a taint must be
proscribed disfranchised reduced lo a sort of decent serfdom.
Ponder well upon these things. Will you proscribe and dis
franchise these men? Have you the right even if you had the
power 10 doit? Is it right in the sight of God or man ? And
even if you had the right is this the age of the world is this
the country in which it ought to be done?
I-? this party of intolerance and proscription to rule thejand?
Are these doctrines to become the doctrines of the majority ?
Will that day ever come ?
Then pull .down your proud and honored Flag drape its
101Q3 111 lilies OI mourning unu riic uuu. us uiuutvuneu tuius ;
LtberttisDkad Weep fur. Liberty; ; and on the reverse
side write: Proscription Triumphs Intolerance Reigns
Shout for Tyranny I
And gentleman who join in this proscription tell us that they
-jre Democrats. To this I have bat a few words to say. If
the? are Jefferson anc Jackson were not Democrats. 0! foi
ten'lines from the pen of Jefferson to teach such Democrat-
their duty 1 O ! for one groan from the great heart of Jackson
to -iwiikn such Democrats irom tne uewuctereu cireain into
Well might the mass of peculent and corrupt politicians at
the Philadelphia Convention endeavor to hide their deformity
under tlie gufce of religion and well might they prate about
the cultivation and development of profoundly intense Ameri-
can feeling.
We propose giving here from our respected cotemporary
the " Empire State" of Griffin Ga. a brief history of the
founder of the Know Nothing party and we wish all men of
that party to read it and see how the "livery of heaven" may
be used to serve the devil in.
Among the first exploits of " Ned Buntline" was nt St. Au-
gustine. Florid. i :
" He became acquainted with and married a beautiful girl
of Spanish parentage. She is represented as having been a
lovely character mild beautiful graceful and intelligent. We
have'seen herminiatu.e likenes and if we possess any skill in
physiognomy those traits are all distinctly marked. From his
drunkenness debauchery and abandonment of her and from
h's personal abuse she faded sickened and died in two or i
three years.
Ten' years ago he came to Nashville Tenn. and commenced
a paper the name of which we do not now recollect. Ila
then wrote and still writes beautiful storie- and occasionally
pieces of poetry possessing no inconsiderable merit. From his
position as editor irom his address and from the talent he
had exhibited as a writer he found an eay access into the first
families in Nashville. Having one evening at a Fair held in
the Masonic Hall been introduced to a Mrs. Porterfield wife of
a wealthy and lespectable merchant an intimacy between her
and Ned soon became manifest. Mrs. P. was then considered
the most beautiful and magnificent woman in Nashville. We
know her in her beautiful home the mother of a sweet child
he idol of n noble husband" and the object of admiration and
affection. We have seen lur since her fall beautiful still even
in her ruin. Tall and graceful with as majestic and symme-
trical a figure and as queenly a bearing as Cleopatra's with a
dear 'soft' yet beautiful complexion with a profusion of hair
olack as a raven's wing large dark expressive eyes with long
drooping lashe and in each cheek a beautiful dimple in which
plav a thousand smiles every time she speaks.
A report soon came to the ears of fie e mfiding husband of
a criminal intimacy be ween his loved Mary and the ex-Officer
of the Navy. lie promptly repelled the insinuation having
too much confidence in his wife to cherish such a suspicion for
a moment. It came again however in such a way as to startle
him. lie believed and with a revolver in his hand lie sought
the miner of his happiness determined to take his 1 fe. On
making the accusation he denied it in the most forcible and
pnthciTc manner baring his bosom to Porterfield telling him
rnsltnoi-. if ho. deemed him base enough to perpetrate such a
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lish Tragedian aud Edwin Forrest the great "American Gla-
diator." Forrest became jealous of the success of Mr.
McCready before a New York audience and he made a delib-
erate and malicious attempt to destroy his popularity. For this
purpose a large number of his enemies were engaged to hiss
ilcCready whilst on the stage. First and foremost in this
g.mg was this man Judson better known as " Ned Buntline"
author of the Mysteries and Miseries of New STork"' &c.
The difficulty hUhc entirely personal now becamegeneral
a large portion of the first citizens of New York being indig-
nant that a stranger and a favorite with them should thus bo
treated in their midst. Large crowds assembled in Astor Place
with "Ned Buntline" at their head harranguing them in the
most vociferous manner his rallying cry being "down with
ade to demolish the theatre
The military was called
A number of citizens
ere merely on the ground
as arrested tried and sen-
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of neailv all i leiceu io me l enueiiuan ior nve years rus wue. wird u. wa
a daughter ot one ot the nrst citizens oi iew lorlc. Her nio
was one of painful and romantic interest. Iler boy was bom
whilst Ned Buntline was engaged in these riots he having been
some weeks previous expelled by the family from her father's
house where for two years she had suffered every indignity
and wrong and abuse from a Heaven-abandoned wretch. Mrs.
B. obtained a divorce from him during his trial in the Astor
Place Riot case aud before his conviction assuming her pa-
ternal name.
Soon after his pardon from the Penitentiary he married a
respectable widow lady at Iloboken the owner of some prop-
erty. After wantonly squandering all her effects even to her
beautiful cottage home he abandoned her. went to Boston and
married another woman. Last summer havingsome difficulty
with a negro man he deliberately shot him though. The wound
did not prove mortal. He escaped punishment by making iS
pppaar the negro was the first aggressor
i On leaving the Peniteutary some two or three ears since
he was breathing eternal vengeance against all foreigners. Af
ter taxing his ingenui'y for some time he instituted the Order
ol" the Know. Nuthing and our country with a blush of shame
upon the cheek of her presiding genius and with a dark shad-
ow upon its noble Constitution lias witnessed the result. Knave
Ndhingism canhoast no higher paternity no nobler jmrent-
age than the lesoited the malignant and abandoned Ned
Bxmtline.
This fact we have on the authority of members of the family
ot Mr. B. and from other reliable source in the city of Novr
York. After starting the thing in New York and finding it
would take he went to Boston that hot bed of Fanaticism
Abolitionism and Infidelity and established and conducted a
Know Nothing paper. This was his vocation the last ws
heard of him."
Judson is the real name of this fiend incarnate and ha la
said to have been at one time an officer iu the TJ. S. Navy
from whence he take3 the Dame Buntline.
This is the man who is said to have organized the first
lodge of Know Nothings in the United States.
Yell might such a party find it necessary to place in its plat-
form something about obligations to God and the necessity of
cultivating and developing American feeling. Its founder waa
ignorant of both. No wonder that the Nemesis of nn accusing
conscience should fasten upon the souls of this band of politi-
cal id venturers and turn-coats and torture them like Hamlet
until they felt a relief by calling on the name of their God iu
atonement for playing the demagogue or the traitor to tlieir
parties.
leed. that his honor was dearer to him than his lite &c
desisted feelinrr that the man had been wronged. Thus
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Democratic lUceting-Gonzales in the Field!
.Pursuant to adjournment of the meeting of the Democrats
o Gonzales county called for the purpose of organizing the
p rty and for the purpose of nominating candidates for th
next Legislature
The Chairman L. Cleveland (to-day 3 o'clock.) called the
meeting to order nnd declared it ready for business. A full and
I aek t it ten minutes to
&oggtktto them in language plain simple anC tiae. I would butre-
' mhid dieai that when the minions of tyranny werearraved in over-
whelming force against them when dangersjnt e;ery f rm were
fchiclteiiing tin
ftflftlJW list S
their
tance anu um
tho leaders in
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. ... '...nu efdTv f tbp. armv an J tho cow-trv and were
never deceived nevoV disappointed never had 'rfnu j to regret
tHeir confident. L raigni remma uieui -i
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. io -wuvit. rftMarKte enteriiriFfcs t-Mihal
ty loyalty and capacity i?t? scouts e ircqnenc
i safety of the army and the countrv and were
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i i rtii mrm tirrsiTirifi ti ran t ir -m r 1 ri fimi irr'T- iiTiri ill' u r r r r FT-nri Tirvr a
matter remained tor several weeus. wnen sucn evidences oii'To' -"- jj r - - r -
Ned Buntline's guilt and of his wife's unfaithfulness reached j rft"ese1Ste .. . x tl t t. . A
him as no longer to leave him in doubt. He sought him again llie Committee appointed at last meeting to prepare an ad-
Ufes io me JL'fiiioeruLS oi me eouuty iinu icamui-iuiis c-picaaiv a
of the souse ot this meeting upon the political issues of th
with the same purposes as before. Ned having learned his in-
tention fled from him in thedirection of the Sulphur Springs
near the city-
effect. After
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D.......l firorl coi-orn tunoc nf ii-it I.nnf- UiV WK1U CUIItill IIUUII IU I UUUI I.
rnnnino- Sume distance Ned fell down and whilst j i Whereupon T M. Harwood in behalf of the committee re-
lieu aim leuuiue auuies unu icauiuiiuus mi;u uciuk PtA
on the ground he turned and shot Porterfield through the Pf ed aiia rc
head. He was nenr him and fell dead by his side! Ned im- tatLe vote w
ere unanimously adopted.
mediately returned to the city gave Mmself up to the authori-i
ties v tried but acquitted on the ground ot self-defence.
The citizens were in a rage. He had wronged and killed one
of the most respected of their number. On leaving the court-
room several shots were immediately fired at him; he flod to
the City Hotel amid the shouts of his pursuers. He reached
the third story and locked himself in a room. The door was
forced open when he jumped from the window on to the
"round below. Stunned and crippled by the fall he was easily
taken
resolutions.
1st. Be il therefore Resolved That the Democratic Party
of the county of Gonzales will still profess those principles of
national policy as illustrated by Jefferson Madison Jackson
aud Polk and re-affirmed by the Baltimore National Democrat-
ic Convention of 1852.
2id. Resolved That it is the Republican principle that
the opinions of men who are candidates for office should bo
knoyu to the people that they may know who and what shall
A large number of citizens conducted him to the street rile them; that these opinions may be thoroughly canvassed
ano mat no man is wormy oi
are concealed or unknown.
deliberate sense of the meeting
iwuvWmo- Mm Cumberland river and hung h m to one of the of the bar ot puonc judgment;
i.a on..?o flu. nwnino- nnsta. The moment he was swim? off. ! tile public suffrage whose opinions
l a !..! Ati.rthm wjir nrunnrpd. iinrl as. thpv wwpi 3d. Jl680LVeCl lhat It IS tile
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jv vein soma ever foremost to voluuteertn ttea
oiiterorises of imwiaent peril. I might teliieroj-b M om one
5n-k and omiuious wgxt when foes lay tliikiwnd t w little
;irav and volnnteet were called to advance upon strong
pamo of the enemy and V attacking them draw their r so
; to discover their numer.c:ilstraigtb)?ut three men . Dlnn-
teered. and of those ihroa. l3bfirefc was a young man ot i nrr
Van birth: and-that agato QRthat same eventful night aier
4T- x.i. nVl&i! mzn tverfuruod to the satisfaction of auU
-JO -"'r . J . i-x ' ."U ti - rll !. Tftlnnfoare ItTrnnVIrftSiafrlca Tntcrlil: nrisn i
a-tii the plaudits pi erajj--on.auutuci w u .xu. .. . -.w-- . .
JrR ytt morearingua dsfcg-ms aty 6; ponse was Andjl-tha people shall say
which thnv ii2ve fallen
Fellow-citizens do not lend yourselves to these things. D
not fix the iron mid iiVid rule that no man not horn in th
United States and no member of a particular church shallen-
jov full citizenship whatever nity be his merit. Do udt throw
away and degrade as uliens men tf-ho not by theiiccideht of
inrfli hnt-. liv ttirt ilum.p nls tlmir vontli. the devotiOnHofitheir
nner vears. afMincfliirenSAiS jirdent love of .your rritTTCvne.
and n" jiv'ulingness-'to spendand be spent in the service of your
couutry; claim ttf be4 juid are; as good American citizens as
tread American soil. a x-.
Thro.w not awayyonr fello citizens whether of native oi
foreign origin because they do ntjf cannot hold the same
religious tenets that you believe in if indeed yon believe in
anv.
about tyino- it around his neck he made the most pathetic ap
his lite asKing ior an opportunity tcr
i peal to them to spare his lite asking tor an opportunity
j)l explain himself asserting his innocence and telling them
Shall this doctrine of intolerance and proscription civil and
religions prevail Shall it rule this fair and free and happy
land?
Forbid it every principle of true American Republicanism !
August shades of the sages and martyrs of the Revolution.
Fathers and founders of American liberty forbid it! Aris
qhyonterrified Democracy of America last hope and trust
offreedoinsthroU'rhout the world once airam in the majesty ot
jvyonftirSistless might arise and with united voice forbid it!
Amen !
it
was a shame and cowardly for so many to take the life of one
defenceless man without affording him an opportunity of de-
fence. Meanwhile tho authorities ot the city came to his
rescue and ho was placed in the county jail. After remaining
there for three months the public feeling subsided and he was
iv.iWriiyjiny'i.-'o oiotnnco down the river when he took
a steamnont to rittsuitrg in. me resilience oi ms lamer.
After leaving Nashville he spent some time in St. Louis
whither he was followed by his paramour Mrs. P. Whilst
there they between them were the means of two persons being
shot he meanwhile having married her and one or two other
women.
By securing the influence and co-operation of- an Officer in
the army a Lien'. Potter and by writing bea'itiful letters and
beautiful poetry and by asserting the attack in Nashville was
by a band of gamblers whom he had exposed in his paper
and by skilfully managing the affair he succeded in marrying
the lovely and talented Miss B. After their marriage and
whilst in a state of intoxication he would often recount to her
incidents and scenes in his own history.
Everybody remembers the Astor Place riots that occurred a
few vears since in the city of New. York originatins in a per-
Isonal difficulty between Mr. McCready the distinguished Eng-
flat no Democrat should aid or countenance any secret politi
cal combinations by whatever name convinced as we are that
iis opposed to the genius of free government destroys free
adtion and free deliberation and substitutes in the place of
the "rand privilege of voluntary suffrage the behests and de-
crees of an irresponsible cabal.
4th. Resolved. That to proscribe men on account of their
rqligtous opinions by civil incapacities only begets habits of
hypocrisy ; that it is impious presumption in sOme to aaoeinr
dominion over the faith of others ; that our civil rights have
no dependence on our religious opinions whatever any more
than our opinions of Geometry and Physics ; that the proscrib-
ing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by disqual-
ifying him from being called to offices of trust and profit be-
cause he professes this or that religious opinion i3 deprivm
him injuriously of those privileges lo which in common with
Wfellow citizens he has a natural right.
5th. Resolved That we will support the regular nominated
cmdidates of this meeting as advocates of our views and po-
litical preferences; and that we have a firm confidence in our
political Brethren of the county that they will give their undo-
Vlded Support. tt luc urtiiuiUrtLca j uiu ciiiuv.i."-" -j j -
no- election nninnuenced by personal attaenmenis anu uu-
rl lr thp nrliHppa of tlm nnnosifinn.
n .T. N. "Waul pursuant to invitation then addressed the
ing in a clear lucid and able manner upon the prmcrptes
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Oldham, W. S. & Marshall, John. Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 14, 1855, newspaper, July 14, 1855; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81194/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.