State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 27, 1856 Page: 2 of 4
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JiMES BUCHANAN
JOHN C BEECEDOIIDOE
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' A letter is being published in the Fill-
more papers from Mr. Fillmore thanking
the late Whip Convention of Virginia for
giving him their support.
This is a very empty honor indeed. Out
of one hundred and eighty towns andjeoun
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
.H&ECTOBS FOE STATE AT LAHGE
fHTeou. vr.n.&&unv.
7 - DISTBICT ELECTORS -
- ' l .Judicial Jltrlct Elector. - -Horace
Cone of Brazoria.
IPWefreliref. "Trothc3' "
.Alexander J. Evan3 of McLennan.
Mt A- Dooley of Comal.
''Franklin B. Sexton of San Augustine.
IT. L. Gamp of Upshur.
Francis R. Lubbock of Harris.
John T. Mills of Lamar.
Tames M. Perry of Anderson.
"Fletcher S. Stockdale of Calhoun.
Joeiah F. Crosby of El Paso.
Stephen Powers of Cameron.
John W Durant of Leon.
.Benjamin F. Neal of Nueces.
E. B. Pickett of Liborty.
J: J. Goode; of Dallas.
L. S. OwingH of Karucs.
40HA C CAMIOXVS TESTIMONY.
X3T " MB. BUCHANAN HAS HABITUAL-
LY INDICATED ON THE DANGEROUS
QUESTIONS OF SLAVERY. CORRECT
FEELINGS."
ties in Virginia only forly:four F-ercreprc-sented
in thisjpitiful contion.Tot a
o wnnhiTt Tiaffconvenhon fsarc two)
. . . . . i v. un
tile same thing which my menu me "-
W. G. Brownlow promised me in the Na-
tional Convention?
"lHth Millard Fillmore to lead and even JOSH
" GIDDINGS BEHIND HDI se could tarry oar
' State "
That was the sentiment of iny f"y&-
Brownlow. f
xt t :! "Mr Toombs to hold
-TmY A lUiUU ..
The Dcmocrncy fan the Slavery Question
Position takenby Texas iu licr. State
Democratic Convention.
5. That the citizens of tho Southern Slates
JIAVE THE INDEFEASIBLE BIGHT TO
CARRr THEIR SLAVES INTO ANY TER-
RITORY BELONGING TO THE UNITED
STATES and there to enjoy and exerciso nil the
rights of ownership and property ar freely and
as folly as in the State from which they emigrate;
and that any interference with or obstruction to
the enjoyment and exercico oi their rights as
Southern citizens by the Governmentof the Uni-
ted States or of such Territory w uuld.be a viola-
tion of the rights of the Southern States which
they possets as sovereign States and co-equal
members of tho American Confederacy.
Jteaolutlon oi Cincinnati Convention.
Kindred. That we recocnizo the richt of the
people of all tho Territories including Kansas
and Nebraska acting through the legally and fair-
Jj expressed will or a majority oi actual residents
and WHEN EYERTHE NUMBER OFTHEIR
INHABITANTS JUSTIFIES IT TO FORM
'A 'CONSTITUTION "WITH OR WITHOUT
DOMESTIC SLAVERY and bo admitted into
the Union upon terms of perfect equality with
other States.
Sentiment ot TCr. Bnchonau iu 1848.
In my letter to Berks county of 2oth August
" Jttti i usq saia unaer tne .Missouri (jompro-
" mlse slatery was forever prohibited north of
" 36 degrees 30 minutes andsouth of this parallel
" the question was left to bo decided by the pf.o-
".P1X. Mat people? Undoubtedly the people of
" tut lcmtory assembled IN CONVECTION
" to form a State CoNSTrnrnoN and ask ad-
" mission into the Union. Such was the description
"of the people to whom I referred." Sandford
Letter.
Extract from Letter accepting- uominn-
uon ox Cincinnati convention.
" In accepting the nomination I need scarcely
" cay that I accept in the same spirit tho resolu-
" tions conititunng tho platform oi principles
" erected by the convention. To this platform
"lintendto confine myself throughout the can-
" vau believing that I have no right n a candi-
" date of the Democratic Party by answering in-
J terrogatories to present new and different is-
" sues before tho people."
lrz
Extract of Letter to IV. B. FlcTircs of
uunuTuicAiait iromairiena
IDTr.Bacxtanaa at AVheatland
I860. '
"He (Buchanan) ridiculed the doctrine of
" Squatter Sotercigntg and Baid that the North
' bid now for the first time in tho history of our
"'country obtained from tho Government tho
" concession of the true principles viz : That the
" ptople of a Territory had the right when they
" uxne to forma State Constitution to say vhcther
" they Kould or toould not hare slavery. That by
''the legislation. Congress had admitted that the
" power was with tho people and not in Congress
i ted the only sensible rule was that this power
"could bo exercised by the people only when
' thty come to fom a State Government prepara-
a Tory to admission into the Union t gire you aU
"-cicit At rery xcords."
v-
tyWo aro authorized to announce "W. 0.
WISEMAN as a candidate for Judge of tho 17th
rJudicial District. EltcUon first MONDAY in
October next.
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EFVTe are authorized to announce E H.
VONTRESS Etq. of Georgetown aB a candi-
date forjudge of the 17th Judicial District com-
peted of the counties of Williamson Burnet
tLampatas Llano San Saba McCulIoch and
Brown. Election first Mondav in October.
ISWeare authorized to announce Col. Wil.
H. HENDERSON of Georgetown at a candidate
forjudge tof the 17th Judicial District. Election
ifint Monday in October next. .
.
jiAlAfraij
from the whole Westemgfegionpf the
State. The clustoxof counties available to
RichmondpereapTonlyones rorjrpented
and then there were only one hundred and
twenty delegates from the population of a
State numbering million ndaJjaJfj
inhabitants I
"What a forlorn spectacle! How chilly
must Mr. Fillmore have felt in reflecting
npTnloanracoldifiFnoTVirforiner
Whig leaders of Virginia. Could a seedy
politician withia elbows out; have pre-
sented himself Jto Mr Fillmore and promised
him the vote of the whole Whig Party of
the "United Statca it would scarcely have
been less flattering a reliance.
But Mr. Fillmore in his response declares
that he is no longer the candidate of the
Vhiff Party. He says :
1 "Standing as I do as the known candidate of
another party U" receive thurecommenda-
t'tion with grstitute and pnuo &c
.Mj Fillmore had doubtless in view the
hict that scarcely a single old line Whig of
national notoriety is now supporting him.
Srot even Choatd of Massachusetts; and that
Tones or Tennessee Geyer and Caruthers
of Missouri Tombs and'Stevensof Georgia
Benjamin of Louisiana Pcarce and Pratt of
Maryland Miles and Mason of Mississippi
l'reston and James B. Clay of Kentucky
arid other illustrious Whig leaders have
abandoned him.. Tn this isolated position
he bays :
" Humph jrentleuieii ! 1 am tho can-
didate of another party now ! There is
Mr. Dunn of Indiana one of my State Elec-'
tors. He is a man of influence. What do
you think of him Mr. Toombs? Here is
the New Albany " Tribune" my organ in
the. patriotic town of New Albany Indiana.
Mr. Toombs we will suppose takes up the
paper and finds the name of Geo. W Dunn
of Lawrence county as State elector with
the following comments ;
" Coalition between Fillmore and Fue-
" mont. Tho Fillmore State Convention of Jn-
" diana have just united with tho Fremont or
" Black Republican party hy nominating tho same
"Electoral ticket for the State. If any of our
Democratic mends have been feedmc them
" selveB up with tho hope of a division among the
" American aud Republican parties upon tho
' State Ticket they would do iell to give up that
"hope as utterly futile.
" The fusion of the parties for the Presidency
" is now complete which seals the cause of Uu-
" chanDemocracv in Indiana.
"The friends 6fMr. Fillmore should now go
"to -work to secure a majority of the popular
"vote of the State of Indiana for him; if they
" Burned of which wehavo no doubt tho elec-
" toral vote will be cast for him. Let there bo
'no clashing between the friends of Fillmore and
' Fremont becausetheircause isour cause. Let
" the energies of tho friends of each bo directed
" against Buchanan and we will have no more
" slave soil to curse our government."
"Now Mr. Toombs if you will just look
at the Huntington " Gazette" published in
the Fremont town of Huntington Indiana
you will seJ that I am thr foimm canrli-
date of another jHiriy."
Mr. Toonjbs Jooks at the head of the
editorial column of the aforesaid Hun-
tington Gazette and lo! there he finds
the same Mr. GEonaE W. Dunn of
Lawrence on the Fremont electoral ticket.
Of course Mr. Toombs must be supposed
by Mr. Fillmore to think that he is getting
along very well without his assistance.
Is this the same 3Ir. Dunn who contin-
ued down to the last to vote against the ap-
propriation bill with all the Black Repub-
licans? That is the same man Mr. Toombs. It
was a vote given to secure the Fremont and
Fillmore fusion in Indiana a piece of
finesse Mr. Toombs that I will explain to
you after the election. Here arc the two
tickets :
. Smtlrmfriends to their promises. It
TvfflLbe rccneftedoo'that Maj. Donelson'
Ifnnminated onlvin consideration tuns me
;. irf .af.7:. S nf it should ba
nuHbhcn large letters. -L
T thcTourse of my- pious' friend a re-
maikshcsaid : - ...
. t .i.i! .Ttimi with the determination to
frmn hieherand squall louder than any man in
-SeiffehTI willpen the ball ar Knox
" Tills on .Monday next it i UU"C1 " lv" ". VtTo
bisoed that Maj. Donelson will be put on the
ticket -withANDREW JACKSON in largelet-
" ten and donelson invisible and then the old line
"Democrats will think old Hickory has come to
" life again"
The South must perform their part of the
contract. If they will do this when I get
to be President I shall exempt them from
the disagreeable disability of declining to
indulge in the "wild hunt after office !"
Be sure and tell this to my friends in
Texas who find Democratic Conventions so
much in the way of Know Nothings serving
their State.
Such is Mr. Fillmore's position in
his ww parly and none know itbetterthan
the K. N. leaders in Texas. Old line
Whigs can have nothing to do with this
party nor any true Southern man. By
November next Mr. Fillmore will get the
vote of bul a corporal's guard in this or any
other Southern State.
-i BTho Eev. R. B. Bueleson w ill preach at
Calhonni School house in this City on to-mor
crowEoraiBg theSsfh Inst
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ttojfetno ilethodist Camp-Meetiug will coin-.
lOitae on Walnut Creek on Friday the first day
euOctobcr nest
telr
J'rom the 2T. A. Tribune.
For President
-Tlillnrd Fillmore
Of New York.
For YicePreBident
A. J. DonelBon
Of Tenn
Electors State at Large.
Geo. W.Dunn
Andw.L. Osburn.
ii From the Huntington Gaz.
For President
Joint C. Fremont)
Of New York.
For Vice Presidont
IV. I. Dayton
Of New Jersey.
Electors Stato at Large.
uco. W. Dunn
Andw. L. Osburn.
District Electors
1 James G. Jones
2 David T. Laird.
3 John Baker
4 "Wm. E. mite
5 Fred Johnsonbaugh
G Henry H.Bradly.
7 Wm. K. "Edwards
8 James Prather
9 ThomasH. StanGeld
10 John H. Howe
11 Wm. E. Hale.
MAMMMMW
(KMJRT 0JM)LAIMS.
?J?a SAtE AT GAZETTE OFFICE.
Waiheltsuea immediatelyprice threo cents
postage steapsreceived-a pamphlet containing
the rulei adopted bv the Commissioners of the
.Court of Claims. Also all the necetiarv forms
for noaiing apphcaben for relief and every infor-
aation necessary to enable parties to transact all
business with the Court of Claims.
- .. . t r
w i.. Cbaltcngc Accepted.
We leara lhat the Democratic party of
Gonzales have been challenged to n -nublic
discussion of the Issues of the presidential
canvass and that it has been accspfed.' The
tmeetbg will come off on the 11th" October
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UUii.
'JFhft T)moeracv of Goniales -wni hira
.their men on the groundj and the event
5111 -attract a large crowd. e know the
xolt Jbeforehaad. Wherever ihere is dis-
:usaon ihe Democracy are victorious.
2.ataie5 is aeterminca o peserre svecesx.
v:
""" "Eracr ot tbo BlBenirame.
We learn that Eorne fifteen -narties indicted
etlhe last term of the District Court of
Coaisl have obtained from Chief Justice
llempMJl a writ of . habeas corpusaud that
e is now in rtew jrauntcls to try tne case.
ITe all recollect the awful late of the
Blasengames. It sent a thrill ofliorror
to the hearts of every member o the com
janityv All we desire now tdsly Is that
wluiM (U.miilhr T-ili-rtioa' will Tk&.?t.t.i:3
Mverest 'punishmehtr-SawHn4-
District Electors
1 James G. Joucb
2 David T. Laird
3 John Baker
4 .William E.White
5 Tred. Johnsonbaugh
GHenryH.Bradly
7 Wm. K. Edwards
8 James Prather
9 Thos. H Stanfield.
10 John H. Howe
11 Wm. R. Hale.
Mr. Fillmore then doubtless turns round
to Mr. Choate of Massachusetts.
" Icando withoutyourassistancctoOjMr.
Choate. Mr. Lawrence who is tho candi-
date of the Fillmore party in Massachusetts
for Governor is the chief leader of the "Em-
igrant Aid Socieiy." By the aid of theBeech-
er rifles and the "Emigrant Aid Society sir
wo will settle tho Kansas question. Ihavere-
ferred to him that portion of my letter to the
"Virginia Whigs which speaks of rescuing
the country from "sectional strife" and
Mr. Lawrence agree3 with me fully. He
promises that when Tie becomes Governor
of Massachusetts he will Teconimend the
subject to be incorporated into the charter
of the "Emigrant Aid Society" especially
as " the question is not so much Jtow sJiall the
government be administered as how shall it
be preserved ?' (see Mr. Fillmore's letter.)
Mr. Choate reads Mr. Fillmore's Virginia
letter and nf course in view of Mr F.'s
connection with a new party which is now
.giving ns such precious examples of its pa-
tnotism at tue JNorth he pauses :
" Whatever may be onr differences on minor
"-subject! I am sure there is ono on which we
"'agree ana that one at this 'moment is para-
" mount to all others. 1 allnilo to tho preserva-
" tion of tho Union of these State and the res-
" cuing the counfej from sectional strife. The
" question ii not so much how shall tho rovern-
"laentheoAmiwferMxl as tow shall Ubepre-
"rrer-
Do you think Mr. Filfmoro that the
Union can bo preserved by "Mr. Lawrencc'3
"Emigrant J.id sSocidy ?'
Then Mr.. Choate j may in that event
try my friend 3Ir. Dunu'Sjplan of refusing
supplies. ' ' i . '. "
iftBut jwhat .-will groumSouiherdi friends
y?aiks"'Mr.!To'ombs. hl$bg i u .
iiSay Mr.'Tobmbghy sir cannotlheyBay
Tli s Voluntary Stulomenti. of mayor Dc-
vlnc of Snn Antonio Or a.Trncl?icturo
of Know IVnthlnpisni.
It is due to the truth of history to pluce
Mayor Devine's Statement on record. It
needs uo comment. It is a plain unvarn
ished tale and bears its own sad comment
upon its face.
The origin of this difficulty shows that
the most frivolous pretexts affords this party
occasion for committing an' violation of law
they please.
Sometime ago we republished from the
"Texan" the offensive artiele of the Ran-
cJtero for which the Editor came near losing
his life or at least suffering a most humila-
ting disgrace. The reader saw that there
was not a remark in the article to which ex
ceptions could be taken by that abusive and
slanderous sheet which translated and
used it in exciting the bad passions of its
party.
Mayor Devine interposed his official au-
thority to preserve the peace of the city;
and his fearless determination saved it from
the spilling of much blood although it came
near costing him his own life.
Mr. Quintero the Editor of theBanchero
is a high minded and well educated gentle-
man and a member of the bar. He is a
native of Cuba and graduated at the Uni-
versity of Havana. Enthusiastic in the
cause of ridding his Country from the iron
grasp of Spain he joined the liberal party
on the Island and he became an active
participator in their cause. He was three
times nrrested and at last consigned to the
same cell in which Lopez was incarcerated
prior to paying the forfeit of his life ; he
was the second prisoner who was fortunate
enough to make his escape and is now a
refugee in our land. Abandoned by his
parents who are in excellent circumstances;
in Cuba on account of his hatred of the
Spanish yoke he has taken up his abode in
the United States and he has been kindly
received by many leading men in our coun-
try. We may mention Gen. John A.
Quitman among others. Mr. Quintero is a
citizen of San Antonio and is held in high
esteem by all who know him. In aiding th
Democratic party by his pen in the Rancher 0
he gave his services gratuitously.
This then is the man whom the Know
Nothing party sought to crush to the earth!
With K. N. lodges scattered over our
State and working actively together we
would soon sec renewed tho awful trage-
dies of the French revolution adorned with
tho guilotine and crimsoned with human
gore. Thanks to the Democratic party for
stopping the mad career of Know Nothing-
ism in Texas.
See our first page for Mayor Devine's
Statement and read it to your wives and
children.
-jfyT-f-M'VM-tW"
Tho Straight Halrsnud Woolly Heads.
The argument of Mr. Fillmore against
Fremont is much in this wise : " If you
sir arc elected where will you get office
holders in the South to fill the offices and
keep the government in motion?" Fre-
mont answers by asking Mr. Fillmore if he
"sees anything remarkably groen in his
eye!" Mr. Fillmore replies that a greasy
Tenncsseean being on his ticket he can get
plenty of help to keep the machinery run-
ning in tho South ! Fremont says that he
prefers keeping his grease in the North
where it is much cooler weather. Fillmore
tragically responds " I cannot contemplate
such a scene without Jiorror and I turn
from it with with loathing and disgust"
(see Rochester speech.) And all the wild
hunters after office exclaim Ugh ! Ugh ! !
Ugh ! ! ! Indeed it would seem that there
is an impassable gulf between the Fillmore
party and the Fremont did we not have
confidence in the resources of Yankee ingenuity.
. . . ... ..rill flltn
ti.. vnttic at tue union w
most favored section e the lrt to
detroy it?
Our colleague when addressing the peo-
ple of Philadelphia shortly after ihe Na-
tional Convention made a strong appeal to
the pecuniary interests of theNorth for the
preservation of theUnion.
Some doubt the jpropriety of estimating
"the value of the Union in dollars and cents.
Jn our opinionit isTthc only appeal which
will have any real weignt witn me norm.
'As the Union ceases to be felt in the pock-
ets of the free-soilers it will cease to exist
in.substance. In the present crisis of wild
fanaticism unchecked asyefcby.the demq-
cratic triumph of November next this'ap-
ieal niav be unheeded: but after that
event takes place the factory menaadhuck-.
sters of the North will experience cooler
moments and find time to estimate the
value of" theirVee simple estate in the
South whose revenues have built up their
gorgeous palaces and still maintain their
magnificence and splendor. The statement
of the Treasury Department for the finan-
cial quarter ending March last affords a
chapter for the solemn reflection of the
North.
In that statement we have a fair compar
ison of the relative pecuniary interests of
the North and South in the Union.
Exclusive of specie the South expoited
from New Orleans tivvnty-fue millions of
dollars of domestic merchandise.
In the same space of time New York
Philadelphia and Boston united only ex
ported a little over twenty-one millions of
dollars of domestic merchandise!
Well who got the advantage of this vast
amount of Southern cash in Europe ?
The North of course.
In the same financial quarter the South
imported at New Orleans not quite three
millions of dollars of dutiable goods while
the North imported forty-six millions of
dollars of dutiable goods.
The North thus paid twenty-one millions
of dollars out of her own pocket for her
foreign merchandise and the South paid
the remainder or twenty-fiic millions- of
dollars!
Now we should think that a man who
had such a good friend to back him would
certainly not desire to part with his com-
pany!
Baguet used to compare a protective tariff
to the3 aphorism of "rolling Peter to pay
Paul" The course of Southern trade ai-
fords a pretty good example of this.
A. for instance is a Texas cotton planter
and wants to buy cloth for a suit of clothes.
He can buy it in Manchester or Liver-
pool for fifteen dollars.
Or he can buy it in New York Boston or
Philadelphia for twenty dollars.
A's better judgment would say Buy
your cloth at Manchester or Liverpool.
The government of the Union says buy
it in New York Boston or Philadelphia.
If vou don't do it we will make you pay
as much for the foreign article after you
get it here.
Now we ask is not that Union a very
kind and jiartial Union to the North?
The great law of trade is to buy at the
cheapest and sell at the dearest market. But
this Union which the North pretends to
abhor so much on account of our niggers
violates the laws of trade and compels the
South to buy at the dearest market.
No State of the Union can see this more
clearly than Texas Before ann exation the
cotton planter beheld the foreign vessels in
our harbors to take our cotton to Europe
and bringusbackin return our foreign goods.
Now the harbors are deserted of foreign ves-
sels. Northern vessels take their place
owned by men who withBANKS are willing
to "let the Union slide." We now have to
go to New York and Boston for the same
goods almost as far off as before pay all
the additional freights all the extra charges
and thirty per cent tariff besides !
Our foreign goods traveled but three
thousand miles before annexation and were
lightly taxed. Now they travel via the
North over seven thousand miles and arc
shipped and re-shipped two or three times
and then are taxed one-third of theiractual
cost ! "
According to the results of the financial
quarter of March last the business transac-
tions of the South thus forced out of their
natural channel cost the South seven and
a half millions of dollars for tariff tax
alone ! We will not enter upon an esti-
mate of the profits of the Northern mer-
chant outside of this.
J6S?- The impressive and eloquent Flana
gan says he "looks upon Judge Oldham
.the editor of the State Gazette as being
right in denouncing Squatter Sovereignty
though he is certainly in antagonistic to the
Cincinnati platform and Buchanan's letter
of acceptance." Hesaya01d-
ham is inconsistent but right." Never
knew it before Major. You have said it
and it must be so. If you repeat it much
oftener that " the Cincinnati platform and
Buchanan's letter of acceptance" contain
or endorse the doctrine of Squatter Sover-
jeignty you will get to believe it but you
Tfill never be able to make any man of com-
jnon sense who is able to read believe it.
The'Major like most K. N. editors and
orators has a great objection to Squatter
Sovereignty as contained in the Cincinnati
platform and Buchanan's letter of accept-
ance. Now will he tell us how the K. N.
platform is upon that subject? How does
Mr. Fillmore stand ? Point us to the arti-
cle ia the platform of your party that repu-
diates it point us to any thing Mr. Fill-
more has ever said or done which goes to
show that he opposes it 1
There is another question upon which
the K. N. party and their candidates are
silent. They say nothing about it in their
platform or rather affirm the doctrine in-
ferentially. Mr. Fillmore says nothing
about it. The question is whether Con-
gress has the power to exclude slavery from
the Territories.
The K. N.'s as a party must take a po-
sition upon the power of Congress before
we can recognize their right to object to
Squatter Sovereignty. They say however
that that would be sectional ! They wish
to say nothing about the power of Con
gress ! While rampant fanaticism is en-
gulpliing the North and threatening to
overwhelm Southern institutions Know
Nothingism would have us fold our arms
close our mouths and not even permit us
to appeal to the Constitution for protection !
When we declare our principles assert the
doctrine of State rights and the equality
of the States we arn accused of being sec-
tional !
While the Democracy North and South
appeal to the Constitution as guaranteeing
the right to the Northern slaveholder to
carry his propeity into the Territories with-
out hindrance from the general government
Mr. Fillmore and his party say that the
Democratic party is sectional !
Silence is submission and submission is
destruction. It docs seem to us that the
Southern man who would in the present
aspect of affairs condemn the position of
the Democratic party upon the slavery
question would if he were in the North
join the Black Republican crusade against
us.
Know Nothingism as the hand maid of
Northern abolitionism like another Deli-
lah would make the South aB another
Sampson sleep upon her knees until she
could deprive us of the locks of our strength
and then deliver us to tho Black Republi-
can Philistines who would "put out our
eyes" and "bind us with fetters of brass.'
Our great strength is in the Constitution
and we will not sleep and be shorn of that
"Times'" 'and the lTth Judicial
District.
It is very convenient indeed for our
neighbors of the Times to go out of their
way to set the good people right in the 17th
Judicial District on the subject of casting
their votes for the Judgeship.
Last week Col. Henderson one of the can-
didates and who was onefof the leading
speakers in the State Know.-Nothing Con-
vention camcdows from Williamson and
while here had his nameinsertedin the
papers as a candidate for the Judgeship.
The Colonel declaral that hgdid noLintend
making a politics? race? ana a minute of
this fact was made in the Gazette. It cer-
tainly took every one by surprise that
scarceljhad he parted withhis-old-political
K.N. friends here when the "Times"
deemed it its duty to pitch into this judicial
election and to show an overweening
anxiety that Col. Henderson's opponent Mr.
Vontress should be beaten. The District
is not without a press and as it is not a po-
litical sheet there was no distressing emer-
gency for the " Times" to take up the cud-
gels against the only Democrat in the field
for Judge of another District !
We have not seen the circular of Mr.
Vontress but from our own knowledge of
the man we will undertake to say that a
more highly honorable and upright member
of the profession is not to be found in Wil-
liamson or any other county. It is not ne-
cessary to say this. He is well known to
the people of the 17th District and he will
be triumphantly elected notwithstanding
all the attempts which may be made in "im the
wild hunt after office" to create unjust pre-
judices against him
It will readily be seen by the Democracy
of the seventeenth District that a "fellow
feeling makes men wondrous kind" and
that the "Times" is performing a work of
charity and love for a faithful member of
the American or K. N. party; for such is
Col. Henderson. It Is but a short time ago
that the. oaths of that party as published
compelled them to sustain only members of
their order for every office. It is only
a little while ago that the K. N. lodge with
a vivacity which nothing could sub.
Dlvido and Conquer.
We find the following in the Jackson
Tenn.)--loo7onui7i and other Tennessee
papers as an extract of a lettei from Gn.
Zollicofierto Gen. Haskell aud read by
him in making his second speech in
Memphis :
" Fillmore stock is rising but Buchanan is sure
to carry Pennsylvania. EffCan't you help us to
divide the South and thus throw the onus of
bringing' tho election (of President) into the
House upon the Democrats t" J
The cue has been long given to the Fill-
more Whigs to seek to throw the Presiden-
tial vote into the House. But by the grace
of God we shall save the country from so
dire a fate.
The rssult is plain. According to the
present state of parties in the House the
Fremont men would carry thieteen States
namely : Connecticut Indiana Ohio Mich
igan Wisconsin New Jersey Pennsylvania
Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massa-
chusetts Rhode Island and New York. 13.
The Fillmore party control four States
Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Mis-
souri i.
Three States are divided Tennessee
Iowa and Texas.
The remaining ten States are Democratic
namely : Louisiana Mississippi Alabama
Georgia South Carolina North Carolina
Virginia Arkansas California and Flori-
da 10.
If the Presidential election goes to the
House then it will be decided by the
States each being entitled to one vote.
Sixteen will be necessary to a choice. The
Fremonters have thirteen and will need
three more votes.
Iu Illinois there are three vucaucies to
be filled and the BlackRepublicans are
confident of obtaining this additional State.
This would leave but two States wanting
to insure the election of Fremont.
The Fillmoro men of Delaware Ken
tucky Maryland and Missouri would deter-
mine the result.
It is for this prize that Fillmore keeps
in the field. Yet he would find that a
Winter Davis of Maryland who could vote
for Banks for Speaker would vote for
Fremont backed up with his Mariposa
claim and so it would bo with the others.
But we shall save the country from such a
humiliating spectacle by elevating Mr.
Buchanan to the Presidential chair in No-
vember next
AaS"
JSSTThe editors of the "Times" are
very much concerned about the cut of Bu-
chanan. They do not think him a good
looking man. Well Widow Wilson
thought the same of one of them. At pre-
sent Fillmore is in a very sorry plight for
an artist something like ' old dog Tray."
" Thjy 1 00k plr of ihears.
And clordr eroroed bli on.
He bawled sj though the Derll ins to pT ;
And then lttru s sin
Bl taQ wot driten in
WhicpciUdthlooZcfpordog Tray!"
Cnoars Old Dee Trr h U frlghtnil 4."
Just think of Fillmore's forlorn picture !
They cannot get a tail for him in any State
in the Union not even in little Delaware !
What will be done for "a lock of his hair"
in November next?
N. B.The editors of the "Times" and
his friends will have the great gratification
of beholding the face of the veteran Demo-
crat Btjchanak in the columns of the
' Gazette' until the November election
when the people will vote to place the original
iuthe White House at Washington- City
and-then-vK.Ns generally may-have a
peepiatBhinijiiirtfi gratis" -ion the next
foar.yearaV oi ..a 1 .)Wdib
We pay this tribute without a murmur
and for what ? For protection to our prop-
erty ? For just what the North is fighting
to deny to us I The South does not grumble
to pay seven and a half millions of tax to
the general government per quarter if we
arc to be treated like gentlemen ; if the
Union is to be a Union somewhat of equals;
if we are to have the same protection to our
propertyNvhich equals in any confederacy
would justly insist upon ; but if we are to
be set upon by organized bodies in the
North and our property despoiled of its
value and we told to our face that we can-
not occupy the common territories of the
Union with our property if a rope is to lie
adjusted around our necks and a lighted
torch applied to our possessions we must
be permitted to forego this vast subsidy for
the benefit of having our throats cut and
say ti Gentlemen Cut-throats by your leave
we will take this eren and a half millions
of dollars now paid you quarterly and
protect ourselves with it !"
Besides the protection of our property
and persfln from insult and aggression the
glory of our institutions and the greatness
of our common country are alone what we
have at stake in this Union. We sustain it
for tho blessings it has conferred and will
if justly administered continue throughout
all time to confer upon the oppresssed of
every clime. Thesearehigh and noble ends.
The North alone is the merchant and the
money changer in the Union whose interest
in it is a matter of dollars and cents. The
South nas built up the magnificence and
wealth of the North and she is about to
iSrBher wijththe Jbase3tjbgratitude.i
We are notidone withithis. subject
strength.
State Engineer.
We see by the circular of Mr. Wm. Fields
that he intends to keep his office in Galves-
ton as a most suitable place. He says that
as soon as the law will permit the letting of
contracts that it shall be done with the
greatest possible despatch. Under the sup-
plementary act this will not take place until
the 1st January next. No definite survey
of any river can be made until after this
appointment. As far as it can be done
however Mr. Fields says that such prelim-
inary examinations shall be made as may be
deemed likely to facilitate the letting of
contracts after the first of January.
The State Engineer advises each county
separately or any number of counties jointly
interested in river or bay improvements to
hold general meetings and appoint collectors
and treasurers who before the 1st January
next must return a list of all subscriptions
received by them and proof that five per
cent has been paid thereon also their official
bonds.
One thousand dollars is the least subscrip.
tion to obtain State aid. When this or any
greater sum is raised and five percent paid
in upon it then the State will advance four
times the amount.
Not more than 820000 can be applied to
any streams except the Colorado theBrazos
the Trinity and the Sabine which may draw
$50000 each. Fifty thousand is set apart
for the bays and no bay can draw more than
ten thousand dollars.
The improvements of any river will un-
doubtedly commence at the mouth and go
up. This is the only way in which any
practical benefit can be expected.
The True Doctrine. The Columbia
Planter and Democrat in re-publishing the
letter copied in our paper addressed to the
editor of the Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat
by a friend of the editor who had been
sojourning at Wheatland the homo of Mr.
Buchanan wherein the latter ridiculed the
doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty says :
" There you have it the really and only
true democratic ground on which any man
can stand. That is the doctrine of the
Kansas Nebraska bill the doctrine of the
Cincinnati platform the doctrine of Doug-
las Rusk and Buchanan of Jno. C. Cal-
houn and of old Hickory himself. Opposi
tion to this is Federalism and Whiggery
nothing else opposition to this is the gov-
erning principle of the entire Black Repub-
lican jarty. About one in a hundred South-
ern Know Nothings proclaim their opposi-
tion to this principle and at least half the
balance show by their actions their faith-
fulness to their federal antecedents. We
can only say to the true hearted right think-
ing portion of the balance ' Come ye out
from among them ' Give your adhesion
to truth justice and democracy."
A "Great Financial Scheme"
We see by an Austin letter writer in the
Jefferson Herald that a project has been
partly entered into between Agents of the
Texas Western Railroad and the Fulton and
El Paso Railroads whereby "a great finan-
cial scheme" is to be raised and provided.
W hopeit will be based upon better
jpi&terial than.the Paint Mine in New Jersey.
due assumed to nominate men for overy
office in the land down to Jack Ketch. Be-
fore Sam's inexorable will every Democrat
had to crouch. Well we are told that the
"ousel owl" meetings are held no more!
that the sun shines through the holes of
the lodge ; that the signs and grips are abol
ished; and oaths done away with but we
ask that when tho oolors of the pirate ship are
hauled down does it show that its avocation
has been abandoned ? No. The truth is it
Mr. Vontress declares in his circular (we
have not seen it) that he is a Democrat
and appeals to his friends to support him
he does what every Know Nothing who is
running eminently desires to have done for
himself in h.is own party. The cue given
by the "Times" will be taken by members
of the K. N. party who will record their
votes for Col. Henderson. The "Times
knows who to strike but it will find our
prediction true that Mr. Vontress will be
elected Judge of th'e 17th District and
that by a large and decided vote.
Mr. Vontress has been singled out in this
race to be victimized but Sam's day is over.
The German Press.
The New York Herald recently affected
to rive a list of the German papers in the
Union which sustained Buchanan and
Frejiont and managed to give tho latter
the majority. Its totals were :
FOR BUCHANAN. FOR FREMONT.
53 papers 54 papers.
13 dailies. 17 dailies.
40 weeklies 36 weeklies.
1 semi-weekly
1 monthly.
UNDECIDED.
Catholio Kirehen Zeitung New York City.
California Democrat in favor of the Vigilance
Committee.
Freeport Auzeiger Illinois.
Franklin Courier Missouri for Benton.
The statement is altogether erroneous.
Tim German naner in Cincinnati the"Freie
Blatter" was put down to Fremont when
in fact it has had up the name and platform
of Gcrrit Smith. The " Weltburger " and
the " Democrat" of Buffalo were enumer-
ated as seperate papers and given to the
Republicans.
The " Democrat & Weltburger " is an
able and outspoken advocate of Democratic
principles and of our noble standard bearers
Buchanan and Breckinridge ; and its
editor Dr. F. C. Brunck has embarked
zealously and effectively into the campaign
for them.
We have no doubt that similar errors af-
fect the whole statement. Of the New
York city papers enumerated a single fact
explains how little the nominal proportion
of journals has to do with the relative
strength of the candidates among the pop-
ulation addressed. The calculation of the
journals named is :
FOR UUCHANAN. FOR FBEMONT.
Daily Zeitung 15300 Daily Democrat 3400
"Weekly ' 11000 Weekly 2000
Abend Zeitung 2300
20300 Weekly 150
NeueZeit. Weekly 3000
Pionier
NEUTRAL.
Criminal Zeitung
Katholische Kirehen Zeitung
550
11400
0000
4000
10000
It will be seen that the Democratic Ger-
man papers of New York city have twice
the circulation of the Republican sheets.
The Boston Germans. The Boston
Black Republican papers have been quite
jubilant over a claimed adheBion of the
Germans of that city to Fremont. How
the story got afloat is told by the Boston
Pilot : "On the 23d ult. the German 'turn-
ers' had a pic-nic to the number of three
thousand. As they were enjoying them-
selves a red faced corpulent man got up
and began to make a Fremont speech when
a nimble fellow got behind him and with
a sharp instrument cut off the tails of his
coat and that portion of his pantaloons
which presented the broadest surface when
the laughter of the audience and the dis
covery of the accident indicated to the
orator that he was not wanted in that crowd.
K- Our Senator Mon. M. D. K. Taylor
arrived from Austin on Wednesday last
He has longbeen afaithfnl and zealous rep-
resentative of the people of this District
and we are glad to see him looking so weU
after the arduous labors of the extra Session?
Jefferson Berald.
Hirer Convention at Columbus.
We have received a circular from Mata-
gorda signed by John Duncan E. S. Kugely
Heury Thorp A. Wardsworth John
Rugely S. W. Hardeman and A. C. Horton
leading citizens calling on the people of the
Valley of the Colorado to uso exertions to
avail themselves of the 50000 apportioned
to out river under the River bill for its improvement.
The object of the circular is to call atten-
tion to the fact that at a meeting held nt
Matagorda on the 23rd August last it was
resolved to hold a convention of the river
counties at Columbus on the first Monday
in November next.
It is urgently desired that primary con-
ventions will be held and delegates sent from
each county on the river. We cordially
unite with the friends of this improvement
and advise that their call be warmly re
sponded to. There can be no doubt of
obtaining good navigation as high as Colum
bus and it is believed that SG2500 is even
sufficient to obtain navigation as high as
Austin for a sufficient portion of the year
to enable us to send our products to market
and set our goods in return. Such men as
sign this circular entertain seriously this
opinion and at all events we are deeply
interested in the improvement of the river as
high as practicable. Will the river counties
respond ?
Flanagan a iTIodestlTIau
Flanagan is a very mode3t man. He is
editor of the "Star Spangled Banner !"
State Senator and Candidate on the Doo.
die bugticketfor Elector for theStateatlarge.
The Banner of the 15th inst. contains an ac-
count of a political discussion which recently
took place in Henderson Hear what
Flanagan says of Flanagan's speech on that
occasion :
"Maj. Flanagan elector for the state at
large next took the stand and delivered
one of the most impressive and eloquent ad-
dresses that has often been our pleasure to
hear. Tt is impossible to go into detail.
But suffice it to say that he disposed of the
portion assumed by his opponent with as
much apparent ease as the child does of his
play toys. He showed the antagonism ex-
isting within the Democratic party and the
course of this antagonism with such over
powering force that the only answer offer-
red was that one Democrat was not respon-
sible for another."
What an eloquent man is Flanagan ! No
doubt but Flanagan was carriod away over-
whelmed beatified by Flanagan's speech on
that occasion. But for another portion of
the same article one would reasonably infer
that the above was written by the pro tem
Editor but the Major takes particular pains
to correct that error. In giving an account
of Col. Bowdon's speech he says :
"He said ho would annihilate the podi-
tion assumed by ourself that the Kansas
act recognized the doctrine of squatter
sovereignty. He asked us to state that por
tion ot the bill relied on by us we stated
that our argument was based upon the word
form as used in the act."
Thus admitting that it was the veritable
Major himself who was so pleased with
Maj. Flanagan's speech.
Ah Major you are a great man you are
an eloquent man you are a magnificent
man you are truly a modest man! No
doubt but you demolished Bowdon Buchan-
an the Democratic party and every thing
else on that occasion! You were Gulliver
among the Liliputian's!
Circular of the Commissioner of the
Court of Claims.
The Commissioner has issued a circular
setting forth the course he will pursue in
adjudicating the claims which come before
him. We will endeavor to give it publicity
in our next for the benefit of all whom it
may concern.
A a It I CaiiTUIlAL.
SUBSOILING-
The present year of drouth and sh n
crops have indueed many persons to belxera
that western Texas is not a good farx.
country. We conceive aueh an upin. -
be entirely erroaeoui. This is tha c'
year that we have resided in Texas and ' 2
drouth of the prseHt year has been l
greater than any other of the eight TLI
year the spring was late and farars c
not plant their crops as early a? thej C-;.:
The last rain in the spring that was f --
benefit to the crops fell on the Mh. JtL asi
10th of May. The eonsequencv wj tl ;
the corn crop was eut short at Im
half. But let us ask if the short crj ;
not as much the result of the system. '
cultivation practiced in Texas as f f
drouth ? With plenty of rain any -t
cultivation by which the gryun-1 1- 1. - -
clear of weeds will produce a fj:r r r
But if the season shouW be drv t'lr r'-
i L
dependent upon the mode of cultivat.
a word upon ccy ouyking
Nature seems to have adapted the -
Texas to its climate. Its great dep: . f
tility and texture capacitate it fc t.
deepest subsoiliue and in f.H-' m 1 r
it to enable it to produce a uei '
utmost capacity during either art "-
season.
The Prairies of Texas have I m Hai
by the Buffalo for ages and the t'i (
beamed upon their surface for thuua- Ii
years. The consequence is as cvcr -
knows the subsoil is hard and cuinr i.t
the surface soil is unproductive It (- n
understood that prairie land will nut r r " .
a good crop under the third jear ii.
impression prevails that this h ii .- .1
tne turt and gras root.-. 1 Ins is cj ( -correct
but they contribute but iv
degree to produce the result.
In breaking up prairie land f..r tL. C
time the plough N made to enter un I - t
turf and never deeper than thn r f :
inches.. This only turns up the -uria
deadened by the heat of the sun a- 1
glomerated by the grass root- bearzt 4 1'
ground; is hard and when dry ahimn r.
tniblc. It therefore require tw ' tr
years cultivation not only to n't' .
and fibrous roots of grass bnt to I
enough of the lively soil beneath t!
face to produce a crop. During th.i r -the
growing crop receives no support tt- -from
the surface soil ; not more tLa 1 t
or four inches deep filled with tin- drj r
roots. Now if at the time the r.
broken a subsoil plough shuuld ( .'.
the same furrow eiht or ten nidus !
good crop of corn could be mad' tr I
year as well as the third or fourth .
ing is absolutely necessary in Tex1- I.
us enquire of the advantages that w. I '
from it.
1st. The soil beneath th. au:.
loosened so as to enable the rout .f t.
to strike deep into a rich and Ii ' '
sustenance.
2nd. The quantity of soil tt. -
butes to the growth of the crop il r -
upon the depth that it is plough 1 L - :
ploughed a foot deep has twi 1 .-.
productive soil as that pIourh"d -.
and may therefore bo planted f I r
a dry season will produce more tin'
much to the acre
3rd. Hard ground is a condui.' .
and dries rapidly ; loose soil is a
ductor and dries slowh Wli. r -loose
soil of shallow ploughed lav!
dry the crop begins to witlu r '
moi&ture therefore deep plui.rr
necessary to enable a crop to -Un 1 -Ground
ploughed twelve incln
stand twico as long a drouth a
ploughed but six inches bei iu. '
or ploughed land will become I
than half the time in the latter
the former.
We have no hesitation ui -a-.
our farmers had during th I "
soiled their corn land from I f I
deep they would have made 1 I
during the present dry --.i-"'i
cedinjr one. This is not 1
based upon a theory but a . n
John D. Pitts of Hays n.iiu
his land last fall eighteen .r t -
deep aud has consequent! r '
to fifty bushels of corn o tl.
the farmers around Austin 1
same we could now buy n-
cents per bushel whereas wt i -dollar.
Our fanners hhi-i '
Gen. 1'itts; plough deep a'i'i ( -the
niiu.s alone to make t ri :r
not our fanners try it i i.
been generally done we w II
complaint that Toxa 1-
country
The Cne Mated
In the Kansas issue th.
facts staring her iu the fa
The territories of Mini-
Nebraska Washington V .. v
Utah embrace l2SfJ.l-J -823127010
acre.
All rids territory w now
North as free territory I
Fillmore man North of .Ma-."'
line who will admit that it
territory.
Kansas embraces onh 1 1
miles or 73470720 acr
Kansas we shall only ::-t z-
while there is free territor;. .
a dozen free States.
If we get Kansas we -'x--
equalibrium of the Union
If we get Kansas we slw '
prestige enough to get Cuba a'
territory to balance the futur.
new free States.
Tf wi lnsu Kan-a-. v.
shall never get Cuba if we fa
III in J .tHjIuui.
One of the Director ha-
circular issued by the board '
Justices of the peace miuUtLr- i.
forinformation from official an J -of
the number names a-."- a -stances
of the blind of every c
State and to invite those havicz t e -such
to send them forwaad by t!.t L
cembernext. Communicatioui zxs f
Fulton and El Paso and AVestcrn Tela
Railroads.
We receive -repeated assurances from
northern Texas that the agreement entered
into at this place between the great financier
Thomas Butler King and the parties repre.
-nr.:nr. tYia introfa nf tfin T?nlfnn find El
t. M;im.H will nnf h mtifiorl hv the addressed to Rev. R. B. Burleson. --
Pulton and El Paso board of Directors. . I of the Asylum of the Blind Aus:: i-;
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