State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 24, 1858 Page: 2 of 4
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adunnijtcr them ; not In determine trem ; i
not 10 execute them It is tho province of
til Legislature to make laws; the .Tu Jicinry
5$ established for their tduialntntlon una
the Mttcntlvtio eaforoA tbwtc Ami the
Constitution tpreesly provide- that mnji
pertratnt iall urn cxermse Ihe powers bo-
ther Itkm titkcn hv my friend
from H Mr Murrah i that under
tli 0 limitation u amid absolutely ration
tins uiuu ; niul if wo ootid da Unit we could
necessarily pass the lot MPOfitd by tbcln
dietary Committee I Ml him that tlm
simo inntrmiicni contains I provision that
the Executive of tho BttM can sot asid" b)
bil pardon mid abrogate any judgment
t an offender Now I Mold ask If
tno Governor can give ft HOW trial? Ho can
pardon n ciiininal bo can ao.iuit bill) of tin'
offence; yet lie cannot give ft new trial.
lie -aim lis has the right lo pardon it docs
not follow that ho has tho right to give a
rcw trial ufler conviction. And so if this
House has the power thuUL'h 1 question it
very much to restore this man it does not
follow that wo can set aside the judgment
nnd give him a new trial mid remove the
casp from one District to tSOtb.tr.
This law changes the venue. Cana veuue
be changed without an order of some judi-
cial tribunal f The provision giving the
EWeCUtlva authority tu puidon extends to
pardoning an attorney who is disbarred.
Hove Mr. Buckley read the law giving ami
limiting il.o Executive power oi pardoning
in criminal case.
I consider the case of the State against
John Jackson a" a ciiminal prosecution.
Then I nay tho Governor has the same
powtr to pardon a lawyer atrloken from the
. Ill U well as for larceny or an) other
orime I My he bai the power to pardon
id all erimiii:.! eatM
Having eonsumed so much of the time of
tho House with a single remark I will con-
clude i will hero stale ilial 1 appear in this
out' Only from a sense of duty I do not
want to sec the Legislature entertain cases
of thi kind or to Me it uratit a new trial
in any kind of a ease because I believe ;he
power dot! not exist: ami do not think
whfin an attorney is disharrcd by a jury of
his neighbors that he ought to be restored
by tot of the Legislature
The main question wa- ordered and the
veils and nays demanded with the following
result :
Ylas. Messrs. Ayoook Barnard Hoe
Bnoktty Burnett. Carroll Chilton Cleve-
land Collier Craig Crook Dalrymplt Hd-
wardi Brans of McLennan Fisher French.
Qaaton Hardeman Harrison Jlenderson
of Harris Hick. Buwertoo Joseph Kirk
Kittrell Lacy. Latham Lcsueur Lewter
Locke Lloyd MeKiuney of Travis Mcrri-
man Mills Navarro I'owell Rhode
oris Rots Smith of Fannin Tait l:p-
shav Wocldcr falling and Waterbouse
-45.
N.w. Messrs. chance Dennis Doom
Everett Harris of Titus Harris of Quada-
lupa Hart. Henderson of Cass Jennings
Johnson Kinney i.ee Murnih Norton
Potgi ltainsy Iteeves Ward and Wood
19.
Mr. BAINKt introduced a bill concern-
ing contempts ; read lirst and second times
nnd referred to tho Committee on the Judi-
cal v.
On motion of Mr. ROBERTS tho House
adjourned until (1 o'clock A M . to-
laorrow.
IHIMM.
A Paiis oorrespondent of the Boston
Cornier gives the following pen and ink
ike toh of Orainlj a- be anpoortd on his
Oraim is not tho Apollo he has been 'aid
to be by those who saw him during the pe-
riod of Lis imprisonment. He i- remarka-
bly good looking aul above all gentleman-
ly looking and diatingue in the extreme;
but his features art not sufficiently regular
to entitle biio to the fame he baa been en-
joying here for the last two months. The
upper part of Ortini'a face is magnificent.
the lower part does not suit ii and is of a
totally different character The brow i- of
unusual expanse and height the arch of
the eyebrow is beautifully formed and the
hair in it:- growth following the purest
possible outlines ; the nose is long thin
and sharper than any 1 evcrsaw. It is not
find iquiliuo it is a hawk's nose and tal-
lies with tho mouth and chin but it in out
of all keeping with the forehead. The
lips do not exist there are literally none
t bey are so thin ; and the chin is pointed
tmd sharp. The hair which was of raven
hue is now quite gray whilst the whis-
kers (be has no moustache) have .-till re-
mained black. Tin' harmony of the color-
ing ii9 id so frequent with the Italians is
exquisite; the lirow is of marble und over
the cheeks is spread that peculiar palor of
some Southern races which is not sallow
akd which does not exclude the idea of
healthy life. But the great beauty of Or-
sici's face lies in the eves. These are glo-
rious. They are large full rather promi-
nent and potteased a brilliancy that I have
scarcely over witnessed in toy human eye
before.
The Last or Tilt Moguls. The old
King of Delhi the last of tho Mogul Km
perors has been condemned by the British
authorities to be transported to one of the
Andaman Islands and there held as a con-
vict fur the few remaining years of his life
His complicity as the nominal head id' the
revolt in India the avowed purpose of
which was the restoration t the Mogul
dynasty and bis more terrible complicity
in the massacres and tortures of the Brit-
ish women and children in Delhi would
have amply justified his condemnation to
death; DOt it appears that Otpt. Hudson
of tho British army who effected his cap-
ture under very difficult airenmataneea
promised to spare his life and the British
judicial authorities honorably respected
that promise. The Andaman Islauds are
situated in the Bay of Bengal about half
way between Cape Negrais and the Nicobar
Islands. Their total area is about 8JlHi
equate miles. They arc inhabited by a
couple of thousand Malays of tho most
savage character und are supposed to be
one of tho principal resorts of the pirates
of the Indian seas.
The Gi:lf Stream Lieut. Maury
t'jus forcibly describes the tiulf Stream :
There is a river iu the ocean. In the
severest droughts it ucver faihi and iu the
mightiest Hoods it never overflows. It!
banks aud its bottom arc of cold water
while its current is of warm. The tiulf
ot Mexico is its fouutaim aud its mouth
i the Arctic seas. It is the tiulf Stream.
There is in the world no other such majes-
tic flow of water. Its current is more
rapid thau the Mississippi r tho Amazon
aud its volume more than a thousand times
greater. Its waters as fr out from the
Gulf us the Carolina coasts arc of au indi-
go blue. They arc so distinctly marked
that the hue of junction with the common
sea Water may be traced by the eye. Often
one half of the vessel may be perceived
floating in Gulf Stream water while the
other half is iu tho common water of the
Ma so sharp is the line and the want of
affiuity between those waters ; and such
too the reluctance so to speak ou the part
of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters of (he sea.
Cfcc State (towttc.
.KMIN MAUSIIAU Ki.itimi
MSTIN SATimUY. AI'llll. W 18;H
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Fm Clili.liolix Suin mi Ofurl
ROYAL T. WHUIHt
or (Ut.vtsTON
t'nr Afi'iini' ii'liif
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of mriT m m
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union . ORAHAUtt
01 K1TB.
If CfaHMtfrWefi
MCUI.VI IC. JOHN.
tr iiavs.
l-'r S'nl' Trrnfiirrr
CYftttffl II. it AiMH.rtl.
or ROtMfOKc
VI.ATIOnM.
AOOPTBO nv Tlir. DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVGHTtOHi fth JANDART IMS.
' ItrMjr! ThRi Ihe iMMSMNi party 'if lie- Hlftt' Si
"T''n hjunWj concur In unil mi ilSMnsty r"-ffnrm Ihl
" tirlaclata Ot Hi' DaMMMMl par.. ..t IN Union una Die
j rtOontUtall M i-niliorlle.1 In is HUtrnrm of the
"ii'.iul Ilini.KTMIc OOOVsntlSB li'l't In Cincinnati. In
' .lane ISM and the State OoBfSatiM nf Tfia at W acn.
' no lie- 4 tli of May lh'i7 rfi a true expression of ill ir pa
liti.-al falOi and nnlutun bs!ISlB litem to embrace the
1 only doctrine which can pfSSSTtS the lolflgrltj of the
't'nlon and the equal rlffhta of theStatei.
" .'. SslSMf That recent evenla In the United Slated Sen-
'ate create In our ininds a tsriool apprehension that the
'irrcat doctrlio- of Non-lulervenlion aaret forth in lliat
Platform if In danger of hnlnc repudiated by Conereaa
"lliroueh the Instrumentality of members of Hie National
' Democratic party distinguished aliac for their political
'iolluenc over the 1 ul'lic scliliinciit of the North ami
1 their past declaration in favor of -aid doctrine and that
' e now consider It our duty lo set forth In the country
' the course that we shall be compelled In take in that s
' ri.'tis and deplorable emcrirenry.
"JftMStwt That we request Ihe llepreo-nlalives of Ihe
'people of Tela In Legislature assembled to provide at
'the present -ession for the Kxe.'Utive "I the Stale ap
" pointing suitable Delegates to a Convention of S tulh' rn
"Slates which may he hereafter n-.iiohled for the purposi
"of consul' itlon and SdrHal for the ireneral welfare of the
'Institutions of the South."
Tkiivim R8 per yrnr. to In' pniil on auli
terfbtngi
I'lease renew ronr subscription before the old
ulie expiree.
I'AIITV slHliANI.A I ION."
Iii our lat isiio e nndcTtool I h
what the kttding principles 'f the DtiM-
critic pa.lv 1 always been Th in m
dot lo c.inv of tho".- prtnolplea Into sue
cemfnl political optration In i i uromrnonl
OI '.Mhi.'.ed III.' "III" tlltl Moll '.: II .
pKteWse 'iil.e .c 'I i i.i o'lo lit iinll
ey at the ballot I where i ... h oflicor. u.
each dcpniliio'iil ol ill lYtrnfni nl . ei
eiit ib Supntni !' hi ol ihe l-S wbioh
we have shntvu wai OffJUnisod oontrary to
ihe : .is ot tie Rnpnbllcan Ico'crs is di -roollr
an-v.orabl. to the ptople for the
proper adiiiini-triiioii of ri.dits In the nppb
e itlon "f nil" db I' wai
sary and leasonable thai . .ii i i- Ii t:
those leadif" principle-' IndispeOMMe lo
the preserv.tlioii of their rU-liN sbonlJ ie
qniit of am "ii" socking office (eaeculivi .
legislative or joloial. an e pouial of and
idhoronce to those piin. ipb .. It w ouU b
dittieult lo lind a Democrat from principle
who would not prefer to hate ah the office
of the eiiuntry tilled with those of hit own
faith and who would not feel (hat in ihe
administration if their dutii" I. a strict
adherence i" th. power- of the goferntnenl
In nil its minute operations thorn was less
llKl.iaiATl'.M to Till'. SOUTHBRM COM
MK.IK'I.M. t'oNVKNTION. The followill..'
gtrntlemen have been appointed by (lov.
Hunnell to rcpre.seut 'J'exa- in the " South-
ern Commercial Convention" which is to
assemble at Montgomery Alabama on the
second Monday ill May next : trcn. E. !.
Nichols Ualrctton; Qaaton Cook Ksq.
Fort Uend ; Col. Nat Terry Tarrant ;
John Boyd Baq. Limcatone) Col. .1. K.
Holland Qrimea ; Hon. A. J. Hood Kusk;
Hon. Geo. W. Smytbc .Jasper ; Gtfl T.
X. Waul tiouzales; Charles DeMorM
Red River and Hon. Matt Ward Cass.
EagV- ( ol. Haralson antl suite consisting
of his family Mr. Kvans and yottg Mr.
Flournoy left the other day for Brazos
Santiago where he will cuter at once upon
the duties of his newly appointed oflice
The whole party i-rtainly have our best
wishes in their travels and sojouriiiuj.'s.
W "'"'-..oc iro.n our Mississippi oxehani;
e. that our nidaiBouj Marshall i now
: in r firs t .-Mat". lie was at 10k v.....t ;10
Other day ... nuti for Jack-on. his ula
I home. The Major ii would soom is re
Otiving a warm and cordial welcome anion;
his old friend- and neighbors antl wo sin
e'rely hope that his riail may prove a halm
to his tired spirit.
tajr The "rasshoppers arc said lo be
making fearful depredations both above aud
below it" on tho river. They arc said to
be laving waste to every thintr before them
not tparlpg a stalk of corn or a blade of
wheat.
lof Within the nast ten davs. ihe voiino
mcu of our city have organized a mililarv
oompany to be known as the "Quittnan
Rifles." And from what we have seen of
the company it will be an urnament to our
city. It is composed of line looking voting
men and will be commanded by competent
and accomplished officer-. The Captain
W. I.. Hill was iu the Mexican war and
is well versed iu military tactics ; and the
First Lieutenant 0. S. Millett commanded
a company in the celebrated Palmetto llegi
in. ui. aud for his gallant bearing and fear
less valor was presented in Booth Carolina
with a handsome sword and medal. Messrs
Carter and Scott tho Second aud Third l.ieu
tetttbts will make efficient officers Thi
gentlemen tilling the subordinate offices are
all good and capable mcu aud ambitious of
promotion. In a word oureitiens have in
store a liue lime in witnessiug the evolutions
and involutions of the Ouitman Rifles when
they shall have mastered the urx nUiiaru
I Hi: lllll 1st III. I: JlilllMI moil
TIOWIMs
It would s-cem from the last issue of this
little paper published at Birdville Tarrant
county that it has gotten at loggerheads
with some of the citizens of the Reserve
on account of having chargotl the existen.ee
of abolitiouisni in that region.
Now we arc not advised as to the extent
or character of the grounds upon which the
editor aud his associate makes the charge.
but it does occur to us that the policy of
making such charecs to say the least of it
is extremely doubtful and cannot possibly
result in any good. Thero may or may not
be a few persons liviug iu the reserve who
arc not altogether sound on the slavery
tuestion. But even admitting that there
arc such persous would thai justify a whole
sale charge ot abohtiouism against the
whole community f Wc think not. And
we think it very natural that any communi
ty in the South shoubljbceouic iudiguant at
a journalist who would attempt to make
the impressiou abroad that it was abolition.
Of that even such a sentiment prevailed to
any extent iu the commuuity.
So far as our information goes we have
always regarded the people of Tarruui as
eminently souud ou the slavery siuestion ;
and we can see no sufficient cause to justify
such an effort ou the part of the Rirdville
editor and bis associate to blacJccn her
reputation abroad by such unfair aud un
generous insinuations
We hope the " nnoctm " will ..t tat..
uuainuly our "JHettimuf allusions to him. I
danger of an Infrlngemenl ol the rights "f
ihe citizen than il those officers vv PC flOl
Democratic.
This must be Hue apart from the om-
lideratlon of political and social strength
which an officer has from the DxpreWllOn of
public conlitbiice in his election. In order
to accomplish these ends it was necessary
that so many of ihe citizens as believed in
pure republican prlnolples should devote
to the success of those principles a united
strength associate ami assuniea party name
which should designate all who were thus
united on a common baaie for common good.
That that party should adopt some system
to prevent a dislr:i"lion and distribution of
its strength among two or more Democratic
candidates for the same office The con-
vention system ; we have shown was
adopted aud lias hoeen adhered to ever
since the days .and by the advice ol' .lack-
son. This system is perfectly consistent with
reason and justioi . and is sustained by long
precedeut anil unquestionable expediency.
There il no surer evidence of this than the
manner in which th"-" who oppose us have
ever sought to attack it for while they do
not attempt to demolish or even effect it in
any manner by argument. They deal out
a tirade of loose declamation and unfounded
assertion against the motive! of those who
have battled I'm it. They suggest nothing
as a substitute but party destruction ami
eooly call upon Demi erata to revolve them-
selves into their original disconnection (to
disarm) to qui I their outpoata to demolish
the firm wall of principle which they have
erected around them and to abandon thorn-
selvesatevery point to the furious onslaughts
of a subtle and active toe. And why''
They are (old because they should destroy
their own organized notion and defeat (be
very men of their own choice nominated
by themselves when 'lie choice and nomi-
nation was made in ih" only manner in
which th" party hi vei tr pressed its will
for the rejo . folio th thai thi wishes of a
.small minority did not control the vill of
an overwhelming mnj iv
The pa ..;. opposite n has 111
leasl ago i" eomm n.i . There may be
found proci Ir-ni fui ii in the In on r
every eonilici which the Democratic party
has ever Ii . I with nniant and
rate foe
The H rac
experience nf thii
lees of Corruption ami politieil defilement
thoiilil 1 1. :il parti disband 01 I. I .0. ' A
and If iionni in thi ynn mnsi rinotfttj
1 1 ol. ' nnnsumtnitlon nd yet
thi o men claim to In mocro- and have
. .In. i" .1-. lire thai lh"y b . I
1 .oil in.- good oi the pan v
ll""V"r 111 lis-It they n.a; doclsiui ol
ii. 11 DemosTttey and bowerei ttn I. lhaj
I umy hsw noted berstofort with the party
1 Ids thing h eorlain ihcy are not DtttO
. . .1- 1 day in. more than Douflss or Wi "
I or any other di serler from the party.
There is but on 'poliiic'il tirtraniistion in
lexas and lb..' is the lleinoc.atio puity.
Ih" only evidence of such OlMntlttiM i"
the mtatlng of thai party in doti ' "
.and us nominating man of tbtii fuith fi
"He" and th" "iipp.o 1 of those mi n i tie
polls nod doring iiic oanvns deaignnU-i
and net ermines ivhn am ..ml wbotarc not
Iratmberi of dial party Tb( Is i oonven
lion 01 fnai paiiy noting mi 1 j.i
lessed objecls of its organlutioti among
oth.i things ninalod Jndge llneklei for
i. )"- ol the Snpretuc Court
and lb" upporl oi ii. it oandldate al the
pu!h will detoraiino who aru ihe niombori
of thai party which thus niel in (Vnivon
ti.. n.
Those ..1' i1.. opposition who pin:. to
I.. I i mocrnl rnav. il liny oboose form 11
new party by alliance with tha EC. N'-.an.l
call il a Democratic party bill certain il i-
tliev are not ..i prosoni mambeni of the
Democratic party oi Texas
I T.
.- have very n cent
tsummei -'iv:.
It was a la-11 ..il iii. .I i.-i Tai were no)
ivou principle; oldi""d to vot for Frank
White because nominntiom for ministerial
offices wen- imp. ..per and unusual and the
1111 uns.is 1111. 1..
In oonsequenoe of the growing son tiun a;
of Freesoiiisin ainonu the Norlbern masses
the Democratic Btatetmen both .i 'the
North and South determined thai tho great
principle of l'opular Sovereignty and the
doctrine of Non Intervention on the part of
the General Government with the institu-
tions of slavery in th i States and Territo-
ries should be clearly NOOgtbjed The
rapid settlement of the territories We-t of
the Mississippi l.y en igrants from the Nor-
thern Slates and from F.urupo demonstrat-
ed most .'.early that the balance that had
hitherto been maintained betwlcii the free
and slave elements would in a few years
be destroyed and that the former would
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SOOO ..'" Oli" .... UUSIWIIUe ""11. I .' .11-
tue oi Having a majority in not n nails oi
Congress 'ihe old Whig party had thor-
oughly indoctrinated the North with tin ir
peculiar latitudtnoni notions of the powers
of the Constitution ; and Southern states-
men foresaw that if the Government should
eventually fall under th ntrol of men
entertaining such opinions ; that the hour
when the l'reesoi! voice should be the pre-
dominant tone of a majority of ihe Siate-
OOinpOting the confederacy would he 000 Of
deep and imminent peril to th" slave inter-
ests of the South The safety of the South
therefore in the 1'nioii ould not be math'
to depend upon what is termed " keeping
ui the balance of power" for 'l:at balance
i ie journals Bttlh that are tattiming
igaintl iim sdmitiion of ECantM and those
who llpltttBl that lht viciory will Im 11
btrf 1. one tit Otlrily ignorant that there
i. a prin'iple thoioin involved It is not
1.1 h. .I. ii.i'.i that there arc those in tho
. ...Ii. ...'. ..'... ..... b" made to lllldel-
-land He lie n.'ii f the slavery ques-
non 'II.' I '; itpOJ it nlnno throtgb
vi.i 1. nalli I il.. " d d! 11 in ! cent" medi
al . ltd t " a " ntiltl) a- 1 quo.tioii of
11.:. ' It Is 1 npossible to msko these
iiicn feel (hat the institution of slsvory is a
1.1 ml 1. id .- clal blessing and necessary lo
..oi polltlvHl exist: r We beliovo with
.loin. Randolph thai It it alftMt lurpoiribl
lo i.ili.:.i" from the human roiud and
Iii he principles iustillod in oarly
.. and wc theftfoTrl v'.ow wdlh dis.
tru : the iolilienl lea. 'bin' of tit men fri.in
I . .ii'lll who haVC Ii"1 iilelilih.'.l II .em
iclvs i-. i'1 Il " I' ' l pari .
1 linrtr Ii not y el uni" vvlo'ii lbs
poopl 1 ( Ti vi on h 'I "' believe
thai 1 hi " ' '".i byt I nnd nn smptj
md ; that 1 1 luhli ihiuy "i n rule of
action 1 'i.i.-oi i lie-1 niied States
ilc.i 1I1. j will not under tlm iiu.-t trying
circumstance . usurp authority n..t dele-
gated to them 1 hul 11 rWrrn undxeorlh-
I. - Such ii may ba in the eye- of
then "dollar worshipper" of tho North
and i" liiap in the oyes of some few rabid
Southern oxtromists whosnnp and snarl at
in) Bud every measure thai ha-a ttndeooy
oi perpetuate tli" Union
A A Ills.
It will I. r ' 10 iiiboriil thai fin articln up-
posred H"'1IC tAO Weei.s n .-. : II tlic I nt "til -
goncor of this place edited by Qto W
I'asobnl wbieli nontaltod trmt 'icvoro
ttricluros up n inysplf. nn menu. it of M
nrtiole which I iiblisbo I iu tl Cliero-
ktt Sentinel " Baton i.i'tir roadiog tho
article in Ibo Int. illigantwr I nut Mr VM
oktl on the street iiml den. nine"! him " '
fiat villain ft cuwarl ainl ad"- nr.
I'asebal claimed lie 1.. be armed and I
therefore made no lit tack upon his person
but told bin that it be wished in rwani Ihe
insult In- . m'.d hov. 1 a fait ehowlng hi
the ftMie evtninfitt a late hour I roe. .. I
the firjt note below Ifftti ItttOVercd
that there Was a mod. 111 which I could not
moot him 1; o. r.iihal immediately I
made thai psrth ular mode a -..- QMU not tti Hon
the Bghl llotvevei Wllllll" lo "I
' .. rn" the -atisfaclion which my pill
lirnowirrmcni untitled him to demand
and again insist upon a duel 1 again ilc
elino such n inciting for the r .-..- ns before
given. 1 am iinoceiinlntod with the h eb-
llil-al I lll'iiwon!ii(sy of the "Cod"'' l.lld I live
mils tismi such terms - oetnnvd to me in
be tlm plain. -t ltd most easily nndurslo-nl
I sin conviiieiil thkl you hiv" unl'f t" J
me and that ymi are only reeottfrig In sill)
gasconade! 11 urdnrto cover 11 natnnltimhli
II which l..rc. von to aiiluml to my ifi'iib
If yi.u tire 11 bravo man and want I
" ' anil iiiii Writing about il
Vol 1 i siM'elfull) yours &e .
MtmHirR. III-. M.AS
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111 v friends
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not all fliough this ii ennngh to -ip
the danger nnd tin irnr qui -tion is shall
1I1 Routti .'.' n'll thf nsngor ovortakrt
her. onprrpared then tn nttt il fnlly and
.tail 1 II II evil- A dn
Vou nr painfull) Mnaibh if tin protraet-
..i I e cited trrxggle Whh Ii has f.t
sever 'I . ... . 1 1 11 in pro) reta in relation
to tl.- s. fib men 1 sn I X id the
I riil rv nl K in "1 I Inally tin iirn
11 1 1. h.i'." tssan leiiiiinaii'1 by tha
dnpiii f 1 s.ii-ti 1 hi iti for tha Terriim .
Ha-' il 1 as 1.111111101
il I il. I 1 i.e. Willi tl.. detail- .
nl rovei . wi do nl 1 1 ! ' d il VVi
shall - I "ti' ' itili WI" ii thi
fji -i itltn Ion v 1 " f d it wa Iraii
...I 1 ihr l'i . lein. and with 1 1 b
natriotism. oming 1 I. dm s fmrn th.
undersi ued wen 'orih md with a faithful Iherencuioth
. : ma! npmi .ii- "i Ine : inli 1 II
parly In ibmtttcd II 10 Hirmgre tritli tl.
recomnii mint ion mat n -nt.ni 1 no ri 1 ivttl
bi and tha Ktnti of Kansa lafl I
r'fWt Tin- Si'tith
i ii.ir m iiir Itnihor 1
leieila . rali-rn sinfee.
mretios of ihe Stmlhorn mi u
Klloivill". I
...uiniittc" In mblii - yon 10
..I tin- C.iiivoiil on which is lo
Montgomery In ibn Stale ul
11 the I nib this nl May m :. 1.
.Id
w
nil".
jl 1 bo 11 mi's If an . were
..lllt.oll. 1.1
nn 1111 11. vi'nvr.trv.
I. . ry crl is in the history of the Demo-
cratic party has witnessed the defection of
gome of iis followers. Diaappointod ambi-
tion pruludi 10 or iiui" other sinister mo-
tive Ii ive been the purgatives by which the
party has ben roth vod of its moal factious
fsithl 1 nnd corrupt element.-. This long
n . 1 1 .' -ol c immenttry upon tha nnctr-
Urinty and the grovelling solfiabnoea of the
most ..-lorious forms of human nature in
which devotion to principle is too weak to
rcsiai the most despicable of the passiors.
Statesmen wi."' .-cuius and learning have
expended their brightatt Lifts in iUuttrating
and itablishing upon the eternal basis of
reason and philosophy the noblest parts of
the LCinO0ratlQ system have beau trans-
formed by the subtile influence of somo
He iustinotof malice orselSshnesa into the
'i-: 'lie- of their parly. But in
rtrong contraal with the mutability nnd
frailty of human nature stands the eternal
system ol Demooratio political truth which
for eighty yean has resisted with eiual
cades of traitors and the
more respectable opposition of open cuemiea.
Man indeed is frail 111 irlal and imperfect
i .si in loth April I-.'.
M. II III MIAN ') - -.S'.V.- After
your roniarl.- made this evening I under-
loo I vou to say that you were open to
honorable Mtlsfairtlon or words to that "He. :
1- tin -iiii. intimation wa- mad" to yoo iu
the liitolli.o noer of the 8th. And as 1 do
noi dtalre to settle difficulties in tho itreots
I supp'i-e your attack of ibis evening was
designed to provoke ft change of positions.
Although I UO not and have not aught thi"
difficulty I havi in. objottion lo the change
of positions.
My friend W..1I.V M. I! b Ksq. is au-
thorised to act for me iu any manner which
rati i' marks niay have intend. 1.
I remain with respect
QKO. W. I'ASi MAI.
0- 0 nee
land it. i ton mind vmi nf the approach rcdn tritwroi .11 1. were perpoi 1
; .. l the Convention and to in - '' Tcrril ol Kaiiws ; anil tlm r
rou to appuini dele.ate- to it; and we pi 1 10 1I1 1 atriuttiou of sltttry from Con n -
eced nowio pprfnrm thai dnty ' whom il In no wise belongs lo donl m
The mirtlve which prompted the . ' "" "' "ver) in any form 10.I
zail. ui of a .-'."iibern t omtiier-id Cv o ho ran meddle will 11 ... for mischief
tibn wan tho deairo to aaotrtttn tho cttiftc oni ' In violti i il
of thfl decline of ihe foreign .omiiii r f tutiunal dal
the Sonthern Stun- and to detiao i.ni" 1 inec isciiicn 01 nn- a.i m.. i.e. 1
plan for its revival and restoration I I"
people of the Southern States saw and fell ;
ih. aoomoloiM met that the country which
produces throe fifths ill value of the I porta j
of the nation bad not only lost its commer-
cial supremacy but had become nmer
"iallv. 11 tbtieiident unon und e 11 tribtttai
to that portion of the country' which produ- an of tli t- Boutb are
re opctni".' i"l only ol all tin- sluice
tbuM aud .1 ii.etioii of the South Il
more than oni quarter nnd espi i i ill) fnn
tli.- representatives of tho great State
1 oi.. in the Senate by whom il I
!. I. ! itnod w ithoul rebuke fi no an
!i naior that we the slat
to be pur-ucil 1. 11
as ranch the smallest portion of those ex ; Maryland to Noabto and il need be.
ports. This was not only an nnnftturtl ordoi Ui strip m ol ft home and shcltoi
hut an exhausting and depressing pTOflCtS ucr.OM the Gulf of Mexico into the Islsn.l
retarding necessarily the growth ttld proa- I Cuba b) the insatiate ftppelite and I
parity tl the South.' antl it was natural tn raoiotW doiuainl- of free labor ; and the S11
desire as it was necessary to provid a I ! " me Judiciary i- to bo corrupted and 1I1
remedy for it. This desire aud neecs-ity I gl ded becatua ihe present Ulustriou
sii'".'ostcd the idea of fttMTubling onoe in bench hat been true to ita oath and tha Ct
every year the people of the South by stitution thus to make our bondftge aure b
deputies in a Convention for the puTpoae In II log an iuftmotU approval of vici n-
ol gathering Information from the most re- and unconstitutional laws by ti corrupt an I
liable witnesses as to the causes of the evi!. pliaBI .ludiciary.
with the hope of obtaining from the wisest IfthoM things -bail" intiuua and he pel
and most devoted sons of the South tho ainted in every man must perceive that tl
suggestion of a plan or system of measure- aiteriiative presented to the South will i
which should correct it. ' ruin disgrace and bondago on the one
Weregrct to say that thus far our hopes j band or fndi pendenoe of her persecute
have not been re.1li7.e1l while the prodio-1 and oppreasoi "ii the olhcr. She will ;
lions of our opponents have btc 1 to somi oomptlled to tMtrt her intlitoftble riglu
extent verified although lunch g 1 ha- : aud rein .. ioU -r -ubmissiou to the laws -
been accomplished Our disappointment a porvortod Uoion pretended to be pass
baa not been however the faultentlrelv ol under a Constitutbn which has i
that you ssuiled me in the street when you j the Convention ; for although wo have been i only desecrated but destroyed. hell
were " armed with u Colt's Navy Revolver." too much divided among ourselves as to the the spirit which is indicated by th)
Vet you plead 'neecs-ity" for placing the I remedies proper to be adopted and thereby j will finally prevail and itspurrct- I
constitution iu your vruy." At the same j have impaired our efficiency still much I stimulated aa farai Oongrtaa oau i
time you undertake to name the most public ood has been don" and much more would 1 mate them wc will cot because wo canm
plaoe and hour for meeting; and to dictate I have btet accomplished if- wo could have : nr. ii t. Wo would huuibly pray lo 0
the arms which arc to bo used. I know of carried our suggestions into crreutinn ' thai the; may not for wc would if w
no rule of honor which requires 111c to meet 1 without dcr.endcnce unon tho will ol Con- I could perpetuab the I'nion of the Stat.
: .- t. : :.. 1 .... t-. . f . no .1 .-' 1..- .!... 1'...
ou in .. -11 eei iLiutoiiuiie .... ujo .i nine in . gress ami tno otate i.cisiaiure.-. i nc "inei
benefit therefore which has rou'itcd from
the sessions of the Convention has boon th"
increased knovvludir..' of. and svmnathv lor iw i with tho Constitution whi"
cadi other with a better understanding ol : for fathers conquered and consccrat" 1 n i
ur wants resulting trom tbOM annual -- tueir tilood into tne rainoow spaninii i
Ai:stin Apiil Kith 1868.
G. W. I' ASCII At. Ksq. .ViV : Your
note of last evening was duly bunded 111" by
Mr ISooth Ketettily alom constrains me
to decline meeting you in a manner "that
would place the constitution in my way."
When we met lust evening you plead
that you were unarmed. I will now state.
in order thai you may not again be taken
'unawares "that my business will call iiic
to the pop! offioe at 6 o'clock P M. armed
only M when wc met with a Colt's Navy
Rev over. licspcctlully etc.
ItORRlS i: i!i;.i;an
At. -tin liith April l.s.'is.
M. R. nSAOAir Bkq.; Vour oballengo j
of this morning is received. Vou admit
uch a manner and iu such a place. 1
j choose not to follow your "trusintMa" calls
into place wncrc eliauccs would be tin-
equals Four ijuoiing my language leaves
no doubt that you well understood the re-
nod r the Con. tituti.ui aa its
I fouodoi ii de it. We would prefer to
as we h.;ve lived under one flag with
wui" live grew social aim political systems . ..pon-ihihty to which I hold mysell ainena- I .somblics. Southern men have been made ' beloved n.unlry UU "the land ot t!. :
by v.ii'.'.ia vise Providence accomplishes hie. With such vleWi I must decline such I more extensively acquainted with each oth-1 ..nl the '.ine of th" brave."
tin elviliaation of mankind will last until I ouu" M 7 brt no right to dietttt. 'or and through thai acquaintance have Hut It oaunot bo ditgniaed and must m
I all ! completed The fact ' l w'"'' t0 koox as an nn' in tlic 'ial)it : learned the cheering anil doliijlitful faet if it could that the free States u the;
... . .' i of u'oint; armed if by the sentence iu your I thai however we may differ about men called constitute now the majority an
iiui grciumen m a.uingion ai.u utile "i order that you may nr. anio be I about partv politics of : mtrticular remedies UPOU their will upon their wis.lo.i
men in i exa- invc nesort"! tlic Uemocra
note "in order that you may not again h"
taken unawares" you intend me to under
wits already tottering to its fall and few ' tic ranks and arc ecu fighting on the nde staml tlat yootottnd to brim-on an attack
at toe nour uauieu oy you or at any other
time when and where you may meet ttjttf
I remain with respect vour ob't sv 't.
CiRO. W. PA80HAL.
years would -co the South decidedly in the
minority it became self-evident to all
thai the Union could alone be preserved by
the recognition by both sections: of the
Democratic principle nf a strict c ii-'. i
of the Federal Constitution. If thai prin-
ciple vv..: i iOgniscd ; if it could be made
a fixed and determinate rule of action then
il. uftty of Sonthern interests world be
sMiired and the-Union ul the States pre.
serve I The principle was wc boli"ve
lo i practically embodied in the oompromiBi
... of I860 I'll l . .11 'lltlll.J the
. i i tence andtoul of the Kanaaa Kebn -ka
Bill the American Magna Charl
'Ih. fate of thi principle irr.. ! ii. ihe
prosperity md the Jostinii - nf the I nil n
in i mbraoed in the bill non pen tin in
t onerous for the ndmiasion ..i Kansas nn
r
Waco Convention hid gone beyond the I der the"isecompton Constitution That bill
leeitimatc objects of its iMcmblina. and
some of the unw ii v wl". were Democrats at
heart and who p.i tonally liked Mr. Crosby
wore induced t" eoll nam these weak oon-
sideratioos and a.-t upon them al the polls.
Strict party line were probabl) never
better drawn than in tie race for Commit'
doner of the General Land Office last sum-
mor. The Demoorao) were triumphant.
Did Judge Bell rote for Prank White aa
the nominee ..f the W.uo Convention f f
should like io know and to know further
whether be and his friends aould believe it
proper lo nominal" a Democrat for a purely
ministerial offioe and at the same time cm-
sistantly believe that Democrats should not
be nominal d lor judicial offices when the
Judiciary arc constant!) und actual 1) en-
gaged in propelling tin machinery nf gov-
eminent and dire .tin n . oouiae.
But wo have s:ii Dial those whoopp ted
judicial nomination.- wen; by the ntoeuary
effect of their rt isi.iiiii" i or rather of their
want of roasoii'iig opposed lo nominations
for any offioe whatever.
In order to test this upon the bull pre-
viously laid WO propound to Judye Bell
and hi.s supporter.- who style thtnuolves
Democrats these simple questions i
Do you believe it lafer to have a Demo-
cratic or anti-Democratic Legisluture or
Congress!' Do you believe it safer to have
a Democratic or auti-Democratic Judiciary J
If you answer that it i- -afcr to have both
these departments of government tilled by
Democrats; then wc desire to know (he
best means to be adopted as the basis of
permanent puily action for this purpose:'
Arc yon io favor of nominating Demo-
crats for the Legislature or for Congress ''.
if so why? Are you in favor of iioiuinat
ing Democrats foi the Judiciary ? If not
why ''. Vou will answer and answer only
that the Judii '.try -liould be pure and inde-
pendent. Thou we inquire is a man Iocs
pure and less independent becausce he ij a
Democrat' Audi- Doiuocrat less pure
and less lodtptOikut because bo receiver
tho endorsHinent and recommendation ol
his party? (lod forbid. Your logic is thai
the Doiuoeraiii: party polutes and defiles
whatever it touches and you cunnot by your
reasoning bo iu favor of iioiuinationN by
that parly for any office. Aud ns a neces
sary consequence wo must conclude thai
you would dislike for that parly to
support ftO) pure man for any office.
In fact that )ou believe there would be
ha- already reoeivod the sanction nf the
Senate and should it pass the Honse the
Demooratio party will have achieved for the
South aud lor the Union the grail victory
for which they have been -u long and SO
gallantly struggling
It seem.- however thai John Calhouu
by ruling out the returns from thi Dela-
ware precinct in Leavenworth county
which In declares to be fraudulent has
gi-.cn the Freesoilcm the majority in the
Irf'gislallirc. We 1 1 .lei in. 1. 1 decpi I --.
thai some noi-y loud mouthed and offi-
oious journals in various parts of tho
South whose independent fttnotlool have
not allowed them time lo undoratand ami
ftppreoiato tha inestimable value of the
principle involved ill the Kansas Bill arc
proclaiming in advance thai if it does pa-
tlic victory will be B I. alien one. They
state that the Legislature wilfimmediately
eh.t. at L'. S. Scnat.u.s two I'reesoilcrs ;
that they will call together another conven-
tion which will abolish the l.coompton eon--litution
ami mike Kansas a free State
and thai hence the victory is ft barren one.
Is the recognition of the great principle of
Non-Intervention the principle of n strict
construction of the Constitution which
will Imperatively constrain Congress to give
its sanction to a measure believed to be the
act of a minority and opposed to the wishes
of four-fifths ot the oitlaona of Kansas
NOTUIMO 7 We cannot imagine a severer
a more trying and dc.-pcraic ordeal than
that to which the great vital and distin-
guishing principle nf Democracy is uow
bciug .subjected in the passage of the Kan-
sas Bill Embodied M it now is in the
Lccoiuplon Constitution its course through
Congress is impeded by the almost iiniver
sal belief of all oltattt and parties in the
North that it is a palpable violation of the
doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. The
popular sentiment of the entire North is
caM into the scales against it; the outside
pressure is almost overwhelming aud if in
the face of all this opposition this fierce
autagoaisui the principle to which arc an-
chored all our hopes our safety iu ihe
I'nion should coiuc nut triumphant what
patriotic Southern heart will not feel that
the champions of the Democracy have
achieved a viciory a victory iuded more
important iu its results than that gained by
I ho Barons and Commons of Kuglaud when
they forced from the reluctant John the
Crest Charter ?
of tin opp sition givi ui no uneasiness.
(Vi lognite the active operation
of thai -i iocs of nature by which todies
are restored lo health and vigor and are
relieved ': e rrupl or decayed matter.
Iv: ry detachment of deserters who have
!!" ! by : rht from the Democratic orises
havi ' I '.' 0 dor-- and obtain
ion a nil their plunder in the enemios
eamp hat ilaimod to be tic true Demo-
tic j ri '! n I been lllnstrated b)
th r conduct at critical poriod in tlic
;. i f the 'I he ftudftoity ol thi .
imp istur . been on!) nrpa ed by Ihe
illy of their nntboi win. have
oonfidt :. .. thi Di uio
ci... v with nob false battle criei The
anti-Jaokson moo aho reviled lid Hickory
.: lend of lleui Claj and
ral Harrison President claimed
to be the true Di moeratia party The Van
Bui i di orters followed their example in
claiming to be Ihe true Demoorac) Every
ii juent defection has been characterized
bj the .'ii" linn. "-- treaehery and th.-
sami Impudent claim.- Now those event!
are I. cm. . pi ted on 0 mall scale in Texas.
Rives II nlon Van Buren and James II
Lane justified their hostility to the Demo
antic part) on tbegronnd that theidentity
oi ita ei.cj had been destroyed by the in-
tn. in ;i"ii ol new issUM. Whil they called
new i.-si insisted of the application of
old prim iples I i in w oases. The s'nall
fin tiou of those who claim to be tho Demo-
cratic supporters of Judge Dell have numbly
learned excuses for defection from the dbi-
tinguished leaden we have mentioned
Tho iiupudenl and stubborn jury man who
reproached hi leven colleagues for their
obslinute refusal lo agree with him (as it
has been well. -aid I was not more unreason-
able or culpable than these men who while
acting against their party and iu close alli-
ance with ;ts bitterest enemies claim to be
its most faithful supporters. Their efforts
to conceal their true position and purposes
from the people are as vain and fruitless as
the attempt "f thco-tiich to baffle the huu-
ti r bj thrustiug its head in the saud while
its liiiu-e body i- left exposed to the fatal
arrow In their midnight flight they may
baro stolen n Demooratio banner anil planted
it in the oneinie- camp. A device so
shallow however will not protect them from
tho general fate of the enemy when the
battle commences. Xor will the Democra-
tic fire bo slackened or the volley ingth undcr-
of her artillery be silenced by any appro-
beoaiom fortjie safety of such men. An
active and insidious opposition to the nomi-
uoes of the Democratic party barbed with
falsehood and dipped iii columy surely
will not be atoned for by treacherous pro-
fldioni ami the unfurling of false colors.
There is something to admin in tho manly
war of at opet and undisguised eiiemy Hut
the Indignation of all civilized mankind has
boon pronounced against secret a
ti.ui oi life ' r character where I fatal knife
is wielded by a pretended friend.
Ai mat April It'th 1S.".V
ti. W. I'AsciiAL Ksq Sir: Your
nolo of this mornins (in reply to my answer
to your note of yesterday i was handed in"
by Mr. Booth.
Vou intentionally misconstrue my reply
into a challenge Vou challenged ine and
1 answered in effect that I declined to ae-
eepl your challenge bee in the constitution
of Texas would if I acoepted prevent me
from taking thi oath required nf all nffinen
oi tbt Stan-
from tin- leiiui .1 yen "halieino . !...
ever I wa- led lo belii ibal yon di dred
an opportunity lo resenl thi insult intended
by my language to vou on yesterday 'i our
note f today couvince- me that ! was mis
takt n and that you i.avc conoluded lo -ul-
init In the insult I therefore ae. iute.ee in
your wishes aud will permit y..u t ... youi
Way iu peac-
Wiib dm respect yours &e
vIORRIS 1! ItKAO N.
VUSTl . Airll llilh is.'-
l I! ill v.ian f&gQ. Sir i fount by
Mr DjijIIi is Jbicourteous and such a. must
have 1 .en dictated in :. moment ol excite
moot.
I oortaiul) understood youi remark- last
night thai you ware ready to meet me al ny
tini" ami place and my Orel not. wis lo
give you an opportunity i" make good vour
words. Your verbal answer that you would
I..- upon the street ai S P. M. 1 might have
disregarded after the intimation of my ob-
jection I" si'tth- difficulties involving honor
by a street rcncoutilre.
Your lirst note I could nol understand
otherwise than as taking upon yourself lo
appoint lime place and weapon-' lint the
time and place were objectionable bocause
the meeting would boa- dangerous to women
and children u men. Waiving the im-
pertinence of your reply to my enquiry and
the fact thtt you have yet named no friend
I now inform you that I will be at tho race
track to-morrow morning at sunrise pre
pared for any issue which our friends shall
maKC. lo mc it is a matter ol entire in-
difference at to who has taken the initiative
I remain with respect your ob't sy't.
GEO. W. 1'ASCII Al.
AlsxiN April liith lS.v
('. VV. I'asciiai. Rat). .S'.V . Your
answer to my second note has been banded
mo by Mr. Booth.
After descanting iu your own peculiar
way and doubtless to yourown satisfaction
upi.n the character of my last note you
close by saying '-1 now inform you that I
wiJ bo at the race track to-morrow morninu
among ourselves ther" is in the South but
one heart nnd one will for our traduccrs
and IftttUtntf j aud that whin'the time for
blow at them shall arrive If unhappily i:
over shall all the cneruv. patriotism aud
! courage of a united nation will be felt in
that blow by those who shall tnhapi
piiino'iMi: 11 uopenas ana not upon :.
will of the Booth whether ihe thing.- whir:
we have indicated shall be done oi
But this we may and must say. that t!
bouth is u iv. forewarned and she rrili I
if 1 i i . -;' . .t !! mc :.- .
lib i.v and happiness to the white man
provoke it; tint however wS may differ and responsible for much of the ill w
amen": ourselves as to tno mean- ot nunc
or the mode of defence there il no differ-
ence of opinion as to the u'real e inclusion
that the South muat be defended ind all
bar rights protected est what it may.-
This were cause and compensation enough
for any trouble and expense In holding onr
assemblies But rapidly occurring cventi
furnish additional conclusive inoentivi i
the continuance of the work which t. e i
eomincnc.'d- -the commercial indepondenc
of the South by bringing more olosely and
di-tinctly to our view the probability tbal
we shall ai no distant day be compelled to
assert out political independence without
the means of regulating apd controlling our.
own commerce; for without thai power
no nation can be free. If the youth is
wise then acd would be provident she
will loose n. i time iu providing tie' be I
mean- old all the means within her power
to restore her own commerce to her own
puts and people. For whether she be
permitted to remain in ihe Union onj v-
mg in honorable peace all her constitutional
rights or i- to be compel lod by continued
and progressive assault-- upon her right-
her interests ami her feelings - the m
unprecedented and llftgitioUK which cupidi
ty aud ambition ever prompted to assert
her right to withdraw from an association
which no longer recognizes the original
compact as the rule of its government or
longer to yield submission 1" an oppressive
and iniquitous majority it is of the hi'.'i.
Ml Importance to her if not of absolute ne-
cessity that she should Mriously and
earnestly address herself to the restoration
of her foreign commerce an;; to (he mr ;i-
agciueut within her limits by her nwn
moans of the manufacture of those articles
which arc necessary to her comfort.
Ihe candid lover of the union of th.
Slat".- must be sati-fied as it seems to t
undersigned that if not already abrogated
in spirit by the deliberate violations of the
compact to the injury and for the injury
ol the South by niauy of the Northern and
Kjistern States there is not only little
L'lound to hope for the preservation of it.
upon the basis and under the guarantees ol
the Constitution of 177 but there the
most iiuiucut danger of its entire destrue
lion before many years shall hay. rolled by.
Kor a number of years nol only lie moal
offensive denunciations have been poured
out upon the .South but the molt wanton
aggressions upon her Con-litutional right-
have been commitrctl cmnncneiug with
the most absurd ami unfounded claim of a
right to convert the Halls of the National
Council into an arena upon which to dis
cuss the tOOUM by which wc hold our slaves
iiinv lolbe.v if she he not forearmed il
does not proceed without delay to provi
all the peai iful and constitutional mem
".liiin her power to place herself in ;.
ditinn to meet the crisis when it "omes
I.i . mg tbaso is the reitorati
mm. roe and the ocouragi n. d
her i in mufnoturei
Wo nr"." you therefore in .- .. . ti
il i ioiI earnestly to send d. lei
. pro chiog I onrention t Mom
ry and let them be if your ablest
id n o i trusted tons foi ti; j
ence ci'sucii Ls demanded by the di tcmi
ed -lan of the tin and the msgn
;'.. interests to be jnsidered. l.-i nottl
enunciation of youi opt
. i. .. - later yoa a: d thi ml
tl ory " Disunion
Tho ' .'. i i."' ;: will not rtnsi It i
uesli of d uui m oi an titiestiou i. ;...
iug to produt .- thai re ult. it.- h. j i
peace! il patrl iti ob t will be la pn
thi pro ; ritj . and inofeaac the w. alth
power of our own beautiful and I
South to make her people bappit i. .'
-;i.'. and iiit.v. willing as well
able I. perform all their d .ti. - in tl
I u to tho 1 'nion If reiniiiiii n
and patriot ism shall arret ihe maich
fanatioism aud stay the hand of oppn -But
If I" reason shall never be found ai
patriotism and sympathy have boon eitii
jiii.-ht .1 if those who should be our br
thors shall prove to be malignant
iiuplai able fo -. and oupidity and ninbiti
.-hall dissolve the tie which 1 i; .- us I
gcthcr still our vvoil. will luiro been ai
and wisely done if we suoooed in restorii
the commercial independonee i f ihe Si ui
and build up our own towns and enrich . i
own people by our own means which
build up ae 1 enrich others for th. .-
c crn Stales will then be prepared in.
to meet ine issue tbua foread upon tl..
and aid" lo defend as well as jusli; I
position v. hen they shall be oompellcd '
a-.-uine among the powers of the earth t!
leparato and equal station to which the law-
of nature and of nature's (iod cuiitli then
Karnestly we beg y.u then mi n of I
S.mth. turn "in and send full dell iti
of your uobie-i -ons lo t!.c Oonventii
JAMKs LY0N8 of Virginia
T It BBTHBA of Alabama
VV. M CIIURCUILL of Tcnnc-
B. C. VANCV of Georgia
W W I.OYCE of South Car-lit
Couimitt
at sunrise prepared for any issue which our I uuder the pretence of pctilionintr for a r
..:. ..!.. ..1...II I.. II . . rrn . a . .. I s ..
lricuds sball make Ac. I Ins flounub of
trumpets cjuiing as it dots ftfUr I had
twice informed jou that ! declined to fight
a duel is simply ridiculous iu thu oyes of
all sensible men. I had not chosen I
"friend" because I did not ii.tcnd to fight
I dut.1. My reasons for declining wire
given to you plainly tind distinctly and you
toil. nut harr miitintimtontt Me.
j Yesterday I insulted vou on th. si reel
dress of gncvau
Not only has our right to reclaim our
slaves (when they escape lite a Northen
State' been denied but the law pas-ed by
Congress for our protection bus btet re
sif-tcd by people who claim still to bn in the
I'nion. And recently the State of Ma.- a
obttMttS has perpetrated an act luehu was
never committed before by any Constitu-
tional Ciovernmcnt to wit : the removal ol
a .niugci i.uring w.tlioul inn eii"iiiiieiit foi
aud told you that if yon wisbed to resent n
you could "have a fair showing'' or words any crime simply because bo has honest I V
to thtl effect ton chailontred me and 1 jmul faithfully onforcul that law.
replied r.d'usiii" to light a ikiol but suggest-I If the Southern Slates were lo ra0 laws
ing a time and place when and when that I prohibiting any citizen of Messaehus ;t-
"fair showing" could he bad. You an- from rocovci ine; any debt or other property
swered declining lo be there ami enquiring within fh"ir limits or without -uch law
in effect if I intended to attack you at the should remove from oflice every Judge who
j hour named iu my into "or at any other should render judgment iu a suil in favoi
Lord Bi'uugham lias written a ietler i.. 'time." replied that I was convinced that of a oitltta of Massachusetts. Massachusetts
!.. i.i i.-i-.i. i :.. -; .. .. . .
could not complain but tho Uuion with
i i . u i i. . . . .
nnsHuniiii wouiu oe uissolvctl Is it
lli' TentMIII Historical Society return-
lug thanks for his election as. au honorary
member thereof
vuu had concluded to submit to tie insul
reiterated my reasons for declining a duel
and informed you that 1 would permit vou
to go your way in peaoe. You now write
not dissolved already if thi Southern
States chose so to regard it ? Bui this is
A K.XKTUCKI Kuil'l.MKNT Ann.
tic elopement ami marriage took plact
the 29th near Cincinuiuti between
Louisville heirtN and Kentucky
The guardian of tlieyoun.' lady I i
ncut ettiieo of Louisville was opp
tho association and forbade nol I
the I an- for he bad no idea matteri wu I
reach that climax but the attention of il
young gentleman and post.-. bil war i
to her lessons at school. But "win re tl.
is a will there is a way'' i- a remark whi
the young lovers proved the truth of. Ii"
Kciitu;-kiau visited the city and mane
to obtain oommuuication with bit ifiao
who wtl closely watched and guarded Hi
I a plan was finally arranged for in ehn
nient. On Monday afternoon tho !
went to well-known olotbing Mlsblisl"
nient and procuretl n full suit of I
duties from cap to boots and nol li
bundle to tiic Isdy's house. !' itin r bil
-elf t a e nvenient coiner be L D had thi
latisfaeti n of ooing her emerge irein tin
building unattended in ; admirably dis-
guised in her new suit. Forthwith) throu.-:
ibo aid ot friends somewhere tho bean-
wishes were griliiicd and the two made on
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Marshall, John. State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 24, 1858, newspaper, April 24, 1858; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81339/m1/2/: 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.