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There have been three newspapers of Marshall, Texas: the '' Texas Republican '' ( 1849 - 1872 ), and the '' Tri-Weekly Herald '' ( 1874 ), and currently the '' Marshall News Messenger '' (originally the ''Marshall Morning News''), . The ''Texas Republican'' and the ''Tri-Weekly Herald'', both published by Robert W. Loughery , were credited with aiding the election of Marshall citizens, J.P. Henderson , Edward Clark , and Pendleton Murrah to the Governor's office and Louis T. Wigfall to the U.S. Senate . In the ''Texas Republican'' Loughery defend Slavery and Plantation agriculture; and supported the secession of Texas and later the Confederacy . The election of local citizens and the fiery pro-confederate stance of the ''Texas Republican'' made it one of the most read papers in Texas and Marshall a major political center in Antebellum Texas. |
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