Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-04-23

tinuance OF civu liberty, or the capa-
city Of seli-government.
!; has suffered the military COM
,nandants stationed among US, TO ex.
ercise arbitrary acts Of oppression
and ~ amy, thus trampling upon the
most sacred rights Of the citizen, and
rendering the miIirary superior TO the
civil power.
II has dissolved by force Of arms.
the state Congress o. Coahulla and
Texas, and obliged our representa-
tive. to fly for their lives from the
seat Of government, thus deprivirg US
Of the fundamental political right OF
representation.
1t has demanded the surrender Of a
number Of our citizens, and ordered
military detachments TO seize and
carry them into the interior for trial
in contempt Of the civil authority, and
in defiance Of the laws and the con
s:itution.
IL has made piratical attacks upon
our commerce, by commissioning
foreign desperadoes. and authorship
them 10 seize our vessels and convey
the property Of our citizens for con-
fiscatlOn.
II denies Us the right Of worshipping
the Almighty according TO the dc
tates Of our own conscience, by the
support Of national religion calcu-
lated 10 promote the temporal inter
est OF its human functionaries, rather
than the glory Of the living God.
1t has demanded US to deliver up
our arms, which are essential 10 our
defence, and the rightful property OF
frsemen, and formidable only to ty-
ranical governments.
II has invaded our country both by
sea and land. with intent 10 lay waste
our territory and drive us from our
homes: and has now large army ad-
vancing against US TO carry on war
of determination.
1t has through its emIssarles, iaci-
ted the merciless savage, with the
to,nahawk and scalping knife, to mas
sacre the inhabitants OF our defence
less frontiers.
Ithath been during the whole time
Of our connection with IT, the con-
ternptibIe sport and victim Of unne-
cessary Military Revolutions; and has
continually exhibited every charac-
tsrist;c Of weak, corrupt and tyran-
nical government.
These, and other grievances were
patiently borne by the people of Tex
as, until they reached that point al
which forbearance ceased to be VIZ
tue. We then took up arms in de
fsnce of the National Constitution
we appealed to our Mexican breth
rem for assistance; Our appeal has
been made in vain; though months
have slapsed,no sympathetic response
has vet been heard from the Interior.
We are therefore forced to the mel
ancholy conclusion, that the Next
can people have acquiesced in the de-
struction Of their liberty, and the sub
stitution thereof of military gov
eminent. that they are unfit to be
free and incapable Of self govern.
mcnt.
The necessity OF self preservation
therefore now DEGREES our eternal
political separation.
We therefore, the delegates, witt,
rltnary powers. Of the people OF Tex
rs, in solemn convention assembled.
appealing to candid world for the
necessity Of our condition, do here
by resolve and declare that our polit-
zeal connexion with the Mexican ma
ton has forever ended, and that the
people Of Texas do now constitute a
Free. Sovereign and Independent
Republic. and are fully invested with
all the rights and attributes which
properly belong to Independent Ma
tions. and conscious of the rectitude
OF our intentions. we fearlessly and
confidently submit the issue Of the
decision to the Supreme Arbiter ofthe
dss,inies Of Nations.
Signed by A3names.
Tar ,Irr ORA SoLDJfR.-An officer