Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-08-10

TEXAS.-M. b. LAMAR, successor of Gen.
Houston, as commander in chief Of the Texan
forces, has issued a patriotic and eloquent ad-
dress to the army and the citizens. An extract
follows, which seems to carry the assurance,
that an arm of so much nerve with the pen, can
not but WELD the sword with that power and sue
cess, which shall lead his forces to victory and
his country TO freedom:
SOLDIERS OF TEXAS: On assuming the
glorious responsibility of leading you TO the
field of battle, am deeply impressed with
gratitude for the trust confded and feel
most wildly, that to command an army of
heroes in the cause of freedom is the highest
of all privileges, and to conduct it to victory
is the most enduring and exalted honor.
The enemy who is recently retired, ter.
rifed from our borders, are about to coun-
termarch upon us, with reinforcemeEts for
midable in count, but feeble in spirit and
nuisance. - - T
Confident Of numbers, they hope to gain
by overwhelming force, that which they
cannot achieve by valor. They boast that
they will retrieve the late inglorious defeat
of their arms, or perish in the attempt that
they will drive us beyond the Sabine, or
give us grave this side. =
Another opportunity is afforded to vindi.
cate our rights and avenge our wrongs.
The greater the force the richer the harvest
Though every blade of grass on the banks
of the Bravo bristle into bayonet, it shall
not save them. The very glance of the
freeman's eye, is a blazing shield of Perse.
us to the monsters of tyranny. They have
to fly or fall, before the wrath of an iniur.
ed people, nerved in the cause of liberty
and vengeance.
Soldiers Your country calls you to hel
defence. Your homes, your fresides-the
scenes of your former joys and future an
ticipations-all the endearments of domes
tic happiness, and all the hopes of future
peace, summon you to the field. You are
summoned, too, by the spirit of Travis ant
Farmland their gallant companions,whost
blood has cemented the foundations of ou
freedom. Their flesh has been food 70
the raven, and their bones have been viii
tened on the prairies, until your pious patri
otism gathered those scattered relics, witt
decent sepulchral honors, to soldier
grave. But their glorifed spirits, still how
ering around the home of their patriotic de
votion, call upon you to sustain the indepen
, dence which they have consecrated by thei
! martyrdom, and to recompense, with mer
tied vengeance, the wrongs they have en-
,, dured from q perfdious and bastard enc
, my. Shall the call be made in vain Sha
we turn a deaf ear to the voice of our coun
/, try. If there be so foul blot upon hu
manity-if there be one in the whole linn
0 its of our land who is mean enough, whe
{ his home is invaded by an insolent foe,
seek safety in dishonorable flight, woul
say to him, detested recreant retire to tn
shades Of infamy, and sully no more
beautiful land, whose blessings belong I
!, the brave and virtuous. Let then ever
} patriot soldier, every worthy citizen, VIII
abhors the name of traitor, and contemn
!. the vile epithet Of coward, rally to the ca
= promptly, around the unfurled banner
!. freedom-let him repair with impatient re,
! to the theatre of his nations glory, and ther
Q snatch from the brink Of danger, t,me ft
!, himself and safety for his country. tn
bastard who fingers behind may live to ia
ten upon the fruits of his recreancy, b,
when he dies he rots in infamy, to the 10
! of all-whilst the noble hero who max,
his bosom the bulwark Of peoples libert
will find rich reward for toll and valor,
the thanks of grateful land, and the smil,
: of its hightoned beauty. If he falls in Il
% holy cause, he will still survive in the affe
I; tons of his comrades, and his name W
d gather glory with the fight Of ages
e Each little ril, each mountain river,
e Rolls, mingled with his famo for ever"
. Citizens of the Red Lands You q
- looked to for aid in this second struggle
: Indcnendence. Your contributions. horot