State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-04-19


government by General Antonio Lopez dc
Santa Anna, who having overturned the
constitution OF this country, now offers us
the cruel alternative either to abandon our
own homes, acquired by SO many privatons,
or submit to the most iutolerablc of all ty-
ranny, the combined dcspotsm ofthe sword
and the priesthood.
/ Ii has sacrificed our welfare to the state
of Coabuila, by which our interests have
been continually depressed through leal-
Gus and partial course of legislation, carried
on at Il far distant seat of government, 10y Il
hostile majority, in an unknown tongue ;
and this too, notwithstanding we have pc
iitioncd in the humblcst manner for the cs-
adjustment Oft separate stntc government,
and have, in accordance with the proyis-
ions OF national constitution presented to
the general Congress republican COnsi-
tuition, which was, without Just cause, con-
tempMousy rejected.
1t ncarcerated ia dungeon for n long
time one of our citizens, for no Other cause
but a Jealous endeavor to procure the nc
ccptance OF our constitution and the estab-
lishment of Il state government.
II has failed and refused to secure on n
firm basis, the right of trial by jury: that
palladium ofciyil liberty, and the only safe
guarantee for life, liberty, and property, of
the citizen.
1t has failed to establish any public sys-
ten of education, although possessed of
means almost boundless, ihe public domain
and although it is an axiom in political sci
cnce, that unless people are educated aud
enlightened, il il Idle to expect the contin
uance of civil liberty or the capacity for self
government.
II las suffered the military commandant
stationed amongst us to exercise arbitrary
acts OF oppression and tyranny; thus tramp
ling upon the most sacred rights of the
citizen, and rendering the military superior
to the civil power
1t has dissolved by force Of arms the
state congress of Coauhila and Texas, and
obliged our representatives to ily for their
lives from the seat of government: thus
dcpriving us of the fundamental political
right of representation.
1t has demanded the surrender of a uum-
Der of our citizens, and ordered military
detachments to secure and carry them into
the interior for trial: in contenlpt of the
civil authority, and i'm defiance ofthc laws
and the constitution.
Ii has made firaticil attacks upon our
commerce. by commissioning fOrpiun dos
perndoes and authorizing them to sieye on,
vessels. and cnuvnv the nronortv nf our
citi1crs IN far dis,o,it por,e for conTsco,ion
# den;os ns thr ri,bt of wor.h;nn;nn N -
! Al,n;,htv ,crorI;n, ,o tho d;c,.,eS ~ on,
co,,sc;e,,cne. Ia, ,I,o s,nno., nc no,;o,,,I
roI;r;on c.,Ic,,IIoI n nro,,nto ,lo ,',,,,,,orai
interests Of lis h,,nnn finctionor;es ratLrr
tI,n, The ,,Ior, of ,i,o t.,,o o,,J l;,.;nr, r,,I
It has Jn3anJeJ ne 70 dcl;rer m o,,r
arms which nre essential RI orr dsf,,,cn
/ No. r;ob,GI nronor,v nc Goe,,nm nnJ co..
,,i,,aI7Io anil, ,o t,,r.r,,in.J an,.a,',,,'..
I, has invaded on,. coIn,Tv hn,h ~, son
and land with intent IN law waste o,Ir ,nr
ritory. md drive rs from o,,. honcsN-a,1
| Los now - L,roe ,,rrcannrv ,,.,,v odyor,.;,,lr
~ o.rr,, an n,,oi,'st nc =, ,,a, ora,,.,. ?
notion
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!, ho,h hoo,, ,h,,;n,r ,I'a ,,l,olo lima &c
our conno,;om ,,.;,l, II tLn co,,ta,,,,,;I,Ia
SNORT md yirtin, of successive ,n;I;tn,.y Vow.
I II 'i;ons. ,nd ha,h co,,,;nu.Il,, ovL;h;,ad
evcry chornctcr;s,ic Of n weok. corrmnt and
t,rni,uir,l rove,pnent
> Those mi n,her ar;evonccs were ma
'''eY leocl'Gu ','ut point at WIN wv lolne'r-