Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-07-30


tion of their country, which they nave
svorn 10 support, has no longer q seOs'an,
,;.Ieris,encs. aud the whole naiuIe o'
.rs;, government has been fOTelOly chan
- S;,badl their consent, from fse
s,-,s,ivs Isdsraiive tep0bliG, tOmPOsed q
..vs,sioa s,stes,:o 4 eDusOlidaIed ,cenirsl
ma biiitafs eipolisfa." !" ~
That when
alosychy prevails, and civil society is
d;ssolvrd in lis original elements,in such
a criais, The first Law Of nature, the rels
IN self.prsserVatioD, the inherent ana 'n.r
;enable tight Of the people TO oPPeeI 70
e., p,incipIes, and take their polIilcsl al
u-11;.s N their own auds, cke."
Aflor rsciting long tain OF R'le1'san'
Cos. "a exceeding in eh6Tnily those de. &
sailed. IN OUT own declaration OF indePen'
-i5sncs, tIe5 proceed TO say:
ass syFs then took up arms 10 delehee o.
Sas,9 snsI;onaI constitution. We appealed
y,6oGr Mexican brelbern' for as.'s'ancei
o0rhbpesl has been invainj jthOngh mon'ns
lhsJ8 slapse :, no syrnphihehc response
i16sIvei6een heard from The Interior
gWssTs. therefore, forced TO the meisn'
acb;av concIusion, that the Mexican Poo
MA nave Scauiesced in the destruction Of
thsis liberty, and the substitution therefO'
ofs military government, that they are
nnlitto be- free, and incapable OF self gov
.eFnmehi.
ssTbe necessity of self.P reservation
4hersfore now DEGREES our eternal polite
Il separation.
awe. therefore, The delegates, with
plens,O powers OF the people OF Texas
IN aol.n,u convention assembled, appeal
inc toa candid world for the necesSiIiei
~ ous condition, do hereby resolve an'
,Aeclsve. ,ha; our political connexion will
tbs Mexican nation has forever ended
and that The people OfTexas do now con-
Iinue free, sovereign, ani independent
tepublic, and are fully invested With al
,ha rioh,s and attributes which prOperl.
helong 10 independent nations, and con
scious OF the reciitude Of our intentions
We fea,lessIy and confidently submit tn
iasue "a the supreme arbleT OF the desli
mss of nations"
The appeals thus made was answered
by lust and overruling Providence, AM
The sanpuinary dictator, with bis meTce
narv army, were oveIlhrown and cSpluTet
81 the 2lst April 1885, and Ibtrs Ih'
conflict Terminated, and has never beeI
renewed: and here le, me call your alteH
- lion 10 the important fact, that the pres
ont government, the ceDtral desPoilsI
AZ Mexico, never was the government, d
facto or de lure, Of Texas, and nevs
con,rollod lis destinies or ilA people iC
an instant OF time. II never carried int
execution a law, or enforced ono edic
Yj,hin the limits Of Texasf II is no
now. and never was, the government =
Texas; and the people Of Texas neve
owed or rendered il any allegiance
Tie case Of Texas is stronger than an.
thal has ever occurred il the history 0
nslions-Iar stronger than that Otlhe colo
nies in l776. II was not revolt q
Rainst an established government but
vaa 1 succsssruI resistance 10 most uR
righteous effort 10 establish over il thI
dominion Of military usurpeT and Of
csntsal despotism. The present govern
ment Of Texas is the only subsisiinl
government that has exercised any juris
dic,ion over the people Of Texas and tn
WsE carried against il was var Of con
Oues, and invasion, conducted by q gov
eminent ol which Il never constituted
rsr.. which never exercised jurisdictl6
over il, and 10 which il never owed an
allegiance