Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-02-25

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mSnifesiO Standard
From the hour 10 which that declsta-
ton Of independence was made, the peo-
pie of Texas have never submitted sto
the yoke or dominion OF any other nation
on earth; but, true TO the spirit and char'
laaier Of their ancesiOrss they have, lbro'
various vlcissilndes and reverses, ballled
on for freedum, and successfully maine
tanned theit Independence; for
freedoms battle once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though bsfaedofi has ever aWon.' =
At this time. 'nneer the Spanish gov.
ernment, Texas was a separate and dis
tinct province. As such t.hsd distincl
local organization. - (Fooie's History Of
Texas, page SO Aud at the time Tex
as revolied from Spain, Mexico was
distinct province under the dominion Of
Spain, from which she did not declare
her independence unlilathe adoption Of
The Plan D'Tguala,' at the city Of Iguala,
pnihe 18th February, 1921. For, though
internal cOmfnoiions and revolutions had
existed in thai country from the time they
were commenced by the curate HidalgO,
in 1910, they were controversies between
the natives aud European Spaniards, for
power in The country, and not for the
purpose Of throwing off the Spanish yoke.
Theindependence Of M xicO swas &C.
knowledged by the IIsatysof Cordova,
entered INTO bslw cen Don John O'DonO
jou, the Spanish general, andDon Angus
lin de lturbide, the general Of the Mex.
icanarmies, ons the 24h Of AUgust,
1921.
We also omit The treaty Of Cordoya
Butlhat treaty. had no reference TO
Texas whatever; itstreaied of'NeW Spain
alone. After llurbide was executed,
l'exas and Coahuila, in 1924, joined the
Mexican conledeTacy-b1t they Joined
il asa separate and independent State.
Their constitution adopted atSallillo, i tlh
March, 1927, declares:
sAlticls d The State Of Coahuila and
Texas consists in the union Of all its in:
habilshts.#
~ iris free and independent OF the
other United Mexican Stsles, and every
other foreign power and dominion -
KenneJy's Tex. yOl.&-2 App. No. H., p,
.445.
Thus as free and Independent nation
They entered The Mexican confederacy,
and assuchs they were received
IN October, 1882, Texas held sepa.
rate convention from Coahuila 10 form
Stale Constitution for herself, and sec
ond colEenlion on the LIST April, 1882,
accotdng 10 the guaranty Of the consti-
tutiontl act of the constituent Congress
of Mexico Of the lib May, 1s24-this
Litter convention framed and adopted
constitution for the State of Texas .as q
sel,ara'e and distinct and independent
meInber Of the Mexican federation, to be
sn6..aIiled 10 the national government,
with ah!emoFial praying for The admission
ofTsxas into the Mexcan Union, in con,
fdslnily withihe tsrIns OI The federal
compacl--but their messe pger, Mr.. Aus.
tin, on his arrival in Mexico, was lmPris-
oned. TexSs sneverlheless, u conIunc-
lion with Coahuila, continued as an Inde.
pendent Stale in ae Mexican coDleder'
alton, until 1884 and 1885, wheu lbe
rlgbisof the repnbla Of Mexico were
and military central consol.
idation elected on the 5lh October, 1885,
by Sania Anna, upon ilssrUihS. The peO'
pie Of Texas refused to- enter iHio this
new government. They we're oppressed
by The Mexican power and iheir local leg
islalure abolished.
On the 7lh New. 1885, bye EouncilOf
deputies OF the people, the Texans issul
ed manifesto, in which, alter reciting
that Santa Anna and other military chief
tains had dissolved the social compact
existing between Texss and the other
members Of the Confederacy,' solemnly
declared that they had taken up arms in
defence Of their rights and liberties.' and
ID ndefence Of the republican principles
Of the federal constitution Of Mexico OF
I624'-'that Texas was no longer moral
" OF civiIly bound by the conpsct Of Un-
ion'--'lhat they do not acknowledge that
The present authorities Of the present
nominal Mexican republic have the right
10 govern within the Limits Of Texas
and that they bold il ID be their right,
during The disoEganization of the federal
system, and the reign Of despotsm, 70
withdrsw from the Union,lo establish an
independent government, OF 10 adopt
such meas0ses ss they may deem best
calculated 70 7roiecL their rights and llb-
eflies.
War was made upon shepeoPle ofFex.
as. They resisted --snd, By aaapacllot
depuliesof The people, established pro /
viaional acvernmeni-which, on the 7lh
November, 1885, issued lIIe following
manifesto;