Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-07-13
THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA MADRE,

We have been oblgingly furnished with
the following document for publication. We
learn from the gentleman by whom It was
| transmitted that DR.. MILLETT, one of the lea
ders in this movement, formerly belonging to
the 10th Infantry, has been arrested at Mata-
moras. and placed in Jail, and the affair, SO
far, is a failure Charleston Mer.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The unanimous Declaration Of the seven Nor
thern States of the Sierra Madre of Mer-
icO.
When in the course of human events il be-
comes necessary for one people 10 dissolve
the political bands which have connected them
10 another, and 10 assume among the powers
of the earth, the separate and equal station to
which the laws of Nature, and of Natures
God entite them, decent respect 10 the opin
ions of mankind requires that they should de-
clare the causes which impel them 10 the sep
alation.
The history of the past and present Gov
eminent of Mexico is a history of repeated in
jures and usurpatons, all having in direct OBJ
iect the establishment of an absolute tyranny
over these States. To prove this, let facts be
submitted TO a candid world
First.-Tired of political changes, which
have been heretofore nothing but the contin-
uance of oppression, welded by newer hands,
We declare ourselves free.
Second-Tred of Revenues which have
been exacted only to perpetuate the power of
the usurpers of the peoples liberties. We de.
clare ourselves Free.
Third-Tired of armies which have been
collected only to Cypress and exhaust the in
dustry OF all but its oppressors. We declare
ourselves Free.
Fourih-Tred, that our loved Religion, un-
der the constant threat of the bayonet, should
be trammeled in lis power of benevolence and
public instruction. We declare ourselves Free
Fifth-Tred, that the people in the midst
of their spacious lands should be denied the
right of individual possession. We declare
ourselves Free.
been made to our children, (who with anxious
countenances, look in vain 10 their rulers) for
the right OF instruction We declare ourselves
Free.
Seventh-Tired that our aged sires and ma
irons should be permitted to sink gradually
to the earth, in common with the brute, un-
provided and uncared for. We declare our
selves Free.
Eighth-Tired, that stint and nakedness
should stride DER the land, while the usurpers
are arrayed in purple and gold We declare
ourselves Free.
Ninth-Tired OF the National Declaration
that Slavery shall not exist in our Land, when
Peonage, a system hideous and cruel, exists
unrestricted and unnoticed We declare our
selves Free.
We, therefore, the people of the Northern
States Of the Sierra Madre OF Mexico. appeal
ing 10 the Supreme Judge of the World for
the justice of our intentions, do now solemn
Iy publish and declare, 4" That these United
States are Free and Independent :" That they
are absolved from all allegiance TO the MeSi-
can Government, and that all political con-
nexion between them and it has ceased--is,
and must be, totally dissolved-and that as
Free and Independent States, they have full
power TO levy war, conclude peace, contract
alliances, establish commerce, and 10 do all
other acts and things which Independent States
may of right do. And for the support of this
Declaration, with firm reliance on the pro-
lection oil Divine Providence, we, the People,
mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our
Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor.
S1rords are Draarn-Scabbards are cast aside.
NOW! DEATH TO TYRANTS!!!
Matamoras, Mexico, June 16, 1910.