The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-24
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Gov Hodstcn's message to the Legis-
,.,sre of Texas, transmitting the resolu-
,;co. II the South Carolina Legislature,
$1,000 ~. The Southern Convention. The
,ln;sIa,pre introduced resolutions sustain
~ Gov Houston's views We give the
mbiOihed extract from the Galveston
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aThe following report In answer to the
south Carolina Resolutions was made the
.nscial order in the Texas legislature for
Ssm on the 9th ult. - An.
sTS he Hon NJ ID. X, Taylor,
,SpsuIsr Of ne Hoase Of Representatives:
aThe preamble and resolutions passed
hv,he Legislature Of the State Of South
fsrolina, and submitted for our consider
siIou. have been delibcrated upon by the
Committee On Federal Relations, and
your Committee respectfully submit TO the
House for is action, the following resolu-
tons;
aIst. RtsOlred, That the State Of Texas
declares, that whenever one section Of
he Union presnmes upon its strength for
tie oppression Of the other, then will our
Constitution be d in0ekery, and II would
matter not how soon the Union WINS Sc.
yered into q thousand atoms, and scattered
10 the four winds.
a2nd Resoired, III the principles Of
confederation upon which the American
Union was consufnmated, are Disregard
"a, there will be for Texas, neither hon
Of, nor interest in the Union; il the
mighty, ID the face Of written law, can
place with impnnity an iron yoke upon the
neck Of the weak, Texas will be ut no loss
bow 70 act. or where to 60, before the
blow aimed at her vitaIs is inflicted. In
spirit Of good faith,' Texas entered the
Federal fold, BY that spirit she will
continue to be Influenced until it is at
tempted to make her the victim Of Federal
wrong. As she will violate no Federal
right, so will she submit TO no violation OF
her rights by Federal authority.
''3yd Resided, That the Legislature of
Texas assures South CaroIina, and all her
sister States, that she will not submit TO
the degradation threatened BY the Black
Republican party, for sooner than subject
herself TO 'ignomy, ensuing from sectional
dirtation, SHE would prefer restoration TO
that Independence which she once en-
joyed. Sorrowing for themistake which she
committed In sacrificing her independence
upon the altar Of her patriotism, she
would, IL there were none others TO act
With her, .unfurl again the banner Of the
Lone Star, and re-enter upon national
career, where, II no glory awaited her, she
would at least be free from a subsection
BY might, TO wrong aud to shame.
"ltk RssOiped, That we pledge our
selves to any one or more Of the States,
to cooperate with them, should it become
necessary, to resist Federal wrong, and
claim :hatit is not only our right, but i'm
peratiye duty, az all times to aid any
member Of this confederacy, in protection
ofproperty, In preserving the lives Of wo-
men and children. and resisting fanatieism
and treason. III
Aud that the Governor Is hereby re-
qnested to transmit q copy Of the above
preamble and resolutions to the Governor
Of South Carolina, and to the Executives
ofthe various States Of the Union, and
% our Representatives aud Senators in
Congress. IN. s. MuNsoS,
Zone Of the Committee"
The Texans are not the only ones who
think Of Independence in the event Of a Sc,
Paration Of North and South, In proof Of
which see the following: ,:.
Gov. Weller. in his last message, said
mat i the Union should he dissolved
California will not 60 with the North OF
me South, but found q Republic on the
shores Of the Pacific
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