The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-06-01

The following IL the Declaration o'
Isaspssdeace adopted by tse Tennessee
Legislature {;
NJ, III rsopk Of the State Of Teanes'
~, waving any expression Of op'n'oa
~ 10 he abstract doctrine OF secession,
bat asserting tho right, ~ free and IN
dependent people, to alter, teior~, OF
abohsh our form Of government In sucA
usupev A. We thisk proper, do orda,n
and declare that all the laws and ordi'
papcas by which the State Of Tennessee
became = member II the Federal Union
of the United States Of America, are
I hereby abroga.cd and anpulled, and that
ali obligations on our part be withdrawn
thcrcfrom /; and We do hereby resume oil
the rights, functions, and powers which
BY said laws and ordinances were con
veyed TO the Government OF the United
States. aud absolve ourselves from all
the obligations, restraints. and duties IN
CURED thereto, and do hereby hcrcciorth
become free, sovereign and independent
State.
The Legislature also ratified military
league octwtch tie ot"'c VI
and the Confederate states, entered my
BY Gustavus A. Henry, Archibald q. W
To,ten, and Washington Barrow, com.
missioners on tie part OF Tennessee, and
Henry w. liilliard, the accredited repre-
sentative Of the Confederate States, al
Nashville, on tho It'll inst. Tho league
! In similar to that entered into between
| v;rri,;a .ud ,bo Confederate States
commenting on inc ac'oh u '"e LOB
jslaturc. the Nashville Union says:
Il is in obedience TO the palpablc and
almost univ sal tone OF public senti-
mcut that the Legislature has spoken in
language so upmistakable to the world
Uninsured by such a sentiment. the leg
islative voice might have been more fee
Bile and temporizing. But confronted by
the mighty voice Of an aroused and in
suited people, it requires a man OF ex
traordnary andaclsy to meet his con
stitucnts and TO declare, hy his acts, That
Tennessee shall stand neutral in the face
of the lerions Of Black Republican sold
;er. .dvopc;r- 10 subiupatc this South
r. ,ar;sl..,ro hn,,.ye, ha. obed;
III, "' $50, s ~ "a ;,,o.,s,;,,lo lido y,
c"''y o""e" W VIC "''s,','D' ~ "
popular acciatnatioh, anu MAS "eo'"Icu
~ r.. ...'d d.ct.l, e., ,h.msolvc.
~ ~ ~ as, 30 t.o., ,hnu, H.,
w"c'"ct '"ey "''' e",s y" ~" ~ I",, ~.
usmrpets ana uespots yoSe' Oh ""e"e'
they VIII basciy yield TO the thfeMs OF
suhjugation, be.ray their own honor an,
manhood, and give themselves and theii
children M as scrfs of q sectional rule
THE BLOCKADE. the 18th inst, Capt
Adams. of the U. s. frigate Sabine, Of
Pensacola cent off;cin, notice tn Gen
~. Ia, a.. a,, ,,as a,r;c,,,, hJock
"ss Va WV .' 49,. -, H..
aueo' NO 'oas''nS Ne''T" wo"'' '''e'e
AFTER, he allowed W enter or depart 'o'
cign vessels allowed two weeks IRON
date to settle their accounts and sail
after which they will be- detained If they
ATTEMPT to leave the harbor, and dealt
with accorJin,, 10 blockade law.
~, H.. is,G Nr w, N,vo british
y" ' G.. i','t'.l 80,
c"ns"' NJ 'Ne" o'''""e' p"V,,snou
~ the papers thefe :" Tue enect 'n"' he
had not yet received any oiiciai notice
Of the time when the blockade ct The
Mississippi will he attempted but, he
saws. il /. rumorcd the blockade will be
efcc,uJlv established In ar abou, the
ss,h 49,, Itn s.vs.