Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-14
rssas.-..r..s s o. shs ordinance Of


s Secession.
From The in correspondence of the Houston
Telegraph we E. the following:
February s one O'Clock The Ordinance Of
Secession to YH effect on the I'd of March, and to
be submitter he people for ratification on the Esd
inst, has jug assed the Convention by vote of
l66 ayes to 4Ws. A splendid banner was imme-
diately pres ~ to the Convention by the ladies of
Austin, thre Attorney General Flournoy, and
received on - part of the Convention by John A.
Wharton btEM delivering short but eloquent adj
dresses ThEE hero Of San Jacinto sat on the
right OF the N sident and by his presence sane
toned the sogMn act of the Convention. This of
course puts a&sd to all conjecture as to the hosti
itv Of Gen Eitkon in our future movements on this
question. OPPOSITION is dead, never to be resusci-
tated except E9der different guise and prompted
by different CT n 1mstaHces.
Another correspondent says:
February Iss P. M-The hall is crowded with
ladies and speef ttors. General Mcqueen, Commits
sioner from Anth Carolina. and Chief Justice
Wheeler had S5stions on the left of the President
the Governor sxnd Lieutenant Governor on the
right.
The OrdinanSe of Secession was passed this day,
February LIST, al 124 o'clock. Yote-ayes l66, notes
Z. Hurrah for Texas i A beautifullon star flag,
prepared and brought in by the ladies of Austin
was presented to the Convention by Attorney Gen.
ersl Flournoy, their behalf. 1t was received by
John A Wharton, of Brazoria-
When Commissioner Mcqueen was introduced by
the President as Representative of the Sovereign
State of South Carolina, the applause and cheers
were deafening. And when the Governor was in
troduced by Committee, the enthusiasm, shouts,
and applauses were overwhelming 80, too, when
the Lieutenant Governor.
The following is a copy Of the Ordinance of Sc
cession.
An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the
State of Texas and the other States, united under
the compact STYLED The Constitution of the Uni
ted States of America"
SECTION l. Whereas the Federal Government
has failed to accomplish the purposes Of the COM
pact of union between these States, In giving pro-
lection either tothe persons of our peopls uhpn an
exposed frontier, or the property of OUR citizens
and whereas, the action of the Norfhern States of
the Union is violatve of the compSct betweel the
States and the guarantees of the Co1sutgfion and
whereas, the recent developments q The Federal
affairs make evident that the power Of the Federal
Government is sought TO make weapon witt-1hich
to strike down the interest and prosperity of the
people of Texas and her sister Slaveholding States;
instead of permitting it to be, intended. our
shield against the outrage and aggression; there
fore
We the people of the State of Texas, by delegates
in Convention assembled, do declare and Or
dain, that the ordinance adopted by our Con
vention of delegates on the 4th day of July, A d.
1875. and afterwards ratified by u.s. under which
the Republic of Texas was admitted into the Union
with other States, and became party to the COM
pact styled "the Constitution of the United States of
America, be, and is hereby repealed and annuled;
that all the powers which by said compact were
delegated by Texas to the Federal Government
revoked and resumed; that Texas is of right alb
solved from all restraints and obligations incurred
by said compact and is separate sovereign State,
and that her citizens and people absolyed from
all allegiance to thu United States thel Govern
ment thereof.
SEC 2. This ORD lance shall be submitted to the
people of Texas f3r their ratification orDrejection
by the qualified Yfsers, on the 23d dav of Februa-
ry, 1861, and unI,;s rejected by majority of the
votes cast shall TIE effect and be in force on and
after the I'd day cs March, 1861 Provided, that in
the Representative District of Ell Paso said election
may be held on tbs 18th day of February 1867
Done by the people of the State of Texas in Con-
vention assemble, at AUSTIN this LIST day of Feb
ruar.y A. D. 1854