Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-02-13
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RCSOircd IN the GCHcFW lSSCmhll
Of Hc state qf Tennessee, That thii
General Assembly has heard viii
profound regret OF the resolution
recently adopted by the State d
New York, 1cndcring men and mon
cy to the President of the UNITED
States, to bcuscd in cocrcing certain
sovereign States of the South into
obedience To the Federal Govern,
mcnt.
RcSoircd, That this General A.,
= scmbly receives the action of IN,
Legislature of New York rs the in,
dication of II purpose upon the part
of the people of that State to inrth'
q or compicatc existing difficulties, by
forcing the people Of the South 10
the extremity of submission or re-
sistancc, and so regarding il, the
Governor of the State of Tennessee
is hereby requested to inform the
Executive of the State of New York,
that it is the opinion Of this General
Assembly that whenever the an
thoritics Of that State shall send
armed forces to the South for the
purposes indicated in said rcsou-
tions, the people of Tennessee, unit
ing with their brethren Of the South,
will, Us one man, resist such inyN-
sion Of the soil Of the South, at all
hazards and to the last extremity.
w G.. WHTTTlTOI'SE
ITpcakcr # tie Hovyc Gf Representatives.
TAX " NEWMAN,
Speaker Of He S,RaE.
Adopted, January Is, 1861.
Mr.. Graham from the committee
to wait ON the Governor, made the
following report:
TO the Hop, o. .W Robcrts, Prcsi
dent ofMc Conrfntion Of the people Of
Icrd$ The special committee ap-
pointed for the purpose of consider
ing the resolutions and substitutes,
proposing to raise a committee to
wait upon his EXccllcncy the Gov
crnor, have discharged that duty,
and beg leave to report the accom-
panying resolutions as a substitute;
and recommend thciradoption;
RcS0iccd, That II committee ol'iivc
be appointed by the President,
whose duty it shall be to wait upon
the Executive Of the State and con
fer with him on subjects connected
with our Federal relations; and al
so. that like committee Of five be
appointed by the President to in
form the Legislature now in session
that this Convention is organized
and ready for business.
.Rcsolrcd, I'd. That it is the desire
Of this Convention to act i'll harmo-
ny with the different departments
Of our State government.
On motion of Mr.. Graham, the
rules were suspended and the rcso-
lutions adopted,
The President appointed the fol-
lowing gent cmcn as the committee:
Messrs. Reagan, Gray, Rogers Of
Harras. Stell and Devine..
Mr.. Y. J. Chambers chairman Of
the committee Of Federal relations
made the following report
TO the President Of the Convention
of the State Of Ieras: The under
signed chairman on Federal Rcla-
tions, has been instructed by the
committee to report and recommend
the accompanying ordinance to dis
J A. . TTn;o,, Of fbn State Of Tex
as, with the government OF the Uni
ted States of America, and resume
all the powers delegated to that
Government, and her position OF
equality among the nations Of the
earth.
Upon the adoption Of this part of
the Ordinance, there was complete
unanimity in the committee, but the
chairman regrets to have to report
that the same unanimity could not
prevail, upon the adopticHof the
section, foINthc submission Of the
Ordinance Tos the people for their
ratification. There was a minority
committee, and with them the chair
man, who believed that the circum-
stances in which we are placed, and
the danger by which we are sur
rounded, demand that the Ordinance
should be adopted by the Convcn-
ton in such form, rs to infusc into
it Immediate and effective vitality.
All of which is. respectfully submit
ted to the Convention.
Z. j. CHAMBERS, Chm'n
of Committee on Federal relations,
Ar GbSESEN AECE
10 Dissolve the Union Between tiie State
of Texas and thG other States, united
under the Compact styled "2Ee Uni
ted States cf America"
SEC. l. WnEREAs, The Federal Govern
ment has failed to accomplish the purposes
Of ibc compact Of union between thcgc States,
in Giving protection either TO the persons Of
our people upon an exposed fon'lcIr or to
the property Of oar citizens; and, whereas,
the action Of tie Northern States oil Tic
Union is violativc of the compact between
the States and Ike guarantees OF the 'onSh-
tuition: and, whereas, the recent dcVelol =
ments in Federal affairs, make 1t evident
that the power of the Federal Cove. nment
sofIcht TO be made wctpon- Win winch 4"
strike down the interests aud prosperity oi
the people Of Texas and her sister slave
holding States; instead of permitting ii to
l,r. as was intended, our shield against oui-
rage and aggression; therefore,
We, the people Of tie State Of Teas by
DELEGATES in Convention assembled do dc
clare and cr,lian, that the ordinance adept
ell by our CQavcntion Of Delegates cn the
fourth day Of July \. D., 1915, and after
wards ratified by us under which the Re
Public Of Texas was admitted into Union
vith other ,iata- aui AcCame I-fiT e
? the e. mraei s.rled e ihe 'eustifli ior of iie
Uui.elS lils 1f tFc-iea be aae iz hereby