The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-03
THE VOEK OF TEXAS.

Whereas, am0g the political parties
in the United States the question of q
| reunion Of theeeStatee with those of the
ConfsdeFacy is bling agitated, and in or
der to promote iuch reunion it is urged
that delegates bechosen from each of the
States in the Onfsderacy and in the
Union, to meet il convention to reform
the Constitution of the United States,
which propositin is coupled with the
quasi pledge, tha such amendment shall
be made to the Constitution az will for
ever guarantee tie institution of African
slavery In the Ststes in the COnfederacy;
and whereas, it il possible that the polit-
ical party in the United States advocat-
ing that proposition may prevail at the
approaching election in choosing the ex-
scutive of That government, and oonse-
quently the foregoing proposition may
be atternptep to be made to the States of
the Confederacy now, we Of the State
Of Texas, believing that it is proper to
meet such proposition in advance, have
resolved as follow:
Lst Be it resolved by The Legislature
of the State of T-zse, That neither the
above propositiCs nor amy other can be
made to the people of this State, by the
Q. 8. or any other fSrejga people, the
Css'~t~r=e-' tstE 4-s4zss5 s,14sy Jf = u
VI sU~ Ct1IoS IA tla (OnI6derdcy, for the
transaction OF business with foreign ma
tions, and such proposition. If msJs at
all, must DO made to the government of
the Confederate States, and, if made to
the government OF this State will not be
entertained.
I'd. That We recognize in that PROPOSE
ton NO good faith, but merely an insidi-
Gus policy, to divide and conquer a pol
icy through which it il hoped to detach
some OF the States of the Confederacv
thereby to weaken and demoralize tho
rest. To accomplish this an appeal ia
made to our love of property, which as it
Is the all prevailing motive of action of
the people OF the North. they supposed
would control OuFiOonduct.
Sd. That It will be well for the people
OF the n srth to understand, even at this
l.late day, that the Southern people did
not secede from the Union upon any
question such as tho mere preservation
OF the slave propeFty of their Citizens
But being free and sovereign States they
were resolved to preserve their freedom
and Their eeyereiEnty. They were free
to gov6en Themselves as they, and not
Others aas, at. 1hey were free 10 change
their goVefnnaent 10 erect q new one.
and te make whstever alliances thew
should eheose. lad after nearly fou.
years or arduous war, these States are
still unwaveringf in their resolution
to preserve thel7 freedom and thsir sov.
ereignty, without which ell else is value
lesa
4th. That, could the preseDt war and
All tas nerEofs be Hotted out of our mem
cries, oar past experience while in the
Union would warn US from anv reunion
with the people es the North. A written
constitution adopted by our ancestors and
theirs, which contained PlsinIy Worded
guarantees OF tls rights si all. was by
them sHd Lhelr iForR representatives,
dchberaboiy and persistsntiy violated to
our in i1ryi sINd sszsissx sfser Years of dis
sass'sssAa- = iss@a sss4s,s.@otaOA ~ as under
stsndiRgly bsfore 7aae people at LARGE
they elected Chief Magistrate with the
purpose that he should destroy our lib
critics in disregasd of the Constitution
which he had sworn TO support; thus
exhibiting an instance of radical and
widespread national depravity, to the
honor Of human nature, never exhibited
in the world before.
5th. But we could not il We would.
Danish from our memory the inhumapi.
tiea Of this war. Our enemies have re-
pudiatSd every principal of civilized war
fare. They have Tithdrawn their felons
from jailS asd psnitentiariee, have re-
cruited from tho scum of Europe, and
armed our own slales, in order to procure
an army sufficieItly atrocious for the
purpose; and this srIny has Leen launo oh
ed upen as with The declared object of
our exterminatioR Poisoned weapons
cave been manufactured and used. Ex-
change of prisoners has been refused un-
til the success of oar armies extorted
cartel. and the terms of this have been
violated by them whenever the varying
fortune of the field made it apparently |
advantageous to desc. Our eountrymen |
when captured have been removed to |
rigorous c'imes, and subjected to every |
that thus they might be de-
Non-com batants have been |
Indisenminate onslaught has |
been made upon tottering age and ten
der youth. Our chaste and defenseless |
women have been submitted to outrage |
worse than death. Peaceful villages |
have been bombarded, and happy homes