The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-02

Ing the military superior 10 the elfll
pnWnr
IL llas dissolved, by force of arms,
tue state congress Of COahulla and
ieEas, ana obliged our Representatives
10 ~ lnr tlIeir lives FROM the seat OF
government, thus depfiylng Us Of The
fundamental political right OF repre-
RenlallOi,
II has demanded tho surrender Of u
number VI cur citizens, aud ordered
military detaGhmenlh ~ hleNe Alil carry
them Into the interior for trial, IN con-
tempt Of tho ciyll authorities, ald IN
defiance VI the laws ana llie conslllu'
ton,
IL has made plralical attacks upon
our commerce, 10y commissioning tor
elgn desperad ls, aud authorizing Them
10 seize our vessels, and convey The
property NJ our citizens ~ lal-dlslanl
ports for OOnlhcalion,
IL denies W. the Right OF wOrshlpln
tho Almighty according 10 the dictates
OF our own oOndenoe, Nv the support
Of u national religion calculated 10
promote the temporal interest OF llh
human hunGllOnarles, rather than the
glory Of the true aud living God,
IL has demanded us 10 deliver up
our arms, which are essential 70 our
defence-the rlghtfnl property OF free'
men-and formidable.o nly.to lypnnl'
CHl governments,
IL has Invaded our country both by
sen aud land, with the intent TO lay
waste our territory, aud drive ~ rom
our homes, aud llns now u large mer'
germany army advancing 10 carry on
against M II war Of determination,
II has, through Ia enilsarles, melted
the morcllcaa savage, with the tolnl-
hawk and acalping'knllc, 10 mnsnacfe
the inhabitants Of our deicnceless from
tiers,
II has boon, during the whole time
of our connection with II, the con-
temptlble sport aud victim OF success
i've military revolutions, aud hath con-
tinually exhibited every characteristic
Of u weak, corrupt aud lyrannical gov
ernment,
These, aud other grievances were
patiently borne 10y the people ofl'exas,
unlil they reached that point ut which
fOrbearalcc ceAsea 10 be n virtue. we
then took up arms IN defence Of the ma
tlOnal constitution. We appealed 10
our Mexican brethren for assistancei
our appenl has been made Ia vnini
though months have elapsed, no sym
pathetic response has yet been heard
from the Interior We are, therefore,
forced 10 the melancholy conclusion,
TINT the Mexican people have ncqul'
esced In the destruction OF their liber'
~, aud the substitution therefor Of u
military government that they nre un'
III to be free, aud Incapable of selI-gov'
ernment.
The necessity Of selfpreservatlou
therefore, now DEGREES our eternal p0'
litical separation,
WE, therefore, he dclcgdtoS, wiH pie.
ndry p0Wors Qf Tie people Of H'G0s, n
solemn convention dSscmbied, appealing
IN q caiuiM WO,id for The necessities q
0ur cOH,iRiOH, 40 hrcby reS0irc and de-
cl,O~ MW OUr pOiRiGm connection pW
the NcricdH Aoii0H has fOrercr cmicd
oRd THAT the peop'c Qf Texas ito H0a
constitute 4 FREE, SOVEREIGN dHd IN
DEPENDENT REpurLlC, dW are JMl
iRpCaed pRh an the rights and dthi
butcs Which property dCiOag To Mdepcnd
em Huiions and, conscious If The rocti
hnle ~ or Intentions, tCo .tcWlcsSiy dao
confidently commit the issue To tie So.
prcmG ITbituptor Of the dcStinies qt nd
tons.
In witness whereof we have hereun
to subscribed our names,
RICHARD ELLIS,
Presidentand Delegate from Red River
Attest:
ii. S. KMRAiL, Secretary.
&C. b, stewart, James Collingsworth
Edwin Waller, ASA Brigham, }. S. ID
Byron, Fras, Ruis, j. Antonio Ma
varro, $. b. Badgett, w. ID. Lacy
William Menefee, John Fisher, Mat
thew Caldwell, W. Motley, l.. De Zav
ala, George w. Smyth, S. ii. Evertt
Il. Stapp, Glaze West, p w. b. Scates
Nj. b. Menard, A. b, Hardin -. w
Bunton, Thomas G. Galley, r. NJ. Cole
man, s. &. Robertson, George G. Chill
dress, b. Hardeman, H. Potter, Thorn
as j, Rusk, 'Chares S. Taylor, John S
Roberts, r. Hamilton, Colin McKin
| Ity, "a H. lWtlIleT, JaillCS IOWeT
Sam Houston, David Thomas, Il. Con
rad, Martin Palmer, Il. o. Legrand
IS. w. Blount, James Gaines, w
Clark, jr., ). 0. Pennington, *W. G
Crawford, John Turner, b. b. Good
rich, G. w. Barnett, j. G. Swisher
Jesse Grimes, s. Rhoads Fisher, Sam
uel A. Maverick, John White Bower
James b. Woods, Andrew Briscoe
John w, Moore, Thomas Barnett
Samuel p. Carson.
The following delegates to the con
vention We're unavoidably absent an,
did not sign the instrument, viz
'James Kerr, of Jackson; John j. Lin
nand, sJuan Antonio Padilla, of Vic
toria; Erasmo Seguin, of BeXar.
Those marked thus (S) are still liv
ing. All others are known or believe,
to be dead.
The declaration was made four day
before the fall and during the siege O
the Alamo.