PAPERS OF :MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 147 have yet to make tlie institutions.-- fay they be so made, that po terity shall proualy say--"Here they are, and here they will remain forever." The cause ot Santa Ana--the constitution, and the laws ----Our wateh:word, and text-book---- Military; Power--lay it WORSHIP at the feet of the CIVIL.--- The 200 men and boys of the Iish bayou--They have given a fore-cast only, of what Texas Boys can do, when duty calls. Tune-'' Yankey Doodle.'' Drank Standing. A. C. Buckner, and other heroe , who fell on freed-Om's side at fort elaseo- - uch noble deeds, are as imperishable as marble. Col. Stephen F. Austin--IIe has acted well his part-''there all the honour lies." ''Long corns, and short shoes,'' to the ·insidio-us enemies of Texas-whether from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, or any other" dam" place------''dam'·' them, "all-i11,-a-heap." - Tune-'' Rogue's March." 0. The farmers of Texas-1ilay their councils be as wise in peace, as their arms have been efficient in war 1. The fair of Texas-they have suffered the privations, and sustained the hardships of a new settlement, fearles of danger- WHO would not be a soldier in such ranks?-- V olwn,teers. By S. Hoit.-The internal-improvement-fever of the North,- 1\Iay it cros the Sabine in a steamboat-travel on a railroad to the waters of the Colorado, and by Subscription, raise the :Wind, and sweep the raft into the Bay of Iatagorda.-- Tune-'' Haste to the Wedding.''- 3. " S. Ingram-The first ettlers of Austin's Colony-Fearlessly they entered the wilderness-daun[t]les ly have they de- fended it. · 4. " C. iicFarlane-Tbe constitution of Mexico, and sovereignty of the states- fay the la,vs repugnant to either, be obliterated in the blood of their legislators and administrator .-- 5. " r Torton-l\Iay all tho e who are unwming to enjoy consti- tutional liberty in Mexico, be compelled to cross the Atlantic in open boats to taste the sweets of slavery. 6. '' Wm. Baxter-Political Dcspotism--1\fay its present con- vulsions rapidly increa e, until its expiring groans reverberate from pole to pole- and oon may tbe thrones and alter which it bas erected, be known only as things, that once existed.-- 7. " I. Ingram-The settlers of Texas--"Hand in band, shoul- der to shoulder," they have expelled the savage, subdued and planted the fore t-Tbe enemies of their country, may read their future history, at Vela co and icogdoches. Tune-'' Hail Columbia.'' [Endorsed]
'Toasts of a public dinner at Iatigorda
Powered by FlippingBook