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by the e multiplied opprrs ions, the people of 'l'e,a ha"" drrfor<:d thefr Indepe11den.re. Who will ay that they were not justified in rising and bur ting their fetter 1 , •one! none, but the laves of a trrant or hi hireling defenders, ome of whom I blush to . ay evrn dare to contaminate, by _their accursed presence, thi. land of rash- ington-this, the strongest, the proude t, if nof the only citadel of human hope, and human freedom. Gentlemen, I will bring thi matter more immediately· home to yourseh·e . Suppose that the president of the e ·u,nited States bonld di. ohe the pre. ent Congress, at the point of tlie bayonet, and should .order an election for new member , to take place at an nncon titutional period. Snppo e that this new Congre s, the minions of the presi- dent, hould vest him with despotic power , shonld depo. e and im- prison the go,·ernor of the tate of ew York, should di solve your legi latnre by violence, honld di arm your citizens, and send on an army of rnercenarie., to enforce your submi sion to this destmction of your liberties. Gentlemen, this is the precise attitnd<' at pre.sent occupied by Texas, and if it w~re attempted to practice . nch op- pri on the governor of the state of New-York hould di. solve :\'onr deg-raded, so craven-hearten, . n worthv C'f being a lave, as not to resist even unto death 1 Would not the departed spirit. of a )font- gomery, a Hamilton, a Jay, a l\Iorris, and a Clinton, within these confine, with a monarch' voice, "cry havoc, and let slip the dog!'! of warT" But, gentlemen, J will detain you no lon"er. I know that you will re<'ognise the people of Texas, a. strn!!gl<'r for the a<'reil principlo.c:; of the American revolution, and that you will animate them to let "victo1·y or death," alone terminate their re i tance. I know that yon will say to them, that although their resistance may lead through ea of blood, yet that the same God who conducted a Wa hington, and his gallant compatriots, through every difficulty, till rules and reigns in all his glory. That he is till the enemy of the oppressor, and the avenger of the opprc. ed. That he still gives courage to the heart , and strength to the arm raised to defend man's natural right . Finally, gentlemen, I know that you will a~· to the people of Texas. once yonr fellow-citizen , forget not the deed of yonr, father! :\far<'h holdly 011 in yonr gforiou<; career. '' Ponqncrinl?, and to conquer." But if aftrr all that •yonr chivalrv and perseverance> can accompli h we find that you are overpowered br nperior numbers, sooner than yonr dearest right shall be profaned and prostitntccl- sooner than· your heroic citizens . hall be inhum:rnly ma sacred, and their wive and daughters po11ntcd by n brutal . oldi<'rr, in this the land of your nativity, "ten thousand swords will leap from their . cabbards." 1 "'o. 358 1836 May 1, Trn. 'RY C. DAXCR. 1f0RGA.' COi'. ''l'Y, AT.,\_ RA)[ , TO TIIE Enl'l'OR OF-. .Acconllt of the tnkin,z of an Antonio in fl ~~l- .\. I,. K 11 p. )[utilat<'<l; too ill<'gihlc to copy.
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