characterise a brave people struggling for their natural rights, and battling gloriously for Freedom. Resolved, That we tender to the Texians, our warm applause, for the spiril with which they have resisted oppression; our admiration fro the dauntless courage with which they have driven their tyrant from his strong holds; maintained the unequal fight againsl every advantage. Their spirit proves that they deserve lo be free; their courage, that they will be so. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the Texians in their wrongs, in their sufferings, and in their sorrows over the graves of the heroes who have already fallen in their defence. But lel them be comforted, for such wrongs, such sufferings, and such blood, are the sure price of a nation's liberty. Resolved, That the State of Texas, having become severed from the confederation of Mexico by no act or fault of her own, and having been driven, by unequivocal acts of tyranny, which evidently aimed al her political annihilation, to defend herself by arms against a nation whose duty it was to protect her, has justly and righteously declared herself free, sovereign, and independent, and that it is for the honour of a free and powerful nation like the United States, to be the first to take her by the hand, and acknowledge her independence. Resolved, That the law which is paramount to all law, the great law of humanity, justifies us in extending aid to the Texians, who are inveded by an army whose progress has hitherto been marked by atrocities unknown to civilized warfare-an army which wages a war of extermination, and whose savage chief swears to make her fertile soil a desert. Resolved, That a Committee of sixteen be appointed, to solicit and receive donations, for the relief of the citizens of Texas, who are suffering from the ruthless warfare of Santa Anna, and that said Committee be authorized to confer with the Commissioners and Agents of Texas, as to the best method of affording effici~nt aid to their people, and also to add lo their number, and appoint Ward Committees, and to act as a Committee of Correspondence, if deemed expedient. The resulutions were seconded by a genlleman from Bunker's Hill, near Boston, and William W. Campbell, Esq. in able and interesting speeches; and Col. J. W. Webb being loudly called
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