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PREF ACE. It will be seen that the title of this liule pamphlet implies more than it contains. As war is now the order of the day, only a small portion of the political part of the wo1 k on "Texas" is here presen:ed. It is hoped nncl uelieved that enough is unfolded to convince the mrst incredulous that the colonists of Texas have beP-n forced into this contest with the mother country, by persecutions and oppressions, ns unrcmilling as they hnve been unconstitutional. That it is not a war waged by them for cupid- ity or conquest, but for the establishment of the blessings of lib- erty and good government, without which life itself is a curse and man degradc:d to the level of the brnte. If the time-hallowecl principle cf the Declaration of Independence, namely, "that governments are instituted for the protection and happiness of mankind, and that whenever they become destructive of these ends it is the right, nay it_ is the duty of the people to alter or abolish them." If this sacred principle is recognised and acted upon, all must admit that the colonists of Texas have a clear right to burst their fellers, and have also a just claim for recognition as an independent nation, upon every government not wholly inimical to the march of light and liberty, and to the establishment of the unalienable rights of man. CURTIUS.
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