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... forces won several important victories , but after his death they were defeated with great slaughter ; out of eight hundred Americans in the final battle only ninety - three returned to the United States . As there were Mexicans on both ...
... forces won several important victories , but after his death they were defeated with great slaughter ; out of eight hundred Americans in the final battle only ninety - three returned to the United States . As there were Mexicans on both ...
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... force to cooperate with the Mexican authori- ties in putting it down . There occurred a skirmish on January 4 , 1827 — the first con- flict between the colonists and the Mexican government - in which the Fredonians had one man wounded ...
... force to cooperate with the Mexican authori- ties in putting it down . There occurred a skirmish on January 4 , 1827 — the first con- flict between the colonists and the Mexican government - in which the Fredonians had one man wounded ...
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... force the new garrison of Anahuac , commanded by one Te- norio . On arrival home , Austin was immedi- ately invited to address the citizens of Texas at Brazoria . There , on September 13th , he reported the result of his negotiations ...
... force the new garrison of Anahuac , commanded by one Te- norio . On arrival home , Austin was immedi- ately invited to address the citizens of Texas at Brazoria . There , on September 13th , he reported the result of his negotiations ...
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... force be organized , equipped and placed in the field ready for action . In his impressive address at Brazoria Austin used these significant words : " War is our only recourse . There is no other . We must defend our rights , our ...
... force be organized , equipped and placed in the field ready for action . In his impressive address at Brazoria Austin used these significant words : " War is our only recourse . There is no other . We must defend our rights , our ...
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... force under General Cos , his brother - in- law , to regulate matters . The legislature of Coahuila was promptly abolished and Viesca , the governor , was imprisoned . was imprisoned . This left Texas without even the semblance of a ...
... force under General Cos , his brother - in- law , to regulate matters . The legislature of Coahuila was promptly abolished and Viesca , the governor , was imprisoned . was imprisoned . This left Texas without even the semblance of a ...
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Page 245 - ... in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Page 96 - We. therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations; and, conscious of the rectitude...
Page 244 - Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of it's deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence, up the middle of that river...
Page 95 - It denies us the right of worshipping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience, by the support of a national religion, calculated to promote the temporal interest of its human functionaries, rather than the glory of the true and living God.
Page 169 - And such states as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each state asking admission may desire.
Page 95 - It has invaded our country, both by sea and by land, with intent to lay waste our territory and drive us from our homes; and has now a large mercenary army advancing to carry on against us a war of extermination.
Page 106 - The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected. I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Page 62 - That they hold it to be their right, during the disorganization of the Federal System and the reign of despotism, to withdraw from the Union, to establish an independent Government...
Page 201 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...