Texas: the Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...R. Hastings, 1841 |
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... remain in our encampment to air our tents , & c . Feb. 25th . - There being no water , we were obliged to go as far as La Leona . It is incorrect to say there is no water , as about two leagues from Rio Frio there is a small brook ...
... remain in our encampment to air our tents , & c . Feb. 25th . - There being no water , we were obliged to go as far as La Leona . It is incorrect to say there is no water , as about two leagues from Rio Frio there is a small brook ...
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... remain during the day . March 8th . - We started very late from the Presidio , being obliged to leave our yoke of oxen behind , they hav- ing strayed away . We continued travelling till eight o'clock , when we arrived at a brook called ...
... remain during the day . March 8th . - We started very late from the Presidio , being obliged to leave our yoke of oxen behind , they hav- ing strayed away . We continued travelling till eight o'clock , when we arrived at a brook called ...
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... remain indifferent when our rights , our all , appear to be in jeopardy , and when it is our duty , as well as our obligation , as good Mexican citizens , to express our opinions on the present state of things , and CHAP . IX . ] 101 ...
... remain indifferent when our rights , our all , appear to be in jeopardy , and when it is our duty , as well as our obligation , as good Mexican citizens , to express our opinions on the present state of things , and CHAP . IX . ] 101 ...
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... remain subject to , and at the disposal of , the Supreme Government of the nation , by means of the respective Governors . " Palace of the Federal Government in Mexico , Oct. 3rd , 1835 . " MIGUEL BARRAGAN , " A. D. MANUEL DIEZ DE ...
... remain subject to , and at the disposal of , the Supreme Government of the nation , by means of the respective Governors . " Palace of the Federal Government in Mexico , Oct. 3rd , 1835 . " MIGUEL BARRAGAN , " A. D. MANUEL DIEZ DE ...
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... remain united to Mexico without the right of self - government as a separate State . " The object of the Texans , therefore , in wishing a se- paration from Coahuila , and the erection of their country into a State , was to avoid a ...
... remain united to Mexico without the right of self - government as a separate State . " The object of the Texans , therefore , in wishing a se- paration from Coahuila , and the erection of their country into a State , was to avoid a ...
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Seite 519 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Seite 520 - ... peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Seite 195 - ... 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 of our intentions, we fearlessly and confidently commit the issue to the decision of the Supreme arbiter of the destinies of nations.
Seite 501 - 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.
Seite 492 - Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the State, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia...
Seite 501 - It has failed to establish any public system of education, although possessed of almost boundless resources (the public domain), and although it is an axiom in political science, that unless a people are educated and enlightened, it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty, or the capacity for self-government.
Seite 131 - That they have taken up arms in defence of their rights and liberties, which were threatened by the encroachments of military despots, and in defence of the republican principles of the federal constitution of Mexico, of eighteen and twenty-four.
Seite 328 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire.
Seite 508 - Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that at which the two Houses are sitting. But this regulation shall not extend to the Senate when it shall exercise the powers mentioned in the Article.
Seite 226 - ... of colors, all their camp equipage, stores, and baggage. Our cavalry had charged and routed that of the enemy upon the right, and given pursuit to the fugitives, which...