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institutions, religious societies & citizens generally in a spirit which shows that the event commemorated was a boon worthy of the most grateful remembrance. | institutions, religious societies & citizens generally in a spirit which shows that the event commemorated was a boon worthy of the most grateful remembrance. | ||
Although the Declaration of Independence was but a measure embraced by the people of Texas - then but a handful - as an only and desperate expedient from the choice presented to them by Mexico, either to fly the country, & leave behind them the acquisitions of their productions, toils & sufferings, or submit to a decree of extermination. | Although the Declaration of Independence was but a measure embraced by the people of Texas - then but a handful - as an only and desperate expedient from the choice presented to them by Mexico, either to fly the country, & leave behind them the acquisitions of their productions, toils & sufferings, or submit to a decree of extermination. | ||
With every prospect to discourage them, with every disparity of means, numbers, & military preparation against their enterprize & undertaking, which in case of failure, | |||
has been pronounced a model of temerity, was crowned with the most complete success, & in the short space of eight years, has transformed into an abode of [[peace - crossed out]] intelligence, industry & prosperity, a land which under the dominion of another people claiming to be civilized, had failed, to give any evidences of emerging from | |||
barbarism, and only began to show signs of improvement | |||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 23 September 2022
G March 2nd. Another anniversary of Texan independence. It was celebrated ^ in Galveston by the Sunday & other schools, by the military companies, literary institutions, religious societies & citizens generally in a spirit which shows that the event commemorated was a boon worthy of the most grateful remembrance.
Although the Declaration of Independence was but a measure embraced by the people of Texas - then but a handful - as an only and desperate expedient from the choice presented to them by Mexico, either to fly the country, & leave behind them the acquisitions of their productions, toils & sufferings, or submit to a decree of extermination. With every prospect to discourage them, with every disparity of means, numbers, & military preparation against their enterprize & undertaking, which in case of failure,
has been pronounced a model of temerity, was crowned with the most complete success, & in the short space of eight years, has transformed into an abode of peace - crossed out intelligence, industry & prosperity, a land which under the dominion of another people claiming to be civilized, had failed, to give any evidences of emerging from barbarism, and only began to show signs of improvement