Texas Declaration And Constitution

The latter was cobbled together while on the run from Santa Anna before San Jacinto.

The former was signed while the Alamo was besieged.

Both documents borrowed heavily from the US Declaration and Constitution.

The increasing tyranny of Santa Anna was countered and a new nation was born.

Slavery, however, was maintained and an owner could not free slaves without permission from the Congress.

Neither Indians nor Blacks could become citizens.

Hispanics and Anglos fought side by side for Freedom, though in retrospect it was watered down with the aforementioned policies.

Slavery, of course, continued in the States til the end of the War of Northern Agression ended in 1865.

This slavery issue is the bugaboo the collectivists point to in order to show how flawed our history and system are.

The issue was not as simple as the libs would like it to be.

It took time for the economy to shift and actually slavery was on its way out as early as the Founding of the united States. It was a system that died hard and so textured that I urge all to research our Founding and the Texian Revolution to see how intricate it was.

Slavery and infighting were endemic to all peoples, white red and black. Multiply that with trying to launch a government.

First things first was what Franklin said, concerning slavery at the time of the signing of the Declaration in 1776 (Franklin, btw, was first president of the first antislavery society in the States.).

And it was that way in Texas, whose history was tumultuous until and even after it became a State. There were continued naval battles with Mexico all through the brief history of the country. And though hostilities officially stopped when the Mexican War ended, there was a Mexican enmity that exists even to this day (Reconquista, Aztlan, La Raza anyone?).

Nothing comes easily.

That is the difference between those of us who want to Restore the Republic and the collectivists who want a democracy.

They think all would be easier if we let the state handle our lives.

Is that not nouveau slavery?

And in spite of all the mistakes, have we not come to a better life in America?

We have been tried in battle both militarily and socially, and we have come out with more than we entered.

The race baiters and other hate mongers would continue to divide us. It is easier to control/conquer people at odds, because united we are unbeatable.

They will not stop until we are one big puddle of complacency. We cannot have a Bill of Rights in the collectivist 'paradise'. We can only have what government deems good for us, given to us with a pat on the head, 'for our own good'.

Nonsense.

It is for the good of those who benefit by controlling us and yes profit from it.

Slavery indeed.

We must not stop til we are Free.

We must restore the principles that bore us.

We must learn from history lest our enemies rewrite it.

We are Free in our hearts.

We must strive to be Free in deed as well.

So be different, but unite.

Don't give up our uniqueness. Now THAT'S diversity for we blend into the mix, the melting pot.

We are rich in heritage and have more in common than apart.

Stop the enemy.

E Pluribus Unum.