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Miscellaneous!.
HUMAN LOVE
o;,! it there is one law above the t est
Vniien in wisdom if there is a
word
Tint I could trace as with a pen of
fire,
L'pon the unstm'd temper of a child;
h'there is any tiling that keeps the
mind
Open to angel's visits, and repels
Tiie ministry of ills, 'tis Human
Love!
God has made nothing worthy of con
tempt The smallest pebble .in the well of
truth,
lias its peculiar meaning, and will
. stand
lien man's best monuments wear
fast away.
The law of Heaven is Love; and
though its name
Has been usurp'd by passion, and
profan'd
LI'o its unholy uses through all time,
f Mill the eternal principle is pure;
A:iJ in these deep altections we teel
Omnipotent within us we but see
The lavish of his measures in which
love is given; "
And in the yearning tenderness of a
child,
For every bird that sings above his
head,
And every creature feeding on the
hiljs,
And every tree and flower and run
ning brook,
We see how every thing was made
to Love;
And how they err, who. in a worfd
like this . '.
find any thing to hate but human
pride.
TEXAS
Declaration of Independence.
The unanimous declaration of in
dependence, made by the dele
gates of the people of Texas in
general convention, made al
the town of Washington, on the
-ddayof March, 1S36:
When a government has ceased
to protect the lives, liberty; and
property, oftlieueonle from whom
'legitimate powers are derived,
n tar the advancement of whose
jappiness it was instituted, and so
'ar from being a guarantee for the
e"joyment of those inestimable
unalienable rights, becomes
instrument in the hands of evil
rulers for their oppression; when
"ie federal republican constitution
of their country, which they have
s'orn to support, no longer has a
bsiantial existence, and the
vlole nature of their government
ween forcibly changed, with
out their consent, from a restrict-!
federative republic, composed
, soyertign states, to a consoli
uattd central military despotism,
"i which everv inlerest is disre
garded. but that of the army and
llle priesthood both the eternal
Ernies of civil liberty, the ever
y minions of power, and the
Jal instruments of tyrants.
lleniong after the spirit of the
otistaution has departed, modera
..atJtngth, so far lost, by those
puwtr, that even the semblance
I 'retdom is removed, and the
filers themselves, of the consti
)rl,nn. discontinues, and so far
"Uheir petitions and remon
Jaces being regarded, the
who bear them, are thrown
uueons and mticeuarv ar
mies sent forth, to force aiew go
vernment upon them at the point
of the b-.tyc)iieu . When, in conse
quence of such acts of malfeasance,
and abdication, on the part of the
government, monarchy prevails,
and civil -society is dissolved into
its original elements: In such, a
crisis the first law of nature, the
right of self preservation, the in
herent and inalienable. riht of the
people to appeal to first principles
and take their political affairs into
their own hands, in extreme cases,
enjoins it as a right towards them
selves, and a sacred obligation to
their posterity, to abolish such go
vernment, and create another in
its stead, calculated to rescue them
from impending dangers, and to
secure, their future welfare are
happiness.
Nations, as well as individuals,
are amenable for their acts to the
public opinion of mankind. A
statement of a part of our grievan
ces, is-therefore submitted to an
impartial world, in justification of
the hazardous, but unavoidable
step; now taken, of severing our
political connections with the
Mexican people, and assuming an
independent attitude among the
nations of the earth.
The Mexican government, by
its colonization laws, invited and
induced the Anglo-American pop
ulation of Texas to colonize the
wilderness, under' the pledged
faith of a written constitution, that
they should continue to enjoy that
constitutional liberty and republi
can government to which they had
been habituated in the laud of
their birth, the United States of
America. -In this expectation they
have been cruelly disappointed
as the Mexican nation has acquies
ced in the late changes made in
the government by Genera"! Anto
nio Lopez de Santa Anna; who
having overturned the constitution
of the "country, now offers.- us
the cruel alternative, either to
abandon our own homes, acquired
by "so many privations, or submit
to ihc'most intolerable of all tyr
anny, the combined despotism of
the sword and the priesthood.
' It iias sacrificed our welfare to
llie state of Coahuila, by which
our interests have been continually
depressed through a jealous and
partial course of legislation, car
ried on at a far distant seat of gov
ernment, by a hostile majority in
an unknown tongue; and this'too,
notwithstanding we have petition
ed in the humblest terms for the
establishment of a separate state
government, and have in accord
ance with the provisions of the na
tional constitution, presented to
the general congress a republican
constitution, which was, without
just caue, contemptuously re
jected. It incarcerated in a dungeon lor
a long time one of our citizens, for
no cause but a zealous endeavor
to procure the acceptance of our1
constitution and the establishment
of a state government. ..
It has failed and refused to se
cure on a firm basis, the right of
trial by jury; that palladium of
civil liberty, and only safe guar
antee for life, liberty and property
of the citizen".
It has failed to established any
public system of education, al
though possessed of means almost
boundless the public domain
and although if is an axiom in
political science, that unless peo
ple are educated and enlightened,
it is Idle to'expect theconlhiuauce
of civil liberty or the capacity for
self-government. . ,
' It has suffered the military com
mandant stationed among us to
exercise arbitrary acts of oppres
sion and tyranny; thus trampling
upon the most sacred nghts of the
citizen, and-rendering the military
superior to the civil power.
It has dissolved by force of arms
the state congress of Coaubila and
Texas, aud obliged our represen-
Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, V.J Sutiuday, Jlpnl 9,
tatives to fly for their lives from
the seat of government; thus de
priving us of the fuudatnental po
litical right of representation.
It has demanded the surrender
of a number of our citizens, and
ordered military detachments to
secure and carry them into the in
terior for trial; in contempt of the
civil authority and in defiance of
the laws of the constitution.
It has made piratical attacks
upon our commerce, by commis
sioning foreign desperadoes and
authorizing them to seize our ves
sels, and convey the property of
our citizens to far distant ports for
confiscation.
It denies us the right of wor
shipping the Almighty according
to the dictates of our conscience
by the support of a national reli
gion, calculated to promote the
temporal interests of its human
functionaries, rather than the glo
ry of the true and living God.
It has demanded us to deliver
np arms, which are essential to
our defence, the rightful property
offi eemen, and. formidable only
to tyrannical goverments.
It has iuvaded our country, both
by sea and land, with intent to lay
waste our territory, and drive us
from bur homes and has now a
large mercenary arnly advancing
to carry on against us, a war of
extermination.
It has, through its emmissaries,
incited the merciless savage, with
the tomahawk and scalping knife,
to massacre the inhabitants of our
defenceless frontiers.
It hath been, during the whole
time of our connexion with it, the
contemptible snort and victim of
successive military revolutions;
aud hath continually exhibited
every characteristic of a weak,
corrupt and tyrannical govern
ment. These and other grievances
were' patiently borne by the peo
pie of Texas until they reached
that point at which forbearance
ceases to be a virtue. We then
took up arms in defence of the:
National Constitution' ' We ap
pealed to our Mexican brethren
for' assistance. Our appeal has i
been made in vain: though mouths
have elapsed, no sympathetic res
ponse has yet been heard from the
interior. We are therefore forced
to tin melancholy conclusion,
that the Mexican people have ac
quiesced in the destruction of their
liberty, and the substitution there
for of a military government: that
they are unfit to be freehand inca
pable of self-government. . ' :
The necessity of seif-preserva-tion
therefore now decrees lis eter
nal political separation. W'e;
therefore, tlie delegates with plen
ary 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 connexion with : the !
Mexican Nation,' has forever end
ed, and that the people of Texas
do now constitute :a free, sover
eign, and independent republic,
and are fully invested with all the
rights and attributes which prop
erly' belong to independent na
tions. Signers Karnes.
Richard Ellis, President. Mu
nicipality 'of "Austin: C 13 Stew
art, Thomas' Barret. Brazoria:
Edwin Waller', James Collings
worth, J. S. Byrum, Asa Brig
ham. Bexar: Francisco llouis,
Antonio Navarro, J. B. Bagger.
Colerado: W. D. Lacy William
MeUifoe. Gonzalez: J. Fisher
M. Caldwell. Goliad: William
Mode. Harrisburg: Lorenzo De
Zavala. Jasper: S. H. Everett,
Geo. W. Smith Jacksonr Elijah
Stepp. Jefferson: Claborn West,
Wm. B. Scales, M. Menard, A;
R Hardin. Miua: JI W. Benton,
r. J. Gazlavi R. M. Coleman.
Matagorda: B. ilardman. Milam:
L.CrKobertsonueorge v-u"
dres. Nacogdoches: Robert Pot
ter, Thos. J. Rusk. L'eacau
Point: Rob. Hamilton, Collin M.
King, Albert II. Latimore. Re
fugio: James Power, S im. Hous
ton, David Thomas, Edward Con
rad: San Augustin: E. O. De
gand, Martin Farme, S. , M.
Bloun. Sabine: James .Gaines,
Vm. Clarke, jr. Shelby: Sydney
C. Penniugton, Wm.. C. Craw
ford. San Patricio: John Tur
ner, B. B. Goodrich, Jesse
Grimes. J. G. Swisher, G. ;W.
Bamett. . ,
Important from Texas. The
schr. W. A. Turner, , arrived yes
terday in 7 days from Matagorda.
Through the .politeness ofCapL
Brookfield, we have obtained the
particulars of the late siege by the
Mexicans of San Antonio de Behar,
as ascertained at Matagorda when
the Turner left. - .
The besieging army was com
manded by generals Sesma and
Coss It consisted of 40 Compa
nies of infantry, numbering at an
average of GO or 70 men each;
and of about 1500 cavalry under
Folisalos with 500 "mules and
baggage of all kind. These were
seen and numbered by Capt, Der-
oit ol the lexian arm', previous
to the engagement. The Texians
in the fort were infantry and. some
cavalry for foraging expeditions
under the command of Colonels
Bowie and Travers, numbering
about 200. , i
The assault on the fort of Ala
mo in the town of San Antonio
commenced about 3, P. M. on (he
2Slh of February, the Mexican
army hoisting a black flag aloft as
indicating no quarters. The gar
rison being well. supplied with 18
pounders planted on the fort,
made them ply with dreadful
effect, sweeping companies of the
assailants before the shot. The
Mexicans surrounded the fort on
all sides; but on all sides were
they saluted " with . its artillery.
This continued till 7, P. M.. when
the Mexicans thought proper to
evacuate the town, and retire to
an encampment within two miles,
after leaving 500 of their com
rades slain before the fort.
-The provisional government of
Texas being informed of the con
test, an immediate draft of one
third of all Texians capable of
bearing arms was ordered by the
acting governor ; But . so eager
were the Texians in': general for
their prompt and certain triumph,
that when the order reached Mala
gora, not one-third only but all
able bodied citizens volunteered.
Numerous companies were immer
diately on the march to San An
tonio, to. drive the Mexicans -beyond
the Rio Grande,' or leave
them on the field of battle. L They
act oh the offensive in their future
operations. -JSew Orleans Dee.
Little Rock (Ark. Y Feb. 1 9.
We .are informed that the inhabit
ants of that portion of this Terri
tory south of Red 'river have, in
fact, separated from the --Government
of Arkansas and of the Uni
ted States; and are taking "meas
ures to incorporate themselves
with Texas. Judge Ellis, James
Clark, Esq. and Mr; Carson, late
of North Carolina, are among the
Delegates to the Texian Conven
tion. We are sorry : for it for
we look upon it as a most rash and
unadvised step. Texas is at pres
ent in a state of anarchy. She
cannot be aided by the United
States, unless in violation of so
lemn treaties. If she become be
come independent, she must either
be attached to the United states,
or become one of those little petty
independencies, without either
means, national sianamg, uigmiy,
or power; never any thing more
than nests of partie?. It ner citi
zens have "any hopes of ultimate
prosperity" and happiness, those
hopes are "founded solely on the
I83G
prospect of hereafter becoming a
part of these United States. The
Republic of Texas, by itself,
would be nothing among" nations.
Why then leave our great Repub
lic, and become a part of that
Which is -no government, and
where their only hopes will rest
on again obtaining what they are
now throwing away? Advocate.
JSIethodisl Christian Sentinel.
This paper has been transferred
to the Virginian Conference, aud
will hereafter be conducted, under
the name of the "Virginia Con
ference Sentinel," by the Rev.
William A. Smith, Rev. Moses
Brock and Rev. John Early, a
committee appointed by the Con
ference, and Edited by the Rev.
Leroy M. Lee. The profits of
the paper will be applied to the
support of the deficient, superan
nuated, and supernumerary mem
bers of the Virginia Annual Con
ference, and their families, and
to the widows and orphans of
preachers. lial. Star.
Central Rail Road. WTe take
pleasure in calling attention to the"
proceedings of the Rail Road
Convention which assembled at
Trenton, Jone county, on the
15th, which will be found in ano
ther partjof this paper. It was"
resolved by that patriotic body
to use all honorable means to pro
mote the construction of a rail
road from Beaufort to the West.
A committee was "appointed to
memorialize the Legislature, &:c.
We have ever felt a deep interest
in this project; we have repeatedly
urged its importance, and nothing
could afford us more satisfaction
than to. see it carried into execu
tion. ib. -: x
Jlwful Disaster. The follow
ing is an extract of a letter from a
gentleman in MobiIe,'daied March
14"th: A- mostterrible accident
happened- here yesterday. As
the steamer Benjamin Franklin
was starting for Montgomery her
boilers. burst killing and wound
ing thirty, as some accounts say
others between twenty and thirty,
passengers and boat hands. The
ladv nassenirers. and others in ihp
J 1 - Jr
t' ..... r.,.i rl4
unci jii i ui un.- uudi, wcic uui in
jured. Mr. Isaac Williams, for
merly of Cumberland county, .
C.v and recently near' Portland,
Wilcox county, Alabama, was
blown- a .considerable distance
from - the wn-ck into one of the
slips, and fell a shockingly mutila
ted corpse. His remains were
decently interred, smd his watch
and money, 552,500, were taken
care of by his Factor. Seyera!
persons sunk before they could be
reached by the boats; most proba
bly they were dead when they
struck 4he water. The boat was
carried into dock to prevent her
from sinking."
Deputation of Michigan In
dians. A -deputation of twenty
seven Oltowa & Chippewa Chiefs
and delegates, are now at Wash
ington' treating for the cession of
their lands within the limitsOf
Michigan. The Secretary of War
has -charge of the negociaiion, and
it is believed a result will- be'bb
tained favorable to both them ab'd
the United States. .
Timoleon. This celebrated
stallion and racer, died on the
lSth ult. in Virginia. "
,.. (CTA fellow in M ississlppi
pursued by Justice Lynch and his
myrmidons, incontinently hanged
himself lately, with a propriety
that Jack Ketch might emulate.
Before he turned himself off, he
adopted the suggestion of Mike
O'Flaherty, who quietly strung
himself up. in his cell ou the. first
day of his confinement, after wil
ting with a coal on. the wall,
"Imi'I. this better than bother
ing a Jury?" : ,
'efore exhibited in this
- jr . -r ,-ied Jtmt purchased the.
, ' Ot vn xcill?t!t -op
. " v acquainted u i'li dii
fasl. . io'lbe Millinery
Jti .e, she f;et liei.f.:f
iire.rn ire satisfTirlion to I r
nfc :id lh jMbl'C in -
human forh", fuud
Ef-oi
brute in
wife, at a viliap mar!- ,unucts,
England, in open tuat
halter round her ileck, for C J Vti
a quart of p ider. .
HeJhrm"'lUe English ; i
nals are discussing the jj.
of abolishing the Prir-
expediency of suba'' ti
tive chief magistt
ditary monarchy,
discussion shows
change In the afi'tira ol
it heic
ction of
v CS'llHit
and that The people arc lhroih a
off the absurd and servile I:
heietofore paid to bvtf ,r .
claims. But reform in f .
will never be completeii, i
peily begun, till jhatboir ':-; a-s
of the land, the establi !p him, b r
is entirely' abroga;.. . . "1 and set-:
can contemplate the spU .t or thry
Iigacy of the English CIrl Jn the
Nobility, and the cnendici.i .
of the laboring classt i:. - '
Britain, without? feelings " '
der and contempt. For i
matter of vvonder that, the jatui
Bacon, Sidney Shakfspear".
Newton, with all her v:
stellalion of genius and .
should for so many ages.' have,
milled to the plain and palp
h3rpocrisy of a licentious clergv -and
that a hard), vajiaut and; in- ,,
lelligent people, should .so' long
have been held in poli tie I' "bond -age
by the feeble gtasp of,njc(
feminale and vicious nobility."
Wilmington sldv.,
France. Extract .of a I Fetter
from a privategewtlemau at Parisv
dated January 23, 1836V"France
has declared,, by her Chamber of.
Deputies, that the nationality oi r
Poland must be preserved; that
the equilibrium of Europe must be
restored; that they 'are pleased "at
the close intimacy with England,
and that they hope" the. mediation
of England w ill be able to settle , .
the affair with us, to the honor of
the two great nations; all which
means to say to the King, from atrV'
offensive and defensive alliance i
with Great Britain, demand from
the Emperor of Russia the obser
vance of the treaty of Vienna; if
he refuses it, execute it by force
of arms, and pay the - United
Slates the money, and we are sat
isfied. .That this will be the case,
thai there 'will be a war with Rus1-
".'!'1!: pF .... "i . ... . 1
sia before the -year .expires, is just
as sure; as that the world will last
that lo'ng.'
' Religious Frenzy and Patriotic
rCannibalism.-l is. "stated as a
fact,;which, however; it is Scarcely
possible to believe that "ill the late
massacre at Barcelona, even some
ladies of the highest rank ale froin,
motives pfpalri- m, of the flesh-.
oi me untort
Colonel O'D
mong the :.
Chief
,0u
j a-
Iricre
Macomb
Senate, in
,r past
ny. e Xiaes if not
Uttet! Ished, as we
. , ,i-al satisfaction
L, 11 J,
tion of that body,
th their cisj-
.'or ' .
increase ol the crmy & -.Supply
and-uen,Vv,'itho'it aJJ' J
number ot j '
Seems lO , deu.ned to 1 low as
nieji ofa ijei.1. Htixiou1? V" ut our
forceps u ffk 3.1 ler to r- -1 fora
ri UY I ' rtmei.t f,.. ... W
pUDUC C; '-V,ubiicl! tTPCt.-Vtri rnUes
the power ntljr loc? in Tarsoro for life,
ment to seoky
earthquake or blown vp
fc.ceJOwe have ..itle apprehensio$ of t! i
niiruntcv. kid we are nanny to r. V
in
Cjl it of ' former of these r.: n ?
c;iiu ere ...ne
it
iA we are eo U-
ver, and : . j loss
properly ..ou!d have 1
:t1
Our immense frontier
protected. General
AIL f C O
proposes t'.. t there 'TTT y I 1
regiment " -vtilU-UO Mied,
nridnn- 4 at this Offic . a parajihlet en
rV."b , - tiller .
men: nine i
E Ihnn linnlist Ch"TCmm- .
each compriSi a right to w called""- V
of.72 men; ni'one 'CHURCHES. '
dragoons coirprt'inci 71 b?"!'-'
aggregate, it. ' idi: the noii- oms- - -missioned
staff, will be -. p953. -men.-r
Pennsyicaniazu t.
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