AN ORDINANCE
To dissolve the Union between the State of Texas and the other States united under the Compact styled “the Constitution of the United States of America.”
Whereas, the Federal Government has failed to accomplish the purposes of the compact of union between these States, in giving protection either to the persons of our people upon an exposed frontier, or to the property of our citizens: and Whereas, The action of the Northern States of the Union is violative of the compact between the States and the guarantees of the Constitution; And whereas, the recent developmente in Federal affairs, make it evident, that the power of the Federal Government is sought to be made a weapon with which to strike down the interests and prosperity of the people of Texas and her sister slaveholding States, instead of permitting it to be, as was intended, our shield against outrage and aggression:—Therefore,
Sec. 1. We, the people of the State of Texas, by Delegates in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, that the ordinance adopted by our Convention of Delegates on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1845, and afterwards ratified by us, under which the Republic of Texas was admitted into Union with other States, and became a party to the compact styled “the Constitution of the United States of America,” be and is hereby repealel and annulled;—that all the powers, which by the said compact were delegated by Texas to the Federal Government, are revoked and resumed;—that Texas is of right absolved from all restraints and obligations incurred by said compact, and is a separate sovereign State, and that her citizens and people are absolved from all allegiance to the United States or the Government thereof.
Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall be submitted to the people of Texas for their ratification or rejection, by the qualified voters, on the 23d day of February, 1861, and unless rejected by a majority of the votes cast, shall take effect and be in force on and after the 2d day of March, A. D. 1861. Provided, that in the Representative District of El Paso, said election may be held on the 18th day of February, 1861.
Done by the people of the State of Texas, in Convention assembled, at Austin, this first day of February, A. D. 1861.
O. M. ROBERTS, President.
EDWIN WALLER,
L. A ABERCROMBIE,
W. A. ALLEN,
JAMES M. ANDERSON,
T. S. ANDERSON,
JAMES R. ARMSTRONG,
RICHARD L. ASKEW,
W. S. J. ADAMS,
WM. C. BATTE,
S. W. BEASLEY,
JOHN BOX,
H. NEWTON BURDITT,
JAS. M. BURROUGHS,
JOHN I. BURTON,
S.E. BLACK,
W. T. BLYTHE,
AMZI BRADSHAW,
ROBERT W. BRAHAN,
A. S. BROADDUS,
JNO. HENRY BROWN,
ROBERT C. CAMPBELL,
LEWIS F. CASEY,
WM. CHAMBERS,
T. J CHAMBERS,
JOHN GREEN CHAMBERS
N. B. CHARLTON,
GEO. W. CHILTON,
ISHAM CHISUM,
WM. CLARK, Jr.,
J. A CLAYTON,
CHAS L. CLEAVELAND,
OLIVER LOFTIN,
A. G. CLOPTON,
BICHARD COKE,
JAMES E. COOK,
JON W. DANCY,
A. H. DAVIDSON,
C. DEEN,
THOS. J. DEVINE,
THOS. G. DAVENPORT,
JAMES J. DIAMOND,
WM. W. DIAMOND,
JOHN DONELSON,
JOSEPH H. DUNHAM,
EDWARD DOUGHERTY,
H. H. EDWARDS,
ELBERT EARLY,
JOHN N. FALL,
DRURY FIELD,
JOHN F. FEENEY,
GEORGE FLOURNOY,
SPENCER FORD,
JOHN S. FORD,
THOMAS C. FROST,
AMOS P. GALLOWAY,
CHARLES GANAHL,
ROBERT S. GOULD,
ROBERT GRAHAM,
MALCOM D. GRAHAM,
PETER W. GRAY,
JOHN A. GREEN,
JOHN GREGG,
WM. P. HARDEMAN,
JOHN R. HAYES,
PHILEMON T. HERBERT,
A. W. O. HICKS,
THOS. B. J. HILL,
ALFRED M. HOBBY,
JOS. L. HOGG,
J. J. HOLT,
JAMES HOOKER,
EDWARD R. HORD,
RUSSEL HOWARD,
A. CLARK HOYL,
THOS. P. HUGUES,
J. W. HUTCHESON,
JOHN IRELAND,
THOS. J. JENNINGS,
F. JONES,
W. C. KELLY,
T. KOESTEE,
G. M. LESUEUR,
F. W. LATHAM,
PRYOR LEA,
JAMES S. LESTER,
JOHN LITTLETON,
M. F. LOOKE
OLIVER LOFTIN,
THOS. S. LUBBOCK,
P. N. LUCKETT,
HENRY A. MALTBY
JESSE MARSHALL,
JAMES M. MAXEY,
LEWIS W. MOORE,
WM. McCRAVEN,
WM. McINTOSH,
GILCHRIST McKAY,
THOMAS M. McCRAW,
WM. GOODLOE MILLER,
ALBERT N. MILLS,
THOMAS MOORE,
THOS. C. MOORE,
CHARLES de MONTEL,
B. F. MOSS,
JOHN MULLER,
THOS. J. NASH,
A. NAUENDORF,
T. C. NEEL,
ALLISON NELSON,
JAMES F. NEWSOM,
W. M. NEYLAND,
E. B. NICHOLS,
A. J. NICHOLSON,
E. P. NICHOLSON,
JAMES M. NORRIS,
ALFRED T. OBENCHAIN,
W. B. OCHILTREE,
W. S. OLDHAM,
R. J. PALMER,
W. M. PAYNE,
W. K. PAYNE,
WILLIAM M. PECK,
W. R. POAG,
ALEXANDER, POPE,
DAVID Y. PORTIS,
D. M. PRENDERGAST,
WALTER F. PRESTON,
F. P. PRICE,
A. T. RAINEY,
JOHN H. REAGAN,
C. RECTOR,
P. G. RHOME,
E. S. C. ROBERTSON,
J. C. ROBERTSON,
J. B. ROBERTSON,
WILLIAM P. ROGERS,
JAMES H. ROGERS,
EDWARD M. ROSS,
JNO. RUGELY,
H. R. RUNNELS,
E. B. SCARBOROUGH,
WM. T. SCOTT,
WILLIAM READ SOURRY,
JAMES B. SHEPARD,
SAM S. SMITH,
GIDEON SMITH,
JOHN D. STELL,
JOHN G. STEWART,
CHARLES STEWART,
F. S. STOCKDALE,
WM. H. STEWART,
PLEASANT TAYLOR,
B. F. TERRY,
NATAHNIEL TERRY,
E. THOMASON,
JAMES G. THOMPSON,
W. S. TODD,
JAMES WALWORTH,
R. H. WARD,
WM. WARREN,
JAS. C. WATKINS,
JOHN A. WHARTON,
JOSEPH P. WIER,
JNO. A. WILCOX,
A. P. WILEY,
BEN WILLIAMS,
JASON WILSON,
PHILIP A. WORK,
R. T. Brownrigg, Secretary.
Wm. Dunn. Schoolfield, Assistant Secretary.
R. W. Lunday, “ “
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