82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 150 Page: 3 of 6
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H.C.R. No. 150
1 go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she
2 has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder,
3 and steel, she will starve you to death. ... . if you go to war, it
4 will take the flower of the country--the young men. . . . There
5 will be thousands and thousands who march away from our homes never
6 to come back"; and
7 WHEREAS, Notwithstanding his impassioned argument, the
8 delegates proceeded to adopt an ordinance of secession; after Texas
9 voters ratified that decision on February 23, 1861, the Secession
10 Convention reconvened and demanded that all current officeholders
11 take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy; Governor Houston was
12 summoned to take the oath before the convention on March 16, but he
13 refused to appear; the delegates consequently declared the office
14 of governor vacant and swore in the lieutenant governor to take his
15 place; and
16 WHEREAS, Explaining his course of action in an address to the
17 public, Governor Houston avowed: "In the name of the Constitution
18 of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath";
19 he went on, though, to say, "I love Texas too well to bring civil
20 strife and bloodshed upon her. To avert this calamity, I shall make
21 no endeavor to maintain my authority as Chief Executive of this
22 State. . . . "; and
23 WHEREAS, Sam Houston never again held public office; he
24 settled with his family in Huntsville, where he died on July 26,
25 1863; as he had predicted, the North blockaded southern ports, and
26 the greater manpower and industrial resources of the Union27 contributed heavily to its ultimate victory; by the war's end, in
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 150, legislative document, April 15, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312334/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.