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Stephen F. Austin. An Address Delivered by S. F. Austin of Texas,...
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"Our object is independence as a new republic, or to become a State of these United States"-- Austin Rallies Support of the Texian Cause in Louisville Only Days Before the Declaration of Independence
Stephen F. Austin. An Address Delivered by S. F.
Austin of Texas, to a Very Large Audience of Ladies and
Gentlemen in the Second Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Kentucky,
on the 7th of March, 1836. Lexington: J. Clarke & Co. Printers,
1836.FIRST EDITION. 12mo. [1-3] 4-30 pages. Modern speckled calf gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
"This Louisville address of Austin, delivered while on his way to Washington as one of the three commissioners of Texas, says that Texas had foreborne from taking up arms against Mexico until 'further submission on our part would have been both ruinous and degrading,' and that the object of Texas was 'freedom' to be obtained by becoming 'a new republic or by becoming a State of the United States.' Austin gives in full the declaration of November 7th, 1835, upholding the Federal system of government as outlined in the constitution of 1824, not knowing that Texas had proclaimed her Declaration of Independence only a few days before" (Streeter).
Delivered the day after the fall of the Alamo, he outlines "the objects and intentions of the people of Texas" and invokes the memory of Ben Milam to arouse local enthusiasm for the Texas Revolution. After being released in 1835 from prison in Mexico, Stephen Austin travelled to Washington to try to rally federal support for the independence of Texas. During the journey, he spoke to various local groups, such as the large audience that gathered at the Second Presbyterian Church in Louisville, "to make a plain statement of facts explanatory of the contest in which Texas is engaged." He concludes his address: "our object is independence as a new republic, or to become a State of these United States... the people of Texas have taken up arms in self-defence, and they submit their cause to the judgment of an impartial world, and to the protection of a just and omnipotent God."
Condition: Lacking initial blanks, some very minor age-toning, else fine.
References: Graff 115; Howes A-402; Rader 212; Sabin 2426; Streeter 1181 (locates ten copies, but only two in Texas); Vandale 6.
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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