All New States Are Invested,

Remember That Whatever May Be Said By A Lady Or Her Friends, It Is Not Part Of Conduct Of A Gallant Or Generous Man To Take Up Arms Against A Woman.

Texas Has Yet To Learn Submission To Any Oppression, Come From What Source It May.

I Declare That Civil War Is Inevitable And Is Near At Hand. When It Comes The Descendants Of The Heroes Of Lexington And Bunker Hill Will Be Found Equal In Patriotism, Courage And Heroic Endurance With The Descendants Of The Heroes Of Cowpens And Yorktown. For This Reason I Predict The Civil War Which Is Now At Hand Will Be Stubborn And Of Long Duration.

To Secede From The Union And Set Up Another Government Would Cause War. If You Go To War With The United States, You Will Never Conquer Her, As She Has The Money And The Men. If She Does Not Whip You By Guns, Powder, And Steel, She Will Starve You To Death. It Will Take The Flower Of The Country - The Young Men.

I Love Texas Too Well To Bring Civil Strife And Bloodshed Upon Her.