================================================ Subject: Re: Survey 1 of 2 From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Sat 4 Aug 2001 23:41:11 -0400 ================================================ Jackson Crawford wrote: On March 2, 1836, Texas announced its independence and eternal political > separation from Mexico, functioning as an independent republic until 1845, when the citizens of the nation exercised their right to join the United States. In 1861, Texas seceded from the United States but never joined the Confederacy (little known fact), although it did strongly ally itself with the South (insert Reb yell here!). In 1865 when the North invaded the South, Texas was so pissed with the North that it had full intention of functioning as a fully independent republic from there on in. Unfortunately it was invaded by the North and given "Congressional representation" five years later. There has never, never, been a legal document making Texas a state of the Union, because the United States cannot make the captured territory of an other nation a state! Depending upon the doctrine of 1845. They either were bound by the US or were free to change thier mind. I believe that states should be more powerful than the federal government. The federal government should be only there to aid in issues that effect the interactions between states and international issues, concerning defense of the states. > Modern evidence of Texas's independence: A flag is a dangerous thing to have and is a thing that could make someone support a country merely by the ensign that it carries. There were some of the founders of our country that saw such a danger and didn't want a flag. But flags can also be symbols of the negative aspects of an ideology. Just as the confederate flag was branded with the slavery issue. But I feel that the confederacy was based upon more than the slavery issue. But as someone else said, upon questions of history. The winners write the history. The losers get cast in propeganda. > -Why do you think there's such a high federal military presence near every major Texan city? Suspicious... Don't you worry too much on that issue. The new world order will make your concerns of being part of the US officially a minor issue. We'll have pay toilets in our houses! Anything to give the greedy an edge. Good Luck, Jim > > Rock on, > > Jackson Wade Crawford - the Raven of Texas/ Corvvs Texanis/ se Hraefn -- "Give me enough medals, and I'll win any war." -- Napoleon To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp