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180 TEXAS ., AC.
device and exert every means to do so, should the present unhappy contest
become national, no sensible man can doubt. The consequences of such an
alliance many of you may experience in the conflagration of your dwellings
and the massacre of your families; but no pen, however graphic, can ade-
quately depict them. Let the dispersed families of Texas and the responsible
Ihads thereof think of it, ere it be too late."
The address closes thus: "Fellow-citizens, and you especially members of
the Convention--the select of the land--we leave the subject with you. We
have discharged a solemn duty, and if Texas is doomed to destruction, our
hands are clean. When we say Texas doomed to destruction, we do not
mean the country itself, for Texas will remain a delightful portion of the
earth when the folly of its present inhabitants ha passeds beyond the recol-
lection of man."
February, 1836.
These predictions were speedily falsified by events.
A few intrepid spirits sounded the tocsin of alarm, and from hill-top to sea-
board the great-hearted patriots gathered at the call. No people ever under-
took an enterprise so hazardous and important with such slender assurances
of success, or achieved their independence with such inadequate resources
against an opposition so formidable and disproportioned. The absence of an
exchequer caused litte embarrassment to a race of men who held their ser-
vices in such a cause above price.
They did not miscalculate their strength; their frontier life had familiar-
ized them with hardships in every form; their hardihood and endurance
proved equal to the utmost demands of an unequal contest; and history will
justly pronounce the patriotism and courage, which bore such burdens and
wrought such results, exalted and sublime. The ploughshare was withdrawn
from the golden glebe and beaten into the bayonet. The little army of the
struggling Colonists marched to the most exposed points, and illustrated the
art of defense by the stubborn valor inspired by the danger and responsibility
of the situation. The campaign, after many trials and disasters, closed with
a signal and splendid triumph. The Texans, closely pursued, had fallen
back across the Colorado and Brazos, and made a last stand on a field which
lights the historic page of the infant republic with the blaze of victory. The
morning fun of the 21st of April, 1836, shone on the comparatively powerful
forces of Santa Anna as they descended the right bank of Buffalo Bayou to
conquest and victory ; but his evening beam beheld the Mexican army beaten
and flying, and the President himself a prisoner in the hands of the Anglo-
Texans. The battle of San Jacinto was fierce and short, and may be regarded
as one of the decisive battles of the world. It determined forever the inde-
pendence of the Republic.
SHORT RULES TO CALCULATE INTEREST.
At 4 rer cent.--Multiply amount by number of days, separate right hand figure and
divide by 9.
S5 '" -Multiply by number of days and divide by 72.
1 6 -Multiply by number of days, separate right hand figure, and div. by 6.
" 8 " -Multiply by number of days and divide by 45.
9" -Multiply by number of days, separate right hand figure and div. by 4.
"10 -Multiply by number of days and divide by 86.
"12 " " -Multiply by number of days, separate right hand figure and div. by 1.
"15 M --ultiply by number of days and divide by 24.
18 " -Multiply by number of days, separate right hand figure and div. by 2.
20 - --Multiply by number of days and divide by 18.
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