An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question. Page: 8 of 20
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formance of their proper duty upon the Texas question. It
cannot be inferred that the subject has as yet been duly weighed
or fully discussed, and that the people are ready on the instant
to rise in the strength of their intelligence and moral firmness
to say and to do all that becomes them. Time -a little
time used to the best purpose -may be required to make every
thing properly understood ; but let every thing connected with
the subject be properly understood, --let it be seen and felt that
a crisis is impending, -let our moral and religious obligations,
in connection with our civil and social duties, be so expounded
that they shall be universally realized, - let the call be made
upon all citizens, without distinction of party, to act together for
this purpose alone, - and it must be to disbelieve all that ever
has been true of the people of the Free States, all that is glorious
in their history, the great principles which have made
them what they are, and the admitted tendencies of their institutions,
to suppose it doubtful that they will respond to such a
call promptly, harmoniously, and effectually.
In Massachusetts, let us thank God, it has never yet been true
that an attempt to sustain her character has failed, - or that
her example, in any exigency, has been without its effect upon
her sister States. She has never been without leaders who
seem to have been born for great occasions; and they have
never begun to make the efforts required of them without finding
themselves strengthened, beyond their utmost expectations,
by public confidence, sympathy, and support. From the commencement
of the preparations for the American Revolution,
to'conceive a high and noble purpose has been in her history
but the first step in an irresistible progress towards its accomplishment,
under whatever circumstances of difficulty or danger;
and so long as the Bible inspires faith in God, and the
Bunker Hill Monument reminds us of what our fathers dared
and suffered for liberty, so long may it be expected that no
crisis will find the people of Massachusetts, on the score of
principle or courage, unprepared to meet it.
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Allen, George, 1792-1883. An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question., pamphlet, 1844; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2360/m1/8/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .