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Address to the People of Texas.
should so act in case of any vacancy in the office of Governor. And
so the Lieutenant-Governor is performing the Executive duties
without consent, but without resistance, by the late Governor, who
still claims to be legally in office. In this and other instances he
has "sought out many inventions" to array the functionaries of the
State government against the Convention, which has been obliged
to control such official opposition, in pursuing the even tenor of the
way to render effectual the known public desire for thorough work.
to give early security, peace, and quietude. The will of the late
Governor has been against that of the people as to their political
destiny, and the one or the other had to yield. The people could
not.
At length the "Constitution of the Confederate States of America."
for the permanent government, was received. The Convention
had previously declared, in its ordinance directing the delegates
from this State to participate in forming such a Constitution,
that it should not "become obligatory on this State till approved
by the people in such way as should be determined upon." That the
people might approve by the existing Convention, or that it might
provide for another popular election, remained for determination
on the arrival of the Constitution. Had it contained any unexpected
principle, so as to make a new case in substance, on which
the public mind had not been ascertained, the importance of prompt
ratification could have yielded to the paramount necessity for another
election. But, no such necessity appeared in any part of the
Constitution. which did not depart from the general expectation,
unless it did so in. the excellence of its conformity with the best
hope of the people. F'ormer elections, with attending circumstances,
left no doubt of the public wish and the corresponding authority
of the Convention for immediate and final ratification of
the Constitution. If the power existed, the expediency of such a
course was commanding, for various reasons. The people coulcl
not desire to be troubled by another general election without necessity,
and they felt the importance of early relief from strife within
this State as to its political position. Prompt certainty, of course,
would justify the Confederate government in adopting more expensive,
effective, and permanent measures for the defence of this
State, especially its desolated frontier. than could be expected before
a finality. In connection with the defence of Texas, the appearance
of uncertainty, as to its political position, would emubarrass
the pending arrangements for an alliance between the Confederacv,
as one party, and the Choctavw, Chickasaw, Creek. and
Cherokee nations, in concert, as the other party. Such hesitation,
on the part of Texas, would tend to produce similar hesitation in
Arizona and New Mexico, as to their connection with the
Confederacy. Such procrastination would operate unfavorably
on the neighboring government and people of Mexico, as to
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 5, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6727/m1/12/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .