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76 TEXAS ALMANAC.
teered in her cause. The contest is for life, liberty, and Independence. Let every
man do his duty, and the glorious prize will be gloriously won.
Therefore, I, David G. Burnet. President of the Republic of Texas, by and with
the advice and consent of the Cabinet, have ordered and decreed, and do hereby
order and decree, that every able-bodied man in Texas, being over the age of six-
teen and under that of fifty years, do forthwith report himself to the proper muster
officer of his respective Municipality, and enroll himself for military duty ; and that
so soon as a company of 56 men shall be enrolled in any Municipality, they shall
proceed to an election of their several officers, and shall forthwith march to head-
quarters, first reporting their organization and a complete company, to the muster
officer of the Municipality.
And it is further ordered and decreed, that the muster officer, in each Municipal-
ity, shall make out a full list of the names and ages of every male citizen in his
Municipality, whether absent or present, a certified copy of which list shall be
transmitted to the War Department. And he shall also keep a list of every man
within his Municipality, who enrolls himself for military duty, a copy of which re-
cord shall be forwarded to the Department of War, at the end of every month from
the promulgation of this decree. He shall also send to the same Department copies
of the several company rolls returned to him.
It is further ordered and decreed, that all officers, non-commissioned officers and
privates, belonging to the Texian army, who may be absent on furlough or other-
wise, do immediately repair to their respective posts, and report themselves for
duty, on pain of forfeiting their commissions, if commissioned officers, and their pay
and bounty, if non-commissioned or privates.
Done at Velasco, the 20th day of June, 1836.
DAVID G. BURNET, President.
A. SOERI LE, Secretary of War.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
MADE AT GOLIAD, DEC. 20, 1835.
[WE take the following interesting document from the State Gazette, in 1852, as
copied from the Texas Republican, published at Brazoria, and dated January 13th,
1836. It is said to have been the only copy in existence.]
Solemnly impressed with a sense of the danger of the crisis to which recent and
remote events have conducted the public affairs of their country, the undersigned
prefer this method of laying before their fellow-citizens, a brief retrospect of the
light in which they regard both the present and the past, and of frankly declaring
for themselves, the policy and the uncompromising course which they have resolved
to pursue for the future.
They have seen the enthusiasm and the heroic toils of an army bartered for a
capitulation, humiliating in itself, and repugnant in the extreme to the pride and
honor of the most lenient, and no sooner framed than evaded or insultingly violated.
They have seen their camp thronged, but too frequently, with those who were
more anxious to be served by, than to serve their country-with men more desirous
of being honored with command than capable of commanding.
They have seen the energies, the prowess, and the achievements of a band worthy
to have stood by Washington and receive command, and worthy to participate of
the inheritance of the sons of such a Father, frittered, dissipated, and evaporated
away for the want of that energy, union, and decision in council, which, though it
must emanate from the many, can only be exercised efficiently when concentrated
in a single arm.
They have seen the busy aspirants for office running from the field to the council
hall, and from this back to the camp, seeking emolument and not service, and
swarming like hungry flies around the body politic.
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The Galveston News. The Texas Almanac, for 1860, with Statistics, Historical and Biographical Sketches, &c., Relating to Texas., book, 1860~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123766/m1/78/: accessed May 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.