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To: Trump20162020

Sam Houston opposed secession by Texas.


4 posted on 05/23/2017 11:34:49 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: reg45

Next, they’ll want to tear down the Alamo...............


7 posted on 05/23/2017 11:37:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: reg45

That’s true. He was prophetic:

“Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming….Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet….You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence…but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of state rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction…they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South. ”


13 posted on 05/23/2017 11:41:27 AM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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