It's amazing that Texas suffered in silence for so long and only chose to rebel once a president with a stated policy against the expansion of slavery was elected. I guess their patience just plumb wore out, huh?
Well, it might have been the Wide Awakes who were running around Texas, trying to burn the place down and start a slave rising.
That would tend to piss people off.
1,507 posted on 06/04/2007 9:38:40 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
("Whatever." -- sinkspur)