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War is inevitable in Texas...
War is inevitable in Texas...
Item # 680074
October 31, 1835
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 31, 1835 Inside has over a full page headed: "Texas" telling of some early battles there with much interesting reading, including a cautionary note: "I do not think it would be prudent for you I& our family to come to Texas until the affairs of the country assume a more peaceful aspect..." and also: "...We look upon independence as absolutely certain. We have now the command of all the harbors in Texas & have driven out every garrison from the interior of our fine country...and in six weeks expect to give to the world a Declaration of Independence..." with much more.
There is also a letter signed in type: Samuel Houston, which includes: "...War in defense of our rights, our oaths and our constitution, in inevitable in Texas!...Let each man come with a good rifle & 100 rounds of ammunition--and come soon. Our war cry is 'liberty or death'...". And yet another letter begins: "War is our only resource, war is upon us..." with more, and this is followed by a letter signed in type: S. F. Austin, which begins: "War is upon us--there is now no remedy...".
A rousing letter by B. T. Archer mentions: "Fellow citizens, again we summon you to arms. Let us take the field, defeat Cos, take San Antonio, drive every soldier from our limits...place Texas in a situation...what she is destined to be...the pride & boast of our lives...".
A fine issue on the beginning of the Texas war for independence. Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 10 inches, very nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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