[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834] Page: 2 of 5
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to .t+p the wheel, ef government, end threw . whole immunity int.
MMtrehy end oonfueion.
Bat i* 1. isolated th.t the constitution h.. been violeted
and hence we here the right organize To**.. and futile i.
thi. .rgunent, When it 1. tried by the touchetone ef 1.. ^d ...
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l.t.d the eon.titution, i. th.t . ju.tifie.tlon, er even M ***...
for .nether for doing the .<uaot if thi. poiitle.i doctrine bo true
.. to . .t.te, it 1. equally true .. to individual.; and when .pMed
te *en it become, prepo.tereu. and ah.urd, that the wakeat mind
will *..ily deteet it. f.ll.o*. *. have no he.lt.tion then in .ey-
ing th.t we .till h.ve . conetltutlon, that we .till have lew.,
end th.t it 1. the duty of every good citizen, with hi. lif. md
fertune te support them.
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eppe.ed to . .t.te government, en the eontrery, there l. nothing
which we more e.me.tly dealre, but we .re equally mxl.ua that
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[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834], text, October 28, 1834; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217630/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.