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WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS - (March
2 1836) — Delegates to the Texas Indepen-
dence Convention^ by a unanimous vote, today
severed all ties between Texas and Mexico
and declared their nation's independence.
The vote came one day after a special five
man committee was appointed to draw up the
declaration. Only a single speech was made to
the convention. The delegate from Refugio.
Sam Houston, who celebrated his 43rd birth
day today, urged that the document be accent-
ed, and it was, less than one hour after be:..-,
introduced.
The document spells out the various j "k". -
ances the Texans have with the central ;a
ment in Mexico—arbitrary imprisonment
of both public educational systems aim a:aa
by jury, stirring up the Indians against an-
tiers—then went on to cite the right, anc a ,
of free men to chart their own course
The utmost in dispute! ■
Copies of the declaration were . -nc a . a
dispatched to five Texas citie awt %aW:
toches, in Louisiana. In addition. i.,0Ga iw -
copies were run off in San Felipe v. ere the..:
is a printing press.
The mood of the convention I w 'tema.
between high spirits and grim uetorr .matte,
Gen. Santa Anna, leading a verteran ?< rCe Of
2.500 troops, has crossed the Rio, h.-aor g
northward in bitterly -old weamer. Tex:-.- \
unteers are mustering several points • rr
ugees stream easiwai toward mc .. .S.
Tiiirty-: ,\0 men warn G w aw.-, — ' ■
many iteel-agers — yester- . v -■ > 1 ■ 'c'c
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hit the house
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two 12-pound cannons
Santa Ann • w; s swwwg,
Today.. Col. Almonte said that Lt. Mencha
and a party have aeen di.4.ivtchca
farm of Seguin" to get corn, while < y-'Py If
the Alamo "the President dif-oevried m iho
afternoon a covered road within :pisiol*shot ot
e Alamo, and posted the baaalion or aF
mo no's mere."
A watch, on the A 'a^io
a 'j... . if; if: 59 delegates nero a. a w,;
ing developments at the Alamo with more
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swg interest. The a^-aide ol aaa An-
tonio. Francisco Antonio Ruiz, is the son of
one of the delegates, Jose Francisco Ruiz. An-
c her delegate, Jose Antonio lahlcmero Na-
varro, is from Sar Antonio where his father
served as alcalde in 1790. TS\ o other delegates
to the con vention—J esse B. badgett and Sam-
uel Augustus Maverick — were elected by the
V a. aw defenders and sent here as aieir repre-
- ves
In addition, a delegate from here in Wash-
Benjamin Briggs Gooduuh, as a.
M'other stationed at the Alamo, .John wv...dricn,
hile Jesse Grimes, another delegate has ex-
se& worn' over the fate of his 18-year-old
Alfred, wnc is also on duty at the mis-
sion.
After .the latest messsge from Col. Travis,
Robert Potter, from Nacogdoches, moved that
die entire convention adjourn and rush to- aid
the Alamo—a move strongly supported ry the
a ■- ■ . es. However, Houston took to the door
1o declare that it would be "folly and treason
• , ow'F' Vewston no cu t I much n
t ■ ■ -ol , th Te is was canst
- go^ -a ."to _ •
- w uaWaates duty to stay . - and sin ..
; J, : . O!.'-
, actio.
nv; with the magnitude of the event. The cele-
•onveae h an u. >■' n-t snnsnnui
v :<s offered tree charge io
the^ poverty-stricken Texas government, The
! - - |>joa,h T. Byers, rented it to local busi-
• R for $170 for three monais. It was then
v:i';o the government. However, Byars
w- neon paid and is now trying to collect
. .. convention.
; .ding is scathingly described by a vis-
. 'V from Virginia, William Fairfax
"an unfinished house without doors or
In lieu of glass, cotton cloth was
■ across the windows which partially
- the cold wind." Yesterday, it got
.-low.: to 3o degrees ana today is not much
warmer.
62 aeiegates elected, only 40 showed
a me au> 19 more drifted in later. They
. . . „ >nxea lot of hunters, lawyers, two doc-.
re.:. , a- .d one quack, a journalist, a minister, a
., a former sheriff and a host of recent
irrsn. grants.
./.•v ... of the species
a, rua/Jy, crdy Navarro and Ruiz from Be-'
xar were bom in Texas. Most of the otners ,
come from the southern U.S. although there is
one each from Canada, Mexico, England,
Scotland and Ireland. Some served in state
legislatures and -t least one, Samuel Px.ce
Carson, was a U.S. Congressman. Houston
. as governor of Tennessee until he left under
owware circumstances, while Lorenzo de Za-
vala is a former president of Mexico's cham-
ber' of deputies and former governor of the
z. we or o'exieo.
under 40 ye; "s of age.
..•units William M -y, a
•ho is 24. Michel Branamour
Canadian trapper, is the
Th saddest deie,,..sw\ : e-
about their kin a" the
h Stapp of Victoria Coun-
rr.ed all of his family's
■n destroyed bv duo ad-
rmy. And the happiest
lou; Charles Bellinger Stewart
o is marrying Miss Julie Shep-
Fory ,..!
2'h" your:.
Virginia.
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a in -. .. a, io^ the type o? pi,me .>o~
roes . me ;v;aa o. people usually associated
vitn diplomacy a. lax , war and peace. Only
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Ashby, Lynn. The Texas diplomatic core, clipping, March 2, 1972; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth248343/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library.