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THB[CIVIL WAR] Texas Joint Resolutions Against Secession
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"...the south has no reason to desire a dissolution of the union."
Autograph document written by Benjamin Holland Epperson. [Austin], January 1860. 2 pages, 8 x 12 1/2. Docketing to verso.
A list of joint resolutions compiled by the Texas Legislature in response to the South Carolina Legislature. These resolutions were written by Texas Representative Benjamin Holland Epperson. The resolutions are as follows:
1. "That we dissent from the doctrine that a state has the constitutional right to secede from the union at its pleasure."
2. "That we dissent from the doctrine that a state has the right to annul a law of the federal government, or to finally decide upon the constitutionality of the same."
3. "That there is not at the present time any existing cause to justify a dissolution of the union".
4. "That the constitution of the United States as found and honestly interpreted, and the laws faithfully and impartially executed are the best guarantee of the rights of the south, and so long as this is done, the south has no reason to desire a dissolution of the union."
5. "That we deem it inexpedient to send deputies to a convention of slave holding states as recommended by the legislature of South Carolina."
6. "That the governor be required to cause a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to the governor of South Carolina."
The contents of this document is incredibly interesting, especially when it is viewed at in the context of the time. The docketing indicates it was written in January 1860; around this time, some Texan county delegates did attend the convention mentioned in the document to debate merits of secession. Additionally, the 8th Legislature of Texas's majority was Democratic, including Epperson. Southern Democrats at the time not only continued to champion states' rights over federal rule but also advocated for the expansion of slavery, both of which this document contradicts. Regardless of what may have been initially written in this document, Texas would approve its Ordinance of Secession just a year later and become the seventh state to secede from the United States.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
Condition
Tear at top of document. Ink stains to recto left.
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