tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post5646375212972818985..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Battle of Gonzales, TexasMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-16719395839435553532010-05-08T23:11:35.728-05:002010-05-08T23:11:35.728-05:00The Founding Fathers in their writings stated,
and...The Founding Fathers in their writings stated,<br />and I paraphrase: "joining the union is voluntary as is leaving it. If it were not so, then the states would be no better off then they had been under British rule."<br />That said, the Civil War was an unconstitutional war basically driven to protect the power of the federal government.<br />So much for "Honest Abe". To really know Lincoln go to Lincoln - Douglas fourth debate<br />on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-17202984667552853402009-12-13T18:54:25.889-06:002009-12-13T18:54:25.889-06:00COME AND TAKE IT!!COME AND TAKE IT!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-48967408034977776762009-12-01T18:12:34.327-06:002009-12-01T18:12:34.327-06:00Because Texas was on the verge of rebellion and th...Because Texas was on the verge of rebellion and they didn't want it used against them. They were trying to confiscate all heavy weapons that were not under government control.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-22658653034756475482009-12-01T17:53:35.623-06:002009-12-01T17:53:35.623-06:00why did mexico want the cannon back so badly???why did mexico want the cannon back so badly???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-70691659945897234552009-10-02T23:51:09.018-05:002009-10-02T23:51:09.018-05:00I see. Thanks for the extra info. I suppose everyt...I see. Thanks for the extra info. I suppose everythign really is bigger in Texas, including memories of past desires for independance being larger than in reality.ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-8063055767864539972009-10-02T18:00:41.309-05:002009-10-02T18:00:41.309-05:00I'd like to say that was so, but afraid not. F...I'd like to say that was so, but afraid not. From the very outset there were two camps that the population fell into; pro-US and pro-independence. Houston led the US group, Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar led the pro-TX group. With money tight, Mexico still threatening war (even attacking on occasion) most everyone was looking to align with some other power and the US was most likely. The US went back & forth on the issue depending on who was in office and finally the idea of joining or aligning with Britain was floated as a way to frighten the US into action as the last thing they wanted was Great Britain on their northern and southern borders. They finally acted, Texas voted on it, annexation happened and the Mexican-American War was the result. That being said, it did not take long for the romance with the US to wear off. Little more than a decade later the public voted overwhelmingly to leave the Union (Texas was the only state or maybe one of only 2 -can't remember- to put secession up for popular vote) and we all know how that ended.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-44175091964240033642009-10-02T17:13:39.056-05:002009-10-02T17:13:39.056-05:00I may have misread my history but I was under the ...I may have misread my history but I was under the impression that Texas did not actually want to merge with the US by and large.I realise there was a movement to, but to my studies I was under the impression that this was the minority view. Am I mistaken?ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-24241189545721026122009-10-02T16:55:50.499-05:002009-10-02T16:55:50.499-05:00The first colonies came to Texas under the empire ...The first colonies came to Texas under the empire but were in the midst of establishment when Iturbide was overthrown. It's also interesting that the two factions that emerged in the Republic of Texas (never had parties) were the pro-US faction and the other that was often called the "Texian Empire" faction. Texas also threatened the US with joining the British Empire if they continued to drag their feet on annexation. Personally, of the two factions, the Houston-US faction and the Lamar-independence faction, I would have been solidly with President Lamar.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-80605760226081677672009-10-02T16:33:00.305-05:002009-10-02T16:33:00.305-05:00Would that Texas had remained independent! Granted...Would that Texas had remained independent! Granted, most Texans, being descended from, and greatly influenced by, Americans were died in the wool Republicans, who lived under the Monarchy of Interdide more out or a sense of need for the resources he provided than any devotion to Monarchy, and likely would never have develop a Texan throne, it would have been better than the mechanations odf Santa Anna, who failed, or of the Americans, whose dupliucity paid off.<br /><br />We will still regard the Texas Republic and all its Autonomy, though!ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.com