Govern Wisely, And As Little As Possible

Texas Has Yet To Learn Submission To Any Oppression, Come From What Source It May.

Texas Will Again Lift It's Head And Stand Among The Nations. It Ought To Do So, For No Country Upon The Globe Can Compare With It In Natural Advantages.

I Would Lay Down My Life To Defend Any One Of The States From Aggression, Which Endangered Peace Or Threatened Its Institutions. I Could Do More For The Union, But I Wish To Do More; For The Destruction Of The Union Would Be The Destruction Of All The States. A Stab In The Heart Is Worse Then A Cut In A Limb, For This May Be Healed.

Texas Is The Finest Portion Of The Globe That Has Ever Blessed My Vision!

I Am Aware That In Presenting Myself As The Advocate Of The Indians And Their Rights, I Shall Stand Very Much Alone.