I declare to you that the highest men in the land were of my mind.

Only last July President Jackson offered an additional half million dollars for the Rio Grande boundary; and Mr.Secretary Forsyth said, justly or unjustly, by hook, or by crook, Texas must become part of our country.

We have been longing for it for fifty years! Now, then, brothers-in-arms!' he cried, 'You are here for your homes and your freedom; but, more than that, you are here for your country!' Remember the thousands of Americans who have slipped out of history and out of memory, who have bought this land with their blood! We have held a grip on Texas for fifty years.

By the soul of every American who has perished here, I charge you, No Surrender!' "You should have heard the shout that answered the charge.

Jesu, Maria! It made my heart leap to my bosom.