3/23 I came home determined to work it out in detail. This I have done, and now I hand this plan to you to ascertain your views and secure your cooperation." So saying he handed Belton a foolscap sheet of paper on which the following was written: A PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO. Reconsider our determination to make known the existence of our Imperium, and avoid all mention of an emigration to Texas. Quietly purchase all Texas land contiguous to states and territories of the Union. Build small commonplace huts on these lands and place rapid fire disappearing guns in fortifications dug beneath them. |