Texians,

Let us consider another reason that Texas left the Union. The tyrant Lincoln had called up 75,000 troops and sent them into the Confederacy without approval from Congress. He sent a significant number of troops into armed combat without approval. Mind you that no war was declared, he just sent troops. The southern states had chosen to leave the Union, and he used force to keep them from doing so. 75,000 troops is a lot of men. Sending such a large number sent a message. He was serious. He did not want to negotiate with the Confederacy, he wanted submission. He was not willing to work through Congress to achieve his goal. He was not open to political solutions. He wanted blood. His action showed a complete disregard for Congress, and the rule of law. He did not have the authority to send troops into harms way. He justified his actions saying that the Constitution gave him ‘war powers’. No other President had seen them in the Constitution before, but Lincoln, being the shyster lawyer he was, found hidden meaning in the document that gave him that authority to send men into harm’s way.

When Texas saw that Lincoln was not going to negotiate, and was not going to work within the law, they knew he was a loose cannon. They knew he was running renegade. If he was willing to send troops without authorization, there was not telling what else he was capable of doing. He was functioning as a dictator, out of control. (Is it any wonder that the current occupant of the White House admires Lincoln?). Lincoln was not going to respect the lawful secession of the Southern states from the damnable Union.

Lincoln’s sending of the 75,000 troops into the south was another one of the many reasons Texas left the Union.

Free Texas and Texas minds!

J Murrah

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