LEGAL PROOF THAT TEXAS IS A SOVEREIGN NATION
It is undisputed that Texas was originally a sovereign nation unto itself. The U.S. federal government— i.e. the current regime controlling the USA-- claims that Texas is now a subordinate state to the United States, having become such in 1845. However, this is 100% false; on the contrary, the People of the Republic of Texas simply agreed to be admitted as a state, and for their various officials to be bound by the Constitution and federal law—not the People themselves.
Consider Article VI of the U.S. Constitution:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States
which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall
be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of
the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any
Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures,
and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the
several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this
Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification
to any Office or public Trust under the United States. [Underlines added]
Note the underlined parties named above “the Judges in every state, The
Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several
State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United
States and of the several States.”
Nowhere does this mention the People of any state, who are the rightful electors of these officals—and thus the final authority over them; therefore, this cannot in any way surrender or relinquish their own sovereignty as a state or People: for they, not their elected or appointed officials, were the true sovereign rulers of the Republic of Texas.
The
Actual Text of the Law Itself
Below is the actual text of the Ordinance of Annexation, by which Texas agreed to be admitted into the United States:
Ordinance of
Annexation
Approved by the Texas
Convention
on July 4, 1845
An Ordinance
Whereas,
the Congress of the United States
of America has passed resolutions providing for the annexation of Texas to that
Union, which resolutions were offered by the President of the United States on
the first day of March, 1845; and
Whereas,
the President of the United
States has submitted to Texas the first and second sections of said
resolutions, as the basis upon which Texas may be admitted as one of the States
of the said Union; and
Whereas,
the existing Government of the Republic of Texas,
has assented to the proposals thus made, --the terms and conditions of which
are as follows:
Joint Resolutions for annexing
Texas to the United States
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That
Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within and
rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State
to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government adopted
by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the
consent of the existing Government in order that the same may by admitted as
one of the States of this Union.
2nd. And be it further resolved,
That the foregoing consent of Congress is given upon the following conditions,
to wit: First, said state to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this
government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other government,
--and the Constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the
people of said Republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the
United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action on, or before
the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Second,
said state when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all
public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy
yards, docks, magazines and armaments, and all other means pertaining to the
public defense, belonging to the said Republic of Texas, shall retain funds,
debts, taxes and dues of every kind which may belong to, or be due and owing to
the said Republic; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated
lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and
liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after
discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may
direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon
the Government of the United States. Third -- New States of convenient size not
exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas and having
sufficient population, may, hereafter by the consent of said State, be formed
out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the
provisions of the Federal Constitution; and such states as may be formed out of
the territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude,
commonly known as the Missouri Compromise Line, shall be admitted into the
Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State, asking admission
shall desire; and in such State or States as shall be formed out of said
territory, north of said Missouri compromise Line, slavery, or involuntary
servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited."
Now in order to manifest the
assent of the people of this Republic, as required in the above recited
portions of said resolutions, we the deputies of the people of Texas, in
convention assembled, in their name and by their authority, do ordain and
declare, that we assent to and accept the proposals, conditions and guarantees,
contained in the first and second sections of the Resolution of the Congress of
the United States aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, we have
hereunto subscribed our names
Thomas J. Rusk
President
followed by 61 signatures
Attest
James H. Raymond
Secretary of the Convention.
Here, sovereignty of
Analysis
Let us begin a point-by-point analysis of the Ordinance:
Resolved by
the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That Congress doth consent that the territory properly
included within and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be
erected into a new State to be called the State of Texas, with a republican
form of government adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in
convention assembled, with the consent of the existing Government in order that
the same may by admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Here, this clearly recognizes that the territory in question properly belongs to the state of Texas, and recognizes that a state be erected within it and admitted as one of the United States. This in itself does not in any way relinquish Texas’s sovereignty as a nation, since such was never a condition of acceptance; certainly no such condition exists in the U.S. Constitution or elsewhere-- as covered under Article VI, section 3:
New States may be admitted by the Congress
into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the
Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of
the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of
and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property
belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so
construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular
State.
This not only fails to relinquish a new
state’s sovereignty, but rather expressly retains
it in Clause 2. Therefore, so far the Ordinance of Adoption does not relinquish
Continuing with the Ordinance:
2nd. And be it further resolved, That the foregoing
consent of Congress is given upon the following conditions, to wit: First, said
state to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government [i.e. the
government of Texas] of all questions of boundary that may arise with other
government [i.e. the United States or
other sovereign states], --and the Constitution thereof, with the proper
evidence of its adoption by the people of said Republic of Texas, shall be
transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress
for its final action on, or before the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six.
Here, the People of Texas clearly reserve the right for their government to adjust all questions of boundary with other governments; this definitely not only doesn’t relinquish sovereignty, but in fact implicitly retains it.
Continuing:
Second, said
state when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all
public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy
yards, docks, magazines and armaments, and all other means pertaining to the
public defense, belonging to the said Republic of Texas, shall retain funds,
debts, taxes and dues of every kind which may belong to, or be due and owing to
the said Republic; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated
lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and
liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after
discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may
direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon
the Government of the United States.
This simply cedes public defenses to the United States, under constitutional provisions regarding the Common Defense and keeping of armaments; otherwise, Texas retains everything, while expressly separating all debts and liabilities from the United States. Once again, this both fails to relinquish sovereignty, and implicitly retains it; it would be absurd, after all, for a state to become subordinate to another nation, but continue to pay its own debts; on the contrary, all debts become those of the sovereign nation.
Continuing:
Third -- New States of convenient size not
exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas and having sufficient
population, may, hereafter by the consent of said State, be formed out of the
territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of
the Federal Constitution; and such states as may be formed out of the territory
lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known
as the Missouri Compromise Line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or
without slavery, as the people of each State, asking admission shall desire;
and in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of
said Missouri compromise Line, slavery, or involuntary servitude (except for
crime) shall be prohibited.
This simply pertains to the right of
And finally:
Now in order
to manifest the assent of the people of this Republic, as required in the above
recited portions of said resolutions, we the deputies of the people of Texas,
in convention assembled, in their name and by their authority, do ordain and
declare, that we assent to and accept the proposals, conditions and guarantees,
contained in the first and second sections of the Resolution of the Congress of
the United States aforesaid.
Here we see the final phrase: “we assent to and accept the proposals, conditions and guarantees, contained in the first and second sections of the Resolution of the Congress of the United States aforesaid.” Since nowhere is sovereignty relinquished, then such assent is voluntary, while the guarantees are likewise secured by the retention of sovereignty rather than blind faith.
Thus, nowhere in this Ordinance, do the
People of Texas ever surrender their
sovereignty as a nation-- other than on a strictly voluntary and ongoing basis; and in fact they expressly and
implicitly retain their sovereignty
at several points. As such, the
Therefore, the People of Texas must
recognize their sovereignty, and assert it to the