We saw things as they was comin'." "I reckon, too," said Karnes, "that we ain't a part of Mexico any more." "No, we're a free an' independent republic.

It was so decided last night, and we've got nothing more to do now but to whip a nation of eight millions, the fifty thousand of us." "Well," said Smith philosophically, "it's a tough job, but it might be did.

I've heard tell that them old Greeks whipped the Persians when the odds were powerful high against them." "That is true," said Burnet, "and we can at least try.

We give the reason for declaring our independence.

We assert to the world that the Mexican republic has become a military despotism, that our agents carrying petitions have been thrown in dungeons in the City of Mexico, that we have been ordered to give up the arms necessary for our defence against the savages, and that we have been deprived of every right guaranteed to us when we settled here." "We're glad it's done, although we knew it would be done," said Smith.
"We ain't much on talkin', Mr.President, Hank an' me, but we can shoot pretty straight, an' we're at your call." "I know that, God bless you both," said Burnet.