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 liOri^E OF IIEPRESENTATIVES, May -<. is.; J.— L<^: n die 
 table, artd onJered to be prinrei. 
 
 [By Mr. Skxton.] 
 
 JOITs^T RESOLUTIO^s^S 
 
 of the State of Texa=, 
 
 Wlievoas, tlic present war %vagecl by the Uoxcnmietit of tlie I'nitod 
 States upon the Governiuent, people and propcry of the Confclerate 
 States, is without prece<lent in its atrocity and uuc-liristinn clmrar-ter ; 
 and whereas, the comparative exemption of (mw own <lear Scav.f froin 
 many of tiie more dire concomitants of war, may h;»Ae been construed 
 ag a cause for our unanimity in sustaining our (.'overnment ; there- 
 fore, be it 
 
 1st. Beso/ved hi/ the he.p^iditlun of t/ic Staic of Tr.nis, Th.it junv tliat 
 our presumptuous enemy treads our soil, in heavy numbers and mcn- 
 iK'ing attitude, we bid him a proud and scornful defiance. 
 
 2d. That we pledge to our sister States that in this struggle our 
 ■authorities and our people will evince a patriotism and endurance as 
 great as the occasion and as prolonged as the conilict. 
 
 3d. That although as a free people we have exercised the rights of 
 criticism upon the acts of our Tresident and his (Cabinet, yet wc here 
 record our full contidence in the patriotism and ability of President 
 Davis ; and do furthermore declare that, if remitted now to our op- 
 tion, we would not exchange him for any citizen of the Confederacy, 
 as the pilot to carry us through the present storiny -truggle for lihrr/i/^ 
 as a people, and for independence as a nation. 
 
 Approved, December 16, 1863. 
 
 Spatk of Ttx.vs, Depaiumem of JusTrcE. 
 
 I, Robert J. Townes, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do 
 
 certify the above to be a true and correct copy of the original joint 
 
 . ^-^ resolutions on file in this department. Witness my Itand 
 
 < SEAL. J and official seal, at Austin, this twenty. third dav of De- 
 
 ^ -- ' eember, 1863. 
 
 R. J. TOWXES, 
 Si'cretary of Sfote.