"Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of [the] Union,– whether originating at the North or the South,– whether arising from the incendiary violence of abolitionists, or from the coalition of nullifiers, will never meet with my unqualified approval."
- Sam Houston in a letter to James Gadsden
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
- Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Deceleration of Independence
We the undersigned express our support for Texas remaining a member of the United States of America.