 | Everett McNeil - 1908 - 430 sider
...and we will then understand and the world will understand, what we are fighting for. If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms, and so...prisoners and to make Texas a waste desert. I shall fight the enemy on his own terms; yet I am ready to do it, and if my countrymen do not rally to my... | |
 | Walter Lord - 1978 - 280 sider
...only strengthened the men's resolve. Writing Jesse Grimes on March 3, Travis stated, "If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms and so will...independence we are ready to peril our lives a hundred rimes a day. . . ." Such a man was not likely to be flying any kind of Mexican flag three days later.... | |
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If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms, and so will the men under my command. But under the flag of independence, we are ready to peril our lives a hundred times a day... 