1. To the north were Commanches and Kiowas, to the west were Apaches and
hostile New Mexicans, and to the south were unfriendly Mexicans.
2. _Population of the United States in 1860_ (Washington: Government
Printing Office, 1864), pp. 472-90.
3. _Ibid._, _Agriculture of the United States in 1860_ (Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1864), pp. 140-51. A. B. Bender, "Principal
Military Posts in the Southwest" in _The March of Empire_ (Lawrence:
University of Kansas Press, 1952), opposite p. 284.
4. Ernest W. Winkler, _Platform of Political Parties in Texas_ (Bulletin
of the University of Texas, 1916: No. 53), pp. 11-80. Llerena Friend,
_Sam Houston The Great Designer_ (Austin: The University of Texas Press,
1954) pp. 241 ff. Charles W. Ramsdell, "The Frontier and Secession" in
_Studies in Southern History and Politics: Inscribed to William
Archibald Dunning_ (New York: Columbia University Press, 1914), p. 74.
5. Hattie J. Roach, _A History of Cherokee County_ (Dallas: Southwest
Press, 1934), pp. 61-62. Anna I. Sandbo, "Beginnings of the Secession
Movement in Texas" in _The Southwestern Historical Quarterly_, XVIII,
No. 2, Oct., 1914, pp. 169-72.
6. The convention call referred to Section I of the "Bill of Rights" of
the Texas Constitution of 1845. This section provided that "All
political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are
founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit; and they
have at all times the unalienable right to alter, reform, or abolish
their form of government, in such a manner as they think expedient."
Constitution of The State of Texas (1845) in H.P.N. Gammel, _The Laws of
Texas 1822-1897_ (Austin: The Gammel Book Co., 1898), II, p. 1277. Oran
M. Roberts, "The Political, Legislative, and Judicial History of Texas
for its Fifty Years of Statehood" in Dudley G. Wooten, A _Comprehensive
History of Texas 1685 to 1897_ (Dallas: William G. Scarff, 1898), II, p.
88.
7. Edward R. Maher, Jr., "Sam Houston and Secession" in _The
Southwestern Historical Quarterly_, LV, No. 4, Apr., 1952, pp. 453-54.
Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, _The Writings of Sam Houston
1813-1863_ (Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1943), VIII, pp.
220-21. Ernest W. Winkler [ed.], _Journal of the Secession Convention of
Texas 1861_ (Austin: Austin Printing Co., 1912), pp. 9-13.