Dedication
TO THE TEXAN PATRIOTS, WHO TRIUMPHANTLY UNFURLED AND WAVED ALOFT THE “BANNER OF THE LONE STAR!” WHO WRENCHED ASUNDER THE IRON BANDS OF DESPOTIC MEXICO! AND WREATHED THE BROW OF THE “QUEEN STATE” WITH THE GLORIOUS CHAPLET OF “CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY!” THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.