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15 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through May 13th · 0 replies · +1 points
Just one simple question.... Who's going to take the guns?
15 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - Vent through 4/22 · 2 replies · +2 points
Yesterday at the San Antonio Tea Party, there were various Texian (yes the 'i' should be there) flags being waved in the crowd. Glenn got feedback from the crowd about the Goliad flag with the severed red arm with sword which represented the belief in an independent Republic of Texas. However, the flag in yesterday's crowd that fits the spirit of the tea parties was the tri-color flag (green, white & red) with 1824 emblazoned in the middle. Let me explain...
In 1821 Mexico won its War of Independence from Spain and adopted its first constitution in 1824 establishing a republican form of government. The constitution created the United Mexican States with a government very similar to its northern neighbor. During this time, the broad freedoms guaranteed by the Mexican Constitution drew many Anglos and Europeans to the northern region of the Mexican State Coahuila y Tejas.
In 1833 Antonio López de Santa Anna becomes the President of Mexico and in 1834 replaced the federalist constitution with a strong centralized government. This act lead the Texians to raise an army in defiance of the new government. Their purpose was not for independence but to have the government restore the 1824 Constitution. Many adopted a tri-color flag, mirroring the Mexican flag, with 1824 in the field of white. It was not until the end of 1835, the Texian cause became a struggle for independence.
It seems we stand at that same point in history as those Texians in 1834. We are not demanding independence nor revolution but that the government abide by our Constitution and the limited government it sought to guarantee. It seems our movement has adopted the yellow "Don't Thread on Me" flag. I understand the sentiment but this flag, like the Goliad flag, is a revolutionary flag. Perhaps the flag that represents us best would be one like the 1824 flag, one that mirrors the U.S. flag with 1787 on the field of blue.
As a historical side note, the origin of both flags are credited to the same man, Captain Phillip Dimmit, and reflect his change from Mexican patriot to Texian revolutionary.
In 1821 Mexico won its War of Independence from Spain and adopted its first constitution in 1824 establishing a republican form of government. The constitution created the United Mexican States with a government very similar to its northern neighbor. During this time, the broad freedoms guaranteed by the Mexican Constitution drew many Anglos and Europeans to the northern region of the Mexican State Coahuila y Tejas.
In 1833 Antonio López de Santa Anna becomes the President of Mexico and in 1834 replaced the federalist constitution with a strong centralized government. This act lead the Texians to raise an army in defiance of the new government. Their purpose was not for independence but to have the government restore the 1824 Constitution. Many adopted a tri-color flag, mirroring the Mexican flag, with 1824 in the field of white. It was not until the end of 1835, the Texian cause became a struggle for independence.
It seems we stand at that same point in history as those Texians in 1834. We are not demanding independence nor revolution but that the government abide by our Constitution and the limited government it sought to guarantee. It seems our movement has adopted the yellow "Don't Thread on Me" flag. I understand the sentiment but this flag, like the Goliad flag, is a revolutionary flag. Perhaps the flag that represents us best would be one like the 1824 flag, one that mirrors the U.S. flag with 1787 on the field of blue.
As a historical side note, the origin of both flags are credited to the same man, Captain Phillip Dimmit, and reflect his change from Mexican patriot to Texian revolutionary.
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