American Minute with Bill Federer

American Minute with Bill Federer

March 2

The Alamo mission at San Antonio was in its 7th day of being
assaulted by thousands of Santa Anna's troops.

By the 13th day, Santa Anna's "take-no-prisoner" policy had all 189
defenders killed, including Jim Bowie and former U.S. Congressman
Davy Crockett.

The only Texas army left in the field was Col. James Fannin's.

It departed Goliad to rescue the Alamo but was surrounded in open
ground and captured. Santa Anna ordered all 350 prisoners executed.

When the Mexican officer hesitated, Santa Anna sent another officer
who carried out the order.

Had Fannin's troops been left in prison, Texas would have been
disheartened, but instead Santa Anna's cruelty aroused world outrage.


The Texas Declaration of Independence, signed MARCH 2, 1836, stated:

"When a government...becomes an instrument in the hands of evil
rulers for their oppression....(it is) the inherent and inalienable
right of the people to...take their political affairs into their own
hands...to secure their welfare and happiness....

The government (of) General Antonio Lopez Santa Anna...demanded us to
deliver up our arms, which are essential to our defense- the rightful
property of freemen- and formidable only to tyrannical governments...

has, through its emissaries, incited the merciless savage, with the
tomahawk and scalping knife, to massacre the inhabitants of our
defenseless frontiers...

We fearlessly...commit the issue to the...Supreme Arbiter of the
destinies of nations."