“Merely being polite about it, is all,” agreed Dick. And he resumed.
6th. That Texas is responsible for the expenses of her armies now in the field.
“Glad to hear that,” was the interruption. “I’ve been pinin’ to know who was goin’ to pay me for my crops I’ve lost.”
7th. That the public faith of Texas is pledged for the payment of any debts contracted by her agents.
“Pay in faith, huh? Wall, thar’s nothin’ else in the treasury, that’s sartin.”
8th. That she will reward, by donations in lands, all who volunteer their services in her present struggle, and receive them as citizens.
“Thar’s sense to that. We got land a-plenty, anyhow.”
These declarations we solemnly avow to the world, and call God to witness their truth and sincerity, and invoke defeat and disgrace upon our heads, should we prove guilty of duplicity.
Dick passed the handbill around.