Texan declares own brand of secession

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — Daniel Miller’s warm baritone and easy patter peg him for the radio personality he is.

He begins his pitch before the three dozen people in a La Quinta conference room by rolling up his sleeves. He’s not here to discuss the normal topic of succeeding in business but rather, the business of seceding.

Miller heads the Texas Nationalist Movement, a group that lays claim to 250,000 members and seeks to win independence for Texas.

This summer, he and his group have toured more than 21 cities, sharing ideas, answering skeptics and inviting disenchanted Texans to leave a less-than-perfect union and dream of a country that looks and acts like the Lone Star State.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20150906-texan-declares-own-brand-of-secession.ece

[Skittles]

1. Texas never misses an opportunity to embarrass itself

[David__77]

2. I suspect that Texes nationalism will face out fairly...

...if for no other reason than that it may become plurality Latino or even plurality speaking Spanish at home.

[hobbit709]

3. If TX seceded it would immediately achieve 3rd world status.

[Gothmog]

6. That is clear after Abbott and Perry gutted our schools

[rogerashton]

4. If Texas were to give up its statehood,

it would not then be independent. At the time of Texas' readmission to statehood, it was a territory under military occupation and government. Would it not revert to that status? Supposing, that is, that Texas secession were anything other than a fantasy.

[Ilsa]

5. The belief of the secessionists is that

It would revert to being The Republic of Texas. Why let Union occupation post-Civil War be a factor?

[DhhD]

7. Republic of Texas-1836. Texas becomes a state in 1845.

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/earlystate/slavery-01.html

The enslavement of African Americans was the curse of early American life, and Texas was no exception. The Mexican government was opposed to slavery, but even so, there were 5000 slaves in Texas by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1836. By the time of annexation a decade later, there were 30,000; by 1860, the census found 182,566 slaves -- over 30% of the total population of the state.
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State of Texas left the Union with 30% of its population enslaved making no wages as the cruel Legislatures made sure that no slave could achieve emancipation, years earlier.