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[quote user="Firelock76"] To Sam 1:  I don't know that Sam Houston thought Texas joining the Union in 1845 was a mistake, in 1861 he DEFINATELY thought Texas seceding from the Union and joining the Confederacy was a mistake, cost him the governorship.  He said: "Let me tell you what is coming.  Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet.  You may, after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win southern independence, but I doubt it.  I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of States Rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union.  They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates.  But when they begin to move in a given direction they move with the steady momentum and perserverance of a mighty avalanche." How right he was, even if Texas was the only Confederate state that was never overrun. [/quote] Houston did not think that joining the union in 1845 was a mistake, but doing so led to taking sides in an ugly conflict between the states or the War for Southern Independence.  Clearly, he thought that seceding from the union was a mistake and, as you note, his position cost him the governorship.  Several historians claim that in retrospect he felt that becoming part of the United States was a mistake.  After all, had Texas not become a state, it would not have had to choose sides in the American Civil War.  And Houston would not have found himself having to go against the wishes of many Texans. It is true that Texas was not overrun during the Civil War.  Galveston was occupied briefly.  And its ports were blockaded effective by the United States Navy.  Nevertheless, it suffered severe economic hardship and a fretful period of reconstruction.  Mr. Sam was correct.  Siding with the Confederacy was a terrible mistake.
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