The Republic of Texas movement campaigns for Texas to be officially separated from the United States of America, on the grounds that Texas never acceded to be part of the union and has the right to forge its own future, maintaining sovereignty and resisting integration into the planned North American Union. Senator Ed Brannum is spokesman for the Republic of Texas movement, and kindly granted us an interview.

What are the main reasons that Texas should "secede", or would you rather say, "reclaim nationhood", since Texas has never acceded to be in the United States?

The republic of Texas is and always has been a sovereign Nation ab initio. Seceding has nothing to do with the forward movement of the Nation.

The 10th congress was placed into abeyance in 1845 by a newly elected congress thereby breaching their Oaths of Office as sworn to support the republic of Texas constitution. They accomplished this by not convening the 10th congress under constitutional law and after being elected by the people to represent them. Therefore, in 2005, the declared Texian people came together and called for an election to replace the 10th congress positions that were defaulted in 1845; whereby, the republic of Texas was removed from abeyance and is alive and well to this day.

Do you expect Texian independence to be achieved entirely by democratic means or through legal challenges? How is this progressing?

What do you mean by democratic means? The word democracy or democrat is not recognized in our vocabulary nor is it mentioned in the united States of America constitution or it's pledge of allegiance.

I do not believe there will be a completion of anything "legally" because that is a color of law word used in all the present day courts by the British Accredited Attorneys.

Yes, I believe there will be success using "at law" or lawful common law legislation as long as "We the People" keep all actions under God's law of Nations and using His royal law.

There were nine years of legislation passed by the 1st-9th republic of Texas congress that we are bringing forward or repealing. Remember those were the horse and wagon days compared with today's autos, jets, space shuttles etc.

My elders have told me, many times, that all government actions should always move slowly. This statement is really becoming very apparent when I am witnessing the billions and trillions of dollars currently being wasted with speedy over-the-weekend votes for greed by the United States congress; and, by these speedy actions they are not only destroying their own country from within but, at the same time, they are financially destroying major nations around the world. The republic of Texas is free of debt. Therefore, our progress is coming along in God's time not man's.

How much of a threat do you see of internal violence within an independent Texas, caused by those who wish to merge with Mexico? Do you think there may be an attempt by such people to split Texas up even further?

Texians do not wish to merge with Mexico. Mexico has more problems than they can handle at this moment. I do not feel the cause for any trouble will come from outside our borders unless the US creates some type of action (covert) that will make it appear that Mexico is behind some violence….wag the dog's tail, if you would. The people you may be talking about may be residing inside of Texas. I am not sure whom you are asking about causing violence.

If you would have seen Lou Dobbs a couple of weeks ago on CNN when he was telling about a Russian Professor showing the United States splitting up in six parts he showed a map that very few people would have recognized. The map was on the screen maybe five seconds but it showed Texas as Texas was in 1819 covering from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. Not split up.

Are you concerned that Mexico may attempt to destabilize or militarily invade Texas?

In my opinion only, I do not think that there could possibly be an engagement with forces of Mexico, unless the United States desires for that to happen and provokes Mexico to start a skirmish of some sort. There are six million plus fully-armed Texians in Texas. Mexico should remember that in 1836 there were about 15,000 trained troops that came against 157 Texians in the Alamo. There were thousands of Mexico's troops killed and it took thirteen days to take the Texians down. I also seem to recall that in 1941 there was a Japanese top Naval officer who stated after Pearl Harbor was destroyed " I am afraid we have awaken a sleeping giant". He was right. You see, God is on our side so who can be against us?

Do you anticipate that the US government would accept a democratic or legal arrangement to hand over sovereignty to Texians? Can this be achieved in a friendly and diplomatic manner?

The United States of today is nothing more than a corporation just as all States, United Nations, IMF, NATO, etc. are and cannot recognize any sovereign living soul. As an example, the republic of Texas asked for recognition from The Hague of the Netherlands and all documents were returned to us with "lack of Jurisdiction". They can only rule on "corporate" disputes between two or more corporate countries. Corporations cannot recognize living souls. The STATE OF TEXAS SUPREME COURT ruled in 1994, " Lack of Jurisdiction" over the republic of Texas because they are also a corporation.

There is a Treaty of Limits on record between the united States of America and the republic of Texas but finding the true de jure united States of America government has not been accomplished.

When a baby is born in the UNITED STATES the mother signs a birth certificate as the informant that her child is born in the State of ------ not the United States. Therefore the baby is not a citizen of the United States but is a foreign state citizen until later (usually) when he or she is talked into signing some document that makes he or she a Corporate 14th amendment citizen.

The de jure republic of Texas has already claimed its rightful place in North America and will continue to create documentation to remove its trespassers.

I am not naïve enough to think that the greedy Corporatism United States is going to let the seventh richest land in the world go without a fight, especially since they are several trillion dollars in debt and bankrupt. The fight at this time is with paper. Again, I am not naïve enough to think about moving against a super power militarily; and I do not believe Texians will have to worry about that because the greedy ones are self-destructing as I write to you.

Yes, this whole matter can be resolved peacefully as long as our belief and faith in God is first and foremost. Peace will happen in His time frame, not ours.

Do you cooperate with secessionist movements elsewhere in the US?

I have no problem encouraging others to fight for their freedoms lawfully on paper as long as they have included God and His Son Jesus Christ in their actions and they are not just out for revenge and destruction.

Some well-qualified observers have been predicting that it is only a matter of time until the US breaks up into several parts. Do you see this as inevitability, and do you think the central government knows it will have to negotiate?

What the U.S. really wants to accomplish by the year 2010 is to combine all North American countries to include Mexico and Canada. The contracts for seamless borders have already been completed between the countries. This one country would be called the North American Union (NAU). Recently, Bush tried to bring forward the Amero (the new money for the NAU) but I heard it has been rejected by twenty nations plus China. Therefore, I believe that negotiations may be possible in the near future if the U.S. loses its financial integrity worldwide which is slowly beginning to happen with every passing day; and, I believe that Treaties with other Nations for commerce and Trade will develop with the republic of Texas - not the United States. Keep in mind, the republic of Texas Nation is the seventh richest land in the world. These treaties are the recognition needed to complete the control over the lands within the republic of Texas's present geographical jurisdiction claims.

Do passions run high amongst American individuals opposing secession? Is all the opposition from the central government rather than opinionated people as such?

Which Americans are you describing? There are individuals from North, Central and South America. Saying the word "Americans" is a brain-washing technique. Whoever you are trying to describe I would not have any first hand information as to their thoughts.

There is no "central government" as you think. It is all "fictional corporate figureheads" pretending to be government. The constitutions they use are corporate charters. These so-called governments will always oppose the people being truly free. The whole corporate system from bottom to top is designed to keep control of the slaves (the people).

There is opposition from people that do not know who they really are and who are puppets without any rights but have all kinds of "privileges" they pay for unlawfully, such as taxes, fees, licenses, etc.

Do you feel that most Texians generally support Texan national independence?

Yes, I believe that 100% of Texians are for national independence or they would not declare themselves as Texians. Texians are International citizens whereas Texans are corporate state citizens.

Where Texas republic needs help is from people and organizations such as yourself and your website to help us get the word out to the Texans who are corporate State and United States citizens who do not know who they are and most do not know who Texians are. The major mainstream medias have kept the republic of Texas hidden from the public slaves as much as possible with the exception of "negative" news when one of ours gets in some kind of trouble - the media is right on the spot to downgrade the republic.

Would you say that Barack Obama's election to be President and the current financial crisis are factors that will increase support for Texian independence?

I would say "yes" there have been many Texians gained because of the election but not necessarily because of race. The people of North America as a whole that know who they are have lost all faith and confidence in the United States so-called government. They are fed up with the lies, thievery, and mostly the stupidity of the actions being committed without any forethought to what is being done to what once was a great Nation under God.