These Are The Top 5 Libertarian War Heroes of All Time

1. Sam Houston

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Sam Houston

Sam Houston was instrumental in liberating Texas from Mexico. His victory at the Battle of San Jacinto, where he was the commanding general, is what won the Republic of Texas its freedom from Mexico. One of the shortest battles in military history, it lasted only 18 minutes.

Like Davy Crockett, Sam Houston opposed Andrew Jackson’s abuses of the Cherokee Nation. In 1830 and 1833, Houston went to Washington D.C. to expose the frauds that U.S. government agents had committed against the Cherokee. After getting into trouble for beating one of these agents with a hickory stick, Houston was fined $500.00 and left for Mexico without paying the fine. His lawyer at the trial was Francis Scott Key. Houston’s second wife was a member of the Cherokee nation.

After securing Texas its independence, Sam Houston was elected President of the Republic of Texas in 1836 and again in 1841. When Texas was annexed in 1845 by the United States, Houston served as a U..S. Congressman, and as governor of Texas from 1859 to 1861. He opposed secession and would not swear an oath to the Confederacy.

Sam Houston was a good man, but like Burr and Crockett, he did violate the Neutrality Act. If he had not, the great State of Texas may never have come to be part of the Union.
Whenever somebody suggests that the United States ought to go to war in order to help save foreign nationals from oppression by their government, we should instead encourage them to campaign to repeal the Neutrality Act and to then volunteer at their own expense to help others abroad. That is the American way. It is also the only possible libertarian response. Remind them of the great contributions of Marquis de Lafayette, Aaron Burr, Jean Laffite, Davy Crockett and Sam Houston. Tell them to put their money where their mouth is, but to keep the government  out of it.

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