Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; and the maintenance of our institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend on the preservation of the right of local self-government unimpaired to all States.
FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE
Tex. Const. art. 1, § 1, under Bill of Rights.
Tex. Const. art. 1, § 1
FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE