Excerpts from the America's Imperial Power, from Tamaulipas to Oklahoma. '...no transcripts were made of Coke's meeting on the 18th of November with President Benjamin, but later accounts by both men indicates that the meeting was by no means civil. Certainly the unproductive nature of the meeting led to a rapid decline of federal-state relations. 'Men and women of Texas. Last night, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Protection Act. This morning, Texas became closed to the world. We have said, 'No more!' Have a merry Christmas, and long live Texas!' ...