The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 1851 Page: 1 of 4
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And I'do riot believe that millions of acres; (45,000,000) forty-five nnd safety demand it.
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i which their minds aid wishes have surveyed by our citizens and othershold-
j l<cn more clearly and decidedly settled, 1 ing claims from the government, and out-
than they are with regard
which it shall be adjusted.
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annually to many millions of dollars, and
augmen
are
the commonwealth.
to meet the Opposition of the leatters of gu^diffii to aid her i
all such partita whose aim 1
accomplishment of private ends rather
than the promotion of the common weal
and general
seek to be <
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• No. 50,
titles the
govern-
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positorv of the confidence of the people
to ’
in a foreign language, wholly unknown to
the people and accessible only to
adepts, who, it would seem, I
manner analogous to should be passed to rnake'the desertion
:nce,
so as to bring them unifier the treaty stipu-
sur-
irag than they would if I bad been
.1 and hackneyed ]
me well acc
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operate agai
people; for I am in fiiyor of tlie utmost
arijon, whether by individuals
or combinations of individuals, whose
objecty may be in concord with the
general wcIIhic.
uiijiilmii
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important objects bended that the court may be converted
‘•con- L ‘-r ..
so ' 3nd in fact such an
so II
not a
made ^>tnte,
Will it, rights
, a gejn-
system of ra
I res- '
public crcdi- an(l ll)e alleviation of the burlhens
’pishnent,
. Thev
papch published in
, in the county ol b’ayctt.e.
Three ye<v, payable invariably
in^advan€|> ' \
3’he and Type belong \o the
Moiiumen
ceeds arisin
paper will (
is
To fix at o.’i’o
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e, encounter great portant subject, and make my vrew#npon
i a
have had ’ paternal care and regard of the
f the claims voluminous system was inflicted upon us
any of the
; and we
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for him the rich inheritance; and, soon
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TO THE { L
People of Texas,
iftzeaa:—I. am a <
ftrages at the apptroachin.
of the and call it repudiation, to desist.
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, right inherent in our democratic form of! public patience,
government, 1 have spontaneously come i !x>,7
before you, uncalled by; any clique or ail(j
party whatever; and if 1 should be raised board might produce a i
by you to the elevated and responsible favorable Jo their wishes tbjin the one of s<> bowed down with
station for which I have offered you i
services, I shill watch over the honor of
the State with a
dily directing attention to the interests of i
the people al ine. — — .k.----
years I have been entirely withdrawn
A<wertjf|5O;—$1 per square for the first iwcriuyn,
and 50 cenjls for each subsequent insertion,
lines, or lens, to constitute a square.
Advertiscinepts not marked with tlifi
insertions
charged accordingly.
TEXAS MONEMEVT.
For the last twelve
I I j
from public lie, devoting myself exclu-
sively to the' adjustment of my ptjvate
affairs which litad become greajt
by my efforts during, our revolution, and
the heavfy advance of meanjs I then made
to maintain oiir liberties and establish our
independence; and I have consequently
oo bur benevolence. T"
co^ild be [laced in a mpre diflicult,
burrassing tnd distressing position, than
they'have occupied durin
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Xnd their losses have been
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4^ tj
i a pro-
politician, has maud,
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more than twenty . inglJto the actual value received to
. This latter estimate h w
! nis the basis
i all my ; of ^HieU]en>cm wnii tier erf ttirnrs. i^et: confounded—
hopes and ,;iui-rests ; I therefore never • us «amine the rnte by which they should 'system, thus i
one simple youthful 1 exas,
ex as .
he adopted.
o
free and self-governed people, thus ca0 population Jias certainly, now, many
ircsput time. ,o perpetually on the hunt for law, thus claims
to rake for it in every sink of corruption, ■
i thus blindly to keep on importing a suc-
cessirfh of deaf and dumb matter from a
country of slaves, what is this but treason Between contendin
against your free constitution?” /
j again he says, you have Jiappily broken j great, and l v
the yoke of foreign oppression ; but the be disposed to incline, the dangers by
yoke remains “ of English Eithersidds, “ which life} ’
exalted into judges; the common law, were alike formidable,
that tissue of impostures to which you
still yield your necks to be. pinched and
ailed, under the hands of one class among
| you, for whom, while they are comforted,
tormented. Day by day it
,1 !
the tdminis-
well-known fact in the
our legislation, that many of
i*
dition of our legislation. No people
young ever had a system of laws
complicated. Indeed* there is
sordid parsimony. The present inbfoit-
main by their toils, their valor and their
few years more will cease]
Now that dangers no i
us, and the way has been ’ Utiited States. But we should make the
, our first vigorous movement ourselves, and
different we shall command and control the action
ces-
, to
is to
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contrary laugh at; his folly and jeer aVhis
sordid parsimony. The; present inhabit-
ants of 1 exas who have (won its rich do-
main
bloqd. in a
to control it.
longer surround
made smooth by us for immigration
country will soon be filled with a
" class ol population, bringing with them and co-operation of that government and
j wealth, and all the conveniences of life, of the State of Louisiana, which wif! seek
and feeling, but little sympathy with the to avail themselves of the benefits of our
bold and hardy pioneer who has prepared enterprise, by extending our work beyond
our limits. But if we measure the pro-
ill wrest posed system by a narrower scale, it will
:— i be found that the completion of any por-
tion ol it will be attended with great bene-
fit, and that one part may be added to
another with increasing advantages, until
the full devclopureut of the whole may
be achieved. . .t
To accomplish thesethe
means of the State ihould be'lhf^}MSwed j
but private.capital and imfix
no
I a dauntless
upon it an
lhe capitalist
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looked to the same source for a profitable
return. The first has given
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oo to secure his chosen
a| Commiuec; and thy pro-
from the publication*of the 0
ier paying the expenses of public interest, and especially upon the
publication) be appropriated to the erec-
tion (ri a
the decimatdd
who have fallen i
Th^ papey t
on, jor party in politics.
Committee wish it to be emphatically
newspaper wli
parties fqirly-|—give place to ne personal j 3^ts real value) with
articles in its colnmns, and give informa- ,
t’mn. as far a* possible, upon all subjects
of wludi a newspapcnshould m at.
I The papetf is presented to the public
full ol confidence that all who fipel an i ([jg ascer(ainmei^ of the a nount and the , millions of dollars received from the U. ciples which must govern it, the means
our liabilities); but it i Slates, be paid to
ed, will endeavor to would be difficult tq devise any
* under which special
; hardship would not arise to claim a legis- i
, .txhve intervention. iThe mode adopted interest.
all important ■ bj^the auditorial board provided by that
•; a& in reducing the nominal amouni^of domain ;
and particularly facts °dr liabilities to their real
i under it, have from time
>y the efforts of lhe so projected as to admit of a gradual c
velopment ami completion. b.
A mutual good understanding with tracks should be thrown across the
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or, is of vital iilnpor- lion of our rivers, and supply their de
1 came jo Texas
• yeafs a*o,1 ’ * J
dawn of maplM/od. and I have remained I’p-tas will be willing to take
completely' jdonufiedv with it in all my or T-witiJenKtir wnn Tier cnniforR.
ig employed it
lhe improvement of his dbn-
Jia* |
Whilst I am in favor nf employing our
i resources promptly, freely and boldly in
as, Nueva the amelioration of oun condition, I am
I itvith tht? necessity of a |
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the honor and manded by the judges, as being absolutely | neglected),
require th: t she should necessary to enable them properly to dis- that the p
without the patch the business of the country/ .
prajfmatic^iinterference of adv extraneous the establishment of our independence, and their g
a plain
simple code, analagous to our circum-
stances and comprehensible by lhe peo-
or-
ccmplieatcu
is rapidly
Mexican states
through that channel, and the quantirv the free uavigaiion of
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their co-ojpration prudent economy in its use, and the adej
o
nee.
Grande already amounts | sibly be throwfi around its disbursement.
inme-
Nearly half lhe•> diate necessity which 1 shal advoca
d| of the obstructions
OUT bis I*»S, SO as to
vast Amount, if] enable lhe people of the interior of
The first has given his strength,
•il, his health, his cou 'age. and his
to rc-
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• and W ilderness gohdition,- aijd to erect it1 you, for whom, while they are comforted, mosities and prejudices and convert them 1 pacity to appreciate it properly, and ridi-
iff . .i -i - . -ii -.1.. -, are tormentefb Day by day it ‘ ' ' ’ ’ ’ r ‘
reemen, and continues—and so long as you continue
j wcafth
>21’
!, as to
wh<i| investing his capital i
a
J
?s for its exe-1 L
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not yet discard the feeling that I am more
a
whenever (the interest
State may inquire a
be juphnqd io yield to it such
turn'. I entertain ho prejudices against. imo an independent severe
persons bplonging to the opposite party ; the Abode of enlightened
of Jcffersopi
”ge? i - i ’
have been confirmed bv sub«cf|ucnt
flection, '
but xealoiH and active part i
the | attrition, the sole reliance, as well to the
hanjf immigrant who, possessing
, but sinewy arms an
couMge, came to establish
independent home
g our wars.—
and hostile, forces,
i necessarily very
to whatever side they might
• > 4 O ~ W .
were everywhere surrounded,
> It is time that aj
victorious (and magnanimous people, now
controlling the destinies of these victims forming a majority in numbers
a revolution,‘should^discard their ani-j from him its control, sneer at hisinca-j
into sympathies.,
As Governor of this State, I should at once
deem it my duty to enter into coininuni- dition.
cation anti cultivate a frijndly understand-
ing with the goveromer t of the Mexican
limitnofic stales of Tamaulipas, 1
lecni. Coahuila and^C hhuahua, for the fully impressed
safety beyond the Guadalupe river; remote from each other,
and the Mexicans bey ind lhe Kio Grpnde,
engaged in agricultup
difficulties by the de
i borers across the rivefr
gations which I made last
confident that such an understanding
be easily cultivated ?nd established,
mi v I • • ■ til « I* i.Til
and the selection of the throughout the West] under the pilot
the State, in a
State courts.
our sistdr State of Louis-
iana, to procure the co-operation and aid
in lhe improvement of the
mon limit. This should neither be neg- ;
the country? ‘ I he power to acquire and j tected nor delayed.
maintain the confidence of the people is *
quite as necessary in a court as integrity
- • 1 :>*■• •• »
(whenever its organization'is such as to
laws tender it an object of suspicion and dis-
■ a blessing, and becomes a curse.
1 'l j our Stalo Legislature his no
other tendency authority to interfere with the organization
be^an with ^enl its wishes to Congress upon lhe sub-
I
If I should be
this matter fully
mentioned, with regard tty so as not only to connect the
but to combine, reconcile a 4
At identify its various conflicting intetAas
hamnunt of our indebtedness
whilst I was yet in the early i SG.Ip s,7frS.
complete!}' identified, with it in
became coi uctled in Action with either be paid : I am of opinion th it
brt*- h h .c_
States.
Monticello and drank at the p
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; and the principles I then imbibed ’ proposition, and we shall f nd that from °l
-i . ' ■ ‘ y subsequent re- its ehrliest settlement to the p; ‘ *'v
Having performed an\jium!)1e, its rich vacant domain has been the great
in adiding t.._
lone star pf independent Tew to the!
glorious ctfoMellati^) of my native cdun-
try, I shal hereafter act with the demo-
cratic party in strict accordance with the
■prificiptes bf the constitution. But I can-
not yet discard the feeling that I am more
Texian) than a pemocrat; and that
U or honor of the his
liberal interpretation . bio
of a deruociwtic principle, I shall always deeifc the country around it from a savage )
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prejudices against intown independent sox crefonty, fit to be all others
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and 1 wish to judge and be judged rather prepared to receive the luxurious capi-; 1° crouch under it, will continue to be
by measures, than by party cognomens, tahst who advanced his means, but re-, more and more bulky—more and more
* The glittering}® Mons which we have main*- 1 hr awar enjoying; ql| ‘he’’ ^•'‘•.v.'. 1 .’ure
rp^eived firorn the United States for the > disfopeniM wffe n med fai /u-u. I ‘• R?d a law known law,
spitrendpfi pf a portion of our dojhain and work : ■ £• - . r . r. n . c;-. .!'. tu’■ Jcitcrcd i ( L/. s ter t .o cxe-
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By its adop-
it will hlash
in the career for |>opula|ion,
leled *in the annals <
should we delay ? Tbc
such improvements is every where) felt
and acknowledged, am
well understood. And
experiment? The means and the ma-
chinery with which such works are lper-
formed are familiar; and the most scien-
tific, skillful and experienced engineers
frontiers, and “are ready to undertake and accomplish
> them.
, The policy of hoarding up for the |pre-
| sent, lhe resources under our control to
i experiment upon the interest, would be
i as wise as that of lhe wretched miser
whn _<raroo*»-**p vtrc •proceeds ol his foils
and vigils depriving himself of the ne
. saries of life, even food and raimen
transmit his patiently accifoiulatcd gai
successors who love hitni not, but on
of great common in- lion of a most rigid system of accoun a-
' The commerce bility, with all the guards which can pos-
The works of most urgrjit and i
ting-J J
receiving importations will be the remov
[ would be increased to a
lhe navigation of t hat noble rivefi" should [ Stale io semi lheir produce fo the
passed to I be imj
objects and susceptible; and I )e rich alluvial borders supplies
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j Mississippi, into continuous plantations, of attention and reflection, and 1 ;
I are eq
in this great and fifty tbousfnd dollars upon each of
I Soin with us in mrging our |
before the governments of Mexico and : the great object proposed, and that
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immediate improvement of this great inter- lime, and the gain in the increased
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a Mexi-d Under the treaty with Mexico, by which suit, would more than return these
I the government of the United States has
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restrain its Indians from depredations,
aspect of our rivers, thus improved, to meet t >e
i' • a a
i a i
little view ; and funds expended for its ajxom-
funds saved, by lhe pace with the spirit of lhe times,
But this important roads should be adopted, and tire main
HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
LA GRANGE. WEDNESDAY. My 2. ls.il.
daz^je the vision of cent domain has been won, and the hardy cuffion,
J and blind I them to all ; and indomitable immigrant has
of public interest, as when ) himself its lord and sovereign.
I sovereigns having i
this domain, should say to lhe capitalist; apprehension' that their estates must he
we
proved to lhe extent'to which it is to market, and to receive in return such
as thev maA' need.
*
I have given to this subject a great deal
am satis-
equally | fied that an expenditure of one hundred
principal rivers, would accompl sh
t ®e
in transportation,5md from loss|of
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ductions of the country, which would
‘ expeln-
- r r ditures in a-singfe year, in the augment ;d
bound itself to defend that frontier and wealth of the Spate.
restrain its Indiaifo from depredations, To connect and unite the navigation
Il is belieted that thjjj.
a little'jylain and simplelegis-
A long and thorough acqwain-
, ena-
pfosent a plan to the Legislature
objections.' The original Mexi-
sa f«yr of Texas
| a< own
po\ypr, a&l that she should discharge instead of the adoption of
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The reports of our Comptroller show |>lc, another antiquated but enormously
thepntire nominal amount
agatest ns ho b^ $12,322,4^3 ; and the from England with scarcely
accord- improvements ofmodern times
be have subsequently added to these
. hat systems, legislation enough of our.own |
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going hotne^tp every family in the . purpose ot proc tiring
ibd controlling and regulating tl>e on several objects ct
and interests of widows and
so voluminous, so <
the absolute control of and obscure that it impresses w« with the I
will dispose of this domain equally for inevitably swallowed up in
ir benefit and for ours—on your sidet < trationJ It is a well-kno..
means you have . history) of o
1, ' advanced, with a profit in interest equaL the laws seeming, to have been enacted
others of vast j to what could have been obtained for it in ; for general
» the State, constantly under die best money markets in the world ; affect and Cover particul
tbe attention of lhe Legislature until I and on our side to improve the country! interests. I
of our homes, to sustain the government [ general reformation should, take pl
with we have established, and to educate our and that a code should be adopt?d com-
. I n.M v o What then was lhe whole j prehenMvc, yet simple, so that it may
if this.domain ; and what pro-) pass info the hands of the people, be work, and would
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book in the common schools of the the United States,, ithe importance of the i saving
j * i . I MH tn pfl in tn 1 IP nrnt’Pmnnt rxl flua Iflrrnnt intor_ tltvin *1
It is absolutely necessary that a com- ‘ national channel o
that .our ! plele collection of the Spanish an>6
I can laws, under which most of you hold
public debt; and 1 can tw o hundred and forty-two millions of your property, should be obtained and
! use of [the government
and courts of the country. Your rights
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Itis emphafcally p’ast importance in
I plishment, would b
fidentiai interchange of thought and feel- portion of it has been disposed of?
fessional
r^de j . .
opinions and wishes upon matters
subject of
thought of repudiation has never yet been it to the United States contains sixty-si
been a subject before them millions of acres have been located and true, . that upon this subject
eir minds a id wishes have surveyed bv our citizens and others hold- learning is a dangerous thing.”
settled, i i
The people ten millions of aeres-remaii) yet unlocated,' conduit
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liberal interest; one I
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. at its nominal acres already disposed of, and leaving to
the great political parties of the United and just, equally to the people of T
. Bi|t 1 was; reared at the foot oflflndKt.o their creditors, mwy|LT , .
mrc fountain ; LelBs glance back upon the early history Jfood government, for you and your legis- ble me to
democracy’at in early of (Sr country for the resolution of this ‘ Utors.freely deputed agents and servants; tree from
its ehrliest settlement to the
1 therefore expect mey be tqlerated. ,Tex«js needs
.. in
has been the heifjnst liabilities, or to w: tc,h
| ma||ility.
seek nnenmongst Wall street brokers or ascertain
prosperity. Yet I do not in ^ialphin Cabinets;
lovernor for the purpose of
gainst the plans of any party
arid I shall certainlyfoffer no
opposition tc any Scheme which may not
‘ in-t the general interest of the
freedom of
tec-
tion ol an act of our Legislature, which
are drawn by lot for | and flight of slaves a c.timinal offe
j our Stale courts. Constituted as oiir p
in the establishment of public United £ftajes District Court is at present, lation with Mexico, for the mutual
; means w ith the power of designating the place •! render of fugiti
- cases shall be tried, ] ^s vom-Gm
f and of selecting by its own <
ji r >rs
I into an engine of injustice and oppression ;
in fact such an aj
already prevail to a great extent through
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maintain the confidence of the people is ‘ would thus be secured to
inuite as necessary in a court as intevritv of country on
of the action ol (he auditorial i vi,n»jjnv«ii*u.
result far less nation on earth, however hoary with age,
’ i an enormous mass
of complicated, obsolete and undigested
- crudities as Texas. The most diligent
, 1 w vj
States, claim- an(l indefatigable student of our I
in disgust, and trust, it loses .its usefulness, ceases to be
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and menacing the retention) of the whole must be impelled to the conclusion that Uue, that
► no <
tr than that of involving the country irre- °f lhis co|urt; but it has a right to repre-
trievably in litigation. We I ’ ’ ' ‘ r— ....... „..l
;re specially' pledged, thus •h0 ancient Spanish law and Mexican ject> and |hat body, there can be no doubt,
J of them the | legislation su| \ ‘ ”
■ govern the old rights and interests of the elected, I shall brin
j The western borders of our State claim
few by many just and interesting
1 1 .—. M 1 s',.! *• t 1
I’ a Monument to lhe memory of
(Mier prisoners, and others,
in the dause of Texas. (there has
will be devoted to no sect ^on ’
^I'he ‘ ”
than they are with regard
■ a l '
which will treat all ,-ects and of Texas will discharge the public debt ( makin
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but they will not settle it
amount;
neither requires nor woulc
being sb settled. Some
, and no doubt will result
’ j prescribed by the
n 11 iTT . . J -l
interest in the sacred cause iq which the classification of
Committee afe engagi ‘, *
give it au extensive circulation. The j
•ii 'i i r 1 • ■ b«r
ComuMUee will procure, jind publish in
The Tiedi Mvn,ujncnt^ ;
facts which are connected kith the his-
tory of Texas,
relating to those whose • memory the
Mdhuineiit is intended to perpetuate.
j acquiesced in
claims, and accepted certifcatpg for their schools, the improvement of the
p.^ value. 1 would earnestly and
Fell>no-Ci^zens:—I, am a candidate j pectfirlly advise such of on* |
fur your suffrages at the approaching ' tors as seek to disturb this adj
election, for lb» ofiicc of Governor <
JState. In the exercise of □ constitutional i
- o . - -- democratic form bi { ptjblio patience. And I abprehend that
government, J have spontaneously come j anv remodeling of the system adopted,
before you, uncalled by any clique or and revision cr*’.2 "zt‘ ' ” 1 1
party whatever; and if 1 should be raised board might produce a
my which, they complain.
^The position, assumed by the Treasury’
vigilance, stea- Department of the United
inglo intervene between Texas and her' must turn from them i
creditors in the adjustment of their claims, despair of mastering them; whilst he |
of the reserved five mtllions until releases our legislation can have
are; filed by all the creditors holdin
impost;
f them the legislation superadded, and these still would respect them.
j ’govern the old rights and interests of the elected, I shall bring
sovereignty of the State, country, and yet they remain locked up before the Legislature.
i of common
mo
no
affairs which had become greajtly deranged claims against Texas for whjch the i
revenue* were
seeding to give to any one
control of lhe whole five millions, is an
, ... . . 5ns||t to lhe t
not become identified with any of the repugnant to the dictates
various parties that have sought to rule setjfo and justice, and cannot for a
the settlement of influence enough to prevent an appro- ■ ment; and should lhe the favored de-
/•! a /•I 1
j over her • pnatton suftictent to supply’ our courts f
If she did, she wmffil Scarcely u’’lb the books and authorities requisite f°r die distinguished post,
in them, although earnestly de- nspire, Ljhall take care that ihey
. that the r
After salty for the increase of their population
■ growth and prosperity, will be
lin and secured to them before the meeting of the
:------- j ffoxr Legislature,- by the forces of the
United States. But should this not be
case, it will become the duty of the
State to protect its own
to claim a just indemnity for the failure
| ort the pant of the Federal Government.
rnething should be done to quiet and
. protect tlfo old settlers ip the possession
for a century ; still rendering-confusion ■ aP|d enjoyiinenfooi their lands, claimed in
JL-J____£l£iLiLi nLl • gopdfeithl II is beliefod that thii^can
imjirovidently adopted by ) be TTohe Apthout detriment to the rights
> an illustrious English of others by
philosopher, jurist and philanthropist has I lation. .
said : “ But in your land of freedom and taqce with the subject will, I think,
-----— ■
I sovereignty, seem to
our polftcians,
olficr tt^cs l
we gaze full upon lhe blazing sun for a not be just, will it not be generous, il foe phans,
• • ■ * - j q OTO j* j i f j j c; 1J \f 11) 1 ^.1. — ^l.«*y--. z»zx». i n.-.l xxT. »».1 I**
but a darkened picture
nothin
purposes, were
ar
Indeed, it is high time that a would be converted, like those of the
lace, j
The. Slates I have mentioned
interested with ofo own
aggregate of (121.000,000) District of T
1 1 « Mt* /•! L lit-
of it has
my opinion that the great extent of our to persons held to la
tance to the West, for the advancement of cienc.y,
J|sagricultural and piloting interests]
present, slaves cannot be carried with and to link firmly together lhe portio
the attention of lhe people upon this i:
section of their la- clear and tangible, I propose that the
; but from investi-
1 - • T ( a point on me Kao Urande, near the hedd
v of navigation, and opposite to the gre it
thoroughfares and highways leading in
will render slave labor safe and profitable lbe Mexican. States, so as to run themfo
through lhe city of San Antonio, tv
Austin, lhe capital of our State, and across
all our chief rivers at or near the head )f
navigation, to lhe Louisiana line near Red
River, where it would easily be connected
with lhe system recently projected in tint
State, and open a commutmetio
city of New Orleans ; whilst it v
the whole of the interior of our Slate il
benefit of lhe navigation of all our rivers,
and through them an easy access to any
part of our qoast. To this great track
any number'of branches might be attach-
ed, which local convenience or public
large extent most important of these would be th: t
in the administration of justice; and stream, would greatly overpay the ewpen- •
diture.
1 am in favor of lhe prompt addition
of a vigorous and effective svstdip of
infernal improvements for our Stat$, and
I am opposed to ail delays for they pur-
pose nt wasting the interest arising Iron)
lhe means at our control upon feeble ex-
periments. Let us arise and advance to
the work with a firm and resolute hand ;
the condition ol lhe country demands it,
and our means will warrant it. WFthout
such a system our Suite will loiter and
languish in its advancement on account
of the lack of the means bf iatercomiduni-
cation and transportatiori.
lion and bold prosecution,
forward i
which 1 i wealth and power with
' are not
The hope may be entertained,
eace and protection so neccs-
L Terms.
SvBSCRimos—S3 Deftars per annum, irfadvance.
ifo for each subsequent insertion. 10
m, to constitute a square. ' foment, and turn to othetf objects we can
,rt 1*^^.hm- b... a dfonea Piclt.re,
1. . .< • of his effulgence, still impressed upon the
• s^ht. t Whilst I shall notj affect to treat your
tins subject with less consideration than to return to you the
qjftersJ I shall nevertheless, if elected
ewleavor to keep many <
, importance to 1 ’
5 Monument, a 4cckly . I t
1 ‘ J wn of I a °^tain action upon theta.
• ! 4pA Scgnewhat general intercourse \..... ■---------
’ f°r tlie people of the country, who have [ children ?
iably honored1 me with a freer and more con- amount o
' i understopd by them ah, and become
From the best information at my com-' text book in f'
gathered from the reports of our country.
piainled with their Commissioner of the General Land Office
; of and other sources, it appears 1’
entire State contained (242,000,000)
assumes an aspect of our rivers, tuns improved, to meet t >e
military point of growing necessities of the State, to giro
2.2 • new impulses to its prosperity, and keip
In obedience 10 the wishes of many of ‘facilities which it would afford for pur- eral and coiwprehehsiv
to the rate at! standing claims for about (10,000,000) niy friends I must allude to the present poses of defence. ?' ... 1
The people , ten millions of aeres-remairi yet unlocated,' condition of the Federal Court for the matter will probably lie dormant until it * tracks should be at once designated, a id
"exas; and I desire that it > may be waked tq> I y
hundred and twenty.-one. millions of should be understood that lhe view I like I States immediately interested.
‘ 1 * , “ a reference to principles alone, | -
; and they believe that justice the State lhe same amount, or just one- >>ot to dersons. I foel bound 10 express the States I have
approve of its i half of its entire , domain, free from all • ‘ “ ’* 7* ' * 1 ’ ’'
injustice may 1 claims and encumbrances whatever. •. 1 Slate, the vast amount of property which
.. from the plan I therefore, propose that a pro rata divi- ■ is already, and which must soon bein-
atrt of Mt reb, 184S, for (lend of one-half of the (810,000,000) ten volvcd in litigation, the peculiar prin-
tlin hnAtint ni./l t k r> I mi 11 If, n« r»f ilnlLirc ronnitrarl Irnm tlm I ClflleS Which 111115) 1) lllP mnnri^
> our creditors according ( adopted to carry ii into the Federal
r general to the respective actual amounts of lheir i Court for adjudication, and the deep un-
cases of, claims; and that they be paid the balance ; casinos^ which is extensively felt upon
State bonds drawing • five per cent. : the subject, demand a complete re-organi-
These bonds may be nlti- ! zation of this branch of the judiciary within
mately discharged bv future sales of the ' the limits of our State, so as to secure to
; or bv granting to the holders ( us the presence of a member of the Su-
1 value at the the privilege of surrendering them at anv i preme Court ol the United States as a
tiffle they were incurred, a id their action time to receive land scrip at a rate suffi- Circuit Judge, ; —
under it, have from time to time been ciently low to bean inducement for the qi jurors connected with it from every county
! st^bmilted to tlie public, and it appears , to tnake lhe operation. ; in the State, in a
tlrat a large majority of our creditors have 1° this manner we shall have five mil- that by which they
j acquiesced in the adjustment, surren- i lions of dollars left to the State to be j
dered the original evidences of their employed i
; w ith the power of deeigpating the [dace : render of fugitives froiin justice.
ol intercommunication and transportation, which particular cases shall be tried, ] As yotir-Govcrndryl shoulil atfo uCeni
i of and of selecting by its own officers the ; it my duty to cenuhunicate with the chief
to try them, it may well be appie- i Executive of
taxation.
Amongst the most
make a dangerous experinent upon the of public interest I reckon the crude
" *. And I a iprehend that ff’iioh of our legislation. N ~-
; of that State in 1’
pprehension does navigation of the Sabine river, our com-
j neg-jed, which local convenience or public
The facilities which policy might require; and amongst the
> a large extent I most important ot these would be th: t
both the borders of that already projected from San Antonio t>
the coast, and the portions of the mai i
■ track to be thus completed, would bj
those passing through tlwi eastern ami
middle counties, to give them the benefit
ol the improved navigation of our rrvert.
1 propose that the other main track
shall descend from El Paso on the Bin
Grande, by the City of A Utting nearly oi|
a right line to Galveston Bay, with which
private enterprise would connect il at
rious points. This route, prolonged
lhe other end on the same right line,
would pass by lhe Gila to San Diego or
the Pacific. And 1 do not entertain t.
doubt that this is the .shortest, best, ant
indeed die only practicable route for
railroad across the continent from our
Atlantic to our Pacific coast in California.
peed unphral- Thus Texas holds in her grasp, noi
only 4 tlie commerce of one-haff of the
Mexican states, and to a great extent the
destinies of the city of New Ortetns, but
lhe control of the vast wealth which is to
flow from California and the Pacific
Ocean, across to the Atlantic. It is for
Texas to determine whether or not the
great movement for internal improve-
ments in the Slate of Louisiana, and the
mighty capital ready to be employed to
open a communication with lhe Pacific-
Ocean, shall be turned to 1»er own advan-
tage,
perity unequalled in any other country.
Intelligence has lately reached us that the
Tehuantepec treaty has been rejected by
Mexico, and it is for us Id convert its
failure into a most fortunate occurrence
for Texas, Louisiana, and all the Southern
States, by promptly adopting and vigor-
ously prosecuting lhe system of internal
improvements which I have pro
The two great railroadjxM^*rlM
are i
nn4<1lfifary point of view, to command
the co-operation of the government of the
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Kuykendall, J. H. The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 2, 1851, newspaper, July 2, 1851; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291261/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.