Texas National Register. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 11, 1845 Page: 2 of 8
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dersbuied refers ?ii- exeel.cmyJB& by ncgoiiation first fruni Mexico Ilcjwrls of Committees. "
-. : 4 n report madejby a special agent snt Iy tlni aluln v of tin; people ! that country io ! and now from Texas. Anil the mi ciigued By Mr. McL u.l iiiiuiih. 1:V. committee
C "' ' President JaeKsouto ascertain and ropoil up- maintain tlirir separate soven iniy nr to cannot forbear lo express his siirpiis.: and Ids for the relief oi James Morgan !ilt(. i;avalcom-
'fiH : on the coudiiuand facts in ru!attiii to the in- i II"I government eniltl ut.-l by ihem.'"' -egio: lh.it his excellency by qu mi a p.ul miss oner; hy Air. Uourlaiid.'fn.m "tin': com-
tCx. Adepeiideuce of Texas. The following are ex-! Such was the language of President Jack- and suppressinj; Ihe material p.ulul what the mi t e on pnsioilices and x.Mn.I. to er.-
-- ' tracts from that report :
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v X" The prceut political condition ol Icxas
- has beenprudoced by- a scriw of alleged ug-
ressious upon the laws of colonization ;' a
refusal upon tin part of Mexico to protect ihe
colonial settlements fr)iu the. depredations of
the Indian uib.'s- Iv laws excluding cilize.ii
of the U.iited Stntcsgjif the North from admis-
sion into the country; ly a icfusal to incorpo-
rate litis province into the federal system is
provided by the constitution :. and finally Iy.
the establishment of a ccuir.il oreoiisolidnled
government and the destruetion-of the consti-
tution itself. Such are the reasons assigned
by tiiuold inhabitants with wlsom I have con
v cived for the separation of this State from
HJexico.
"The history of the events binding to the
rcvolaiion as I find it in the public documents
is this: In !Si4 a convention-was held hy
representatives from all ihe provinces and u
feder irsysti-ii! and eons itunou adopted by
which all Mexi o bec:ine a republic. Texas
al that time d d not contain the required pop-
l ulation to bceouie a State; but was provision-
jally united with il.e neirhbitriui jiroviuce of
iCoabuila lo form the State of Coahuda and
Wj - Texas until the latter sinnild posses the
'MrK$;' . "ucrssarv .leinenJs to f:rm a separate State
Cir- " far bersi'lf. This law was uuders'ood ami
ri ; i..i. ...... . i. i ... -i-
I'liniucii mi u.u .iiiicj: ui m:; iaiier a speciuc
s - jiolitical e.itetnce as soon as she should be in
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-jc u couuaiou 10 rxercise ii.
f' ts- i -'a IS33 the inhabitants having a?ci-r
1 -Si tained that their numbers were equ.d to most
.Uftaiid exceeded several of the old Stales and
"ffthat the resources of the. country were Mich as
P: s'to constitute the required elements for a State
-tney tieiii a convention ami lormen a coumi-
tr ..r .i :..:..?..... .i.... ..r.i. m
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iuu:iii iiji'mi tin: jm iiiuiiu- (it iiiiii oi toe iiie.vt-
' can republic. This was- presented to the
general Coures--. with a petition to be admit-
' ;tr;d into the union. The application was re
jectcd ami the delegates imprisoned.
"Iji 1S34 the constitutional Congress was
' dissolved by a military. order of the President
:Santn Anna before the expiration of its ap-
pointed term; aud-iu the fobowiu; year a new
Congress was assembled by virtue of another
military order which is said to have been
caristocratteal ecclesiastiea'-aud central in its
politics.' Numerous applications Hvere made
hy metinijs of the citis-ns audby some of
The State lei-latnres to restore the Constitu
tion and federal roverument and protests
were presented against the subversion of the
Jaws; but tJwywere disregarded and in manv
' instances the authors were persecuted uml
imprisoned.
The central government deposed the con-
stitutional vice president without trial elerted
auotuer in bis place united the Senate and
House of Representative. hi one eliHinber-
audthus constituted declared itself' invested
with all the powers of a !eriiimate convention.
TJmbrtbis assumption it aboiihe : the iVderai
cnntilutiuu and etlald hed' a consolidated
government.
Ii September IS35 Gen. Cos invaded'tlie
province of Texa by land wish orders to :is
arm the citizens and to requireau uueomli-
tioual submission t I lie reutral miiitaiy
Covernmeut under penalty of expulsion from
the country. At the sam lime all the pons
g were declared Jo be in a state of blockade;
." and a military force having been sent-to Gm-
f' zales to require from the eitizens a surrender
of th'-ir arms a bittle ensued which termin-
ated in ih: retreat of the Mexicans.
"Tile Texms a-ser.. that this resistance
was not became they even thr.n wibed to
separate friim the conlederaey; but on the
contrary because thev were deirou- t( Iirinw
back the. uoveruuieiit to the terms of the cou-
sit'titiou of IS24.
TIiey therefore held a convention at San
Felipe in November. 1825 composed of
iifiy-six representatives from all the muiiici
polities in which they dec!ar d that as Santa
An in and other military chiefiains bad bv
force of ann" overthrown the federal institu-
tions of Mexico and dissolved the social com-
pact which existed between Texas and the
other members of the confederacy thev had
taken up arms against the cucioachmeiits of
military despots and in defence of the consti-
tution. -. "Ti.is wix considered as an absolute sepa-
ration from Mexico; and on the 2d of March
1S36. delegates of the people from nil the
dist lists deciarcd Texas a freef fioverein
ami indejieudeut State.' " r
i coiumuuicatinr this report to Connress
President Jackson' referring to the rconi
tion of the independence and the application
of Texas to be annexed to the United States
advised that the government of the United
Sta:; should maintain its then "present alti-
. turlo If mil until .Tevieo hi?ie!lr line rif liip
fAjforVy great f.ireign powers should recognize the
' ' independence of ths new government at least
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until the lapse of time or ihe courue of events
SOU. IK! COIltlll'M-IIClO COIlleiUtl . lied hv Iiiiii
bavu'beeu aecompbshcd. Tin: iud pi-iulence
of Texas lias been ucliiiou led.i;) hy (.
than ime of the .gteat lorein puwer and
riglif years have elapM-d and Tex.i. dining
all dial time lias proved ''beyond eavii or dis-
pute her ability to maint.dii lu-r .separate
.sovereignty." Dn ing lliegrealei pail of thai
lime her proposition forauiiexaiiou was pend-
ing before the government oi the IJ. S.u.s
and yet sm h was tin- repuct for i!:e govern-
ment of Mexico and such the d: re to pre-
serve its fiieudship ami jond will that allhb'
no one could believe that the oeiumeiit of
Mexico eo'ild reeoiiquer Texas .-nul altlioni
the aeon ition of Ti Xa ha been 'Mhe Milijecl
of iieuoii itiou by almost every administration
fur the lat twenty ear " the "overiiiueut ol
the United Stales ha loihoriie lo agree to the
projHisittou lor aiiiiexatioii until in the prn
rfess cl rvvuis. new circumta''ces cnneei
with motialtmis: lietweeu lhe-gover!
England and Mexico forbade any fan her
delay.
For further proof that the declaration of ihe
independence of Te.a was the work of the
gov n m nt of Mexico and not of the govern
uii'iit of the United States the undersigned
refers to the admission made by Mr. IJejoii
himself that the revolt (a he trims it) in
Texa was occasioned by the rcfiis-al of ihe
M xicau goveiuiueui lo appiovenfthc eoiisli
tution adopted byJlu people of Texa for the
put pose of beemuiu one of the eon ederati d
Mexi an Stats and by the deer e abolishiu:
lavety and the measures adopted by (he
Mexic.i. government' to compel them ''to
comply with laws which they despised."
His t xeelleuey admits that the government
of Spain first invited citizens of the United
Stat "s to Texas and that the government of
Mexico renewed that invitation by tendering
large grants of lauds These invitations weie
accompanied with pledges of protection for
person's and property and the Mexican gov
eminent should have foreseen that natives of
the United States well informed as to what
their rights were and accustomed lo a govern-
ment in which just laws and good faith pre-
vail would rensst the attempt of the Mexican
government to .subvert the constitutional gov-
ernment and Jaws; and it is therefore manifest
fiom this statement of the c.k.e that their
removal to Texas and their declaration oi
independence was the work of the govern
ment of Mexico and not of the United Stales
as is uuju'sjWchargedJip his excellency.
- TliejUuiuVrtfiguft! refers t 'these facts as
conclusive not only to disprove tin; ca:umnies
again.st the government of the United Slates
which it is the purpose of his e::ccll ncy Mr.
Jtijon to impress upon the people of Alexi eo
but alo to how that in foi bearing to accept
the annexation of Texas for st;!ong a period
wbeu tendered by those who alone had the
light to do so and who had achieved their
iuilepuudeuce of Mexico and in rem v?ingihe
assurance-that "it is i.ow adopted in no .spirit
of hostility to Mexico and that if annexation
is consummated lw. United States will be
prepared to adjust all questions growing out
of it including that of boundary on the most
liberal terms" bis government has given the
st longest proofs- of a desiie to preerve the
relations of peace and good will with the
government ami people of Mexico; and the
undersigned tak s this occasion to say that
should those lelalious be di.tu ili.nl or .-In.nld
the government of Mexico fail hereaner to
receive any compensation which ihe govern-
ment of ihe United Stales for I he sake of
preserving those reiati u. would ui iinglv
have given lor a territory over whioh Mexico
does not now and cannot hereafter. exercise
..jurisdiction the Mexican people must -charge
the loss which they will thus su.ituin to Ins
excellency Mr. IJej n and the government
hy. whose order his notes of the Jilsl ult. and
(3th iust. were written.
1 1 is excellency makes an elaborate comment-
the purpose- of which is to induce a
belief! hat the govern men tof the United Stale's
is about to seize upon the territory of Texas
upon the ground that "if was embraced ru the
cession of Louisiana by France to the United
States in 1803 and w.is improperly surrender
ed by th- treaty of IS 19." In reply to all that
his excellency has sa'hl on this Mibji-ct it is
sufficient to say that the United Stales do not
seek and never have sought the acquisition
of Texas on any such pretence; ami that the
undersigned made the remark which his ex-
cellency has quoted and of which he lias
made a use so unfair and uucaudid in connec-
tion with the f ct that "a large portion of the
territory lies in the valley of the Mississippi
and is indispensable to the defence of a dist-
ant weak and important frontier" as a reason
why his government seeks to acquire Texas
pot by seizing .it under a pretence of right
under the treaty of 1803 as his excellency
would persuade the people of Mexico to be-
undersigned ba? y.u and uMiig the pari llms
uufairU quoted for tin: purpose of creating an by .Mr. Mr.uh from the eouimun e on public
unjiil and unfounded piejudici; in Ihe uiioo'.- I.mds for the red fofS. I. (iile...
ol the Mexican people ng. oust the government Mr. Sco.t introduced the following rcs-olu-
nnd southern people of the United Siale.s h;s ' jm : ftt-rf. i ! thai the fi.iance committee be
giv.-n another proof not to he misunderstood r q ieted to take into cousider.nioi the pro-
of hi desire to foment hostilities between the pnciy of levving a tiirect t ix on all proneilv
two couii.ru
or iu exceiieuev miisi uuow
that the lematk.s id' the uiidci.-igiicd furui.h
no jiislificalioii for the comment in.ide iheie-
upou ami the .uirpose ol uppresug the
ll.it-lid patt thereof lr palp ible ; for at the
.same time that his exe.tlleue.y iahors to un- " lution from the Senate providing for an ad-
pres upon the people of Mexico a belief that jouiuuicui sine (Hi : lot.
the uud isigned ha t admitted ilia! the United j The bill legui.itmg m part the proceedin'3.
.States wen about to cr.c ifpou the lenitory ' in the diatii t conns was ind. fmitei'v poi-
cf Texas' u'udi r the pretence !' . i cl.iim under poucd ; "helnN to change the. uimeof lieurv
the treaty of I80:$ Ins excellency mu.sl have Smith: engroSM-d : ihe lull to repe .1 the act
known that the lemalks of (he uuderigned
did not wairanl the coiisirtniioii which Ins
eMem-v endeavored to give lo them ; and
.l-WiJIi KffP)PiMWP9MMMtt ofii..
uch pretence of claim a it was the purpose
ot his comment to charge upon them.
His excellency Mr. I'ejoii also .slates thai
Hie people of Texas wen bound to submit to
lite form of government adopted by the other
States-; and iua&mueh as they did not do mi
he claims the right in Mexico to treat I hem a
rebels ami to wage a war of extermination
again.st them. The uuderigned is bv no
mean's- willing to concede the. propoiiiou ol
his excellency Mr. Itejon and much los lo
agree to I. Is conclusion. It mut be recollect-
ed that the S auih provinces embraced in
.uexieo iieci.ireu ami aclitevei
d achleveil tie ir indepen-
ueuce oi ine spaiit-li ctovn ami m ib-4
e-ta iidied a confederation of States similar
in all respects to the United Slates. Coa-
huila and Texas formed one of the coufede-
rati d iMexican States and was sovereign and
independent except so far as she had dele
gated to the general government a portion of
her sovereign powers. She was entitled to
and enjoyed her own local legi-slature and
!was only bound to the general government
I f.1.1 "t I-..-X..
according tothe express terms of the conssi-
tiiiion of I&.J4. When the army therefore
destroyed that constitution the Suite of Coa-
huila and Texas was remitted to its original
sovereignty and the. constitution of l?m24
which hound the States together being des-
troyed and consequently Texas owing no
allegiance to that which had no existence
was left free to choose and adopt her own
form of government as best. suited to herivte
rests. . The oUfcr?SiaiesTOl no right to fvrce
upoivnVr a form of government of which she
did un approve and much lesa bad the army
without consulting the will of ihe people the
right lo do so. It follows then-fore that as
Texas never agreed to the present govern-
ment of Mexico which was: eatablished by
the army on the ruins of the constitution of
IS24 the present gove.umetu of Mexico in
seeking to subjugate Texas s now and lias
been from the first the aggressor:
His exeelleucy complains that the under-
signed h.as been wanting in courtesy; and to
justify that complaint alleges that he applied
the term "baiharou.s" to the government ol'
Mexico. If his- excellency will do the under-
signed ihe justice to reperusc thy note of the
14th ultimo he will find that the term "barba-
rous" was applied to the manner in which it
is proposed to prosecute the war agjiiu.st
Texas and not t the government of idexico
;.Ms oo c no: ...men. .- ...
hat war ol the manner in which it i de-
.red Mexico will carry it on and or the
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ch
reason assigned tlieretor tlie undersigned lor-
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bears to speak because he could not do piiice
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to his own feelings and at the same lime usi.
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term's sufficiently respectful to the government
of Mexico.
The undersigned renews fcc.
WILSON SirAJVXON.
( 0i(- KDSSIONAL.
Jlcp- rled far the ttcgisler by WI UVrJts-.
JIOIJSE OF PtEPRESE;TATlVES. .
Satukdav Jan. 4th IS-lo.
On motion of Mr. Truit the Hon. M. T.
.Tohusou. member elect from the county of
Shelby in the place of the LJou. John Dial
deceased came forward presented his creden-
tials and took the oalii and his seal.
Petitions Pn-sr.nfcd.
By Mr. Cooke of U. the petition of ilessrs.
Bourgeois d Orviinue' and Dncos; by Mr.
Jones of S. P. the petition of l-ahella T. Scott;
by Mr. Cooke of IL the petition of G. W. Se-
vier and others; severally referred.
" Hills Introduced.
By Mr. Scott lo incorporate the Trinity
University; by Mr. Johns for the benefit of
Dekalb college; by Mr. Smith of F. making
an appropriation for ihe pay of the members
of the 9th congress ; by Mr. Johns to incorpo-
rate the town of Boston ; by Mr. Meatif for
altering the attachment laws..
anuary 1 1
Iili-Ii a mail route Irom (iulveMon to Lsheitv
owned ny citzeus ot iln- country at an vn.
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of.t i .ne oi one lourin oi one per cent on
the value theieof; adopted.
OkIkis uf the Day.
Mr. fleiider.iou umved to t.ike the reso-
inc.rpor.iiiiig the M.itarorda (J.ou v N-vi'i
turn company ; engrossed : ihe lull to change
the name of Marv iellle ; engros.-cd : the bill
for the relief ol m. iiug" f enuiosxil the
bill lo change in pan t' e touc.s of holding the
dilnct conns in ihe 7th judieial disiiica : sub-
stiiuie adopted and engrossed ; the bill for the
ichef of .I.G. Ucaily ; substitute udopied a:.d'
engrossed.
The lull to authorize the reorganization of
San I'atiicio and liefugio eounii. s with the
favoral.Je report of the committee on the state
of the. Republic was taken up on its ;. rea-
ding. i.r. Jones of S. I moved Jo iill the
blanks with Peter Teal and Wm. Maim; a-
dopiid. Mr. Jones fS. i'. moved the en-
grossment of the bill.
Mr. CuiiniugAtam addre vi the liou-c
Mr. iicudciaoii in the chair : I think there
a.e some features Hi that bill extremely objec-
tionable ; there are some I know calculated lo
be very injurious lo the rights of ci.i.ens of
those counties; particularly that which prc-
veui non-icsideiu citizens- from exercising thc-
eiective franchise. You Sir as well a every
member acquainted with lb situation of those
counties upon the extreme S. Western Iron-
tier know that they being nearer to the mili-
tary post- upon the Uio Grande than any
other part of the Republic on that account
are never settled or only to a small extent..
!;y the constitution the county or rather the
precinct of San Patricio is eii.it led to a repre-
sentative and the precinct of Kifugio to ano-
ther representative in the congress of ihe Re-
public. The precinct of San Patricio wan
coextensive with and bounded by McMullcn
and McGloiu's Empresario Giant while Re-
fugio was eo-exteiisivtyvviih tvhe.JnniiMof PvyJ
er's impresario Grant. The boundary of
San Patricio was originally the Nueces river;
and then that preaiuct or that portion of Mc-
Mullcn and McGloin's grant was under the
constitution entitled to one representative..
Since that time a part of the stale ofT.nuau-
lipas has been included in that portion of Tex-
as now the county of San Patricio.
There is now only one tenable post in that-
county. Corpus Christi is the only point-
which can be maintained at this rim.. The
old colonists brought out by McMullcn and '
McGioiu amounting lo oHeJmuciredfamttiesf?s"
wnn: driven from their homes in itrSO iheir
ptopeiiy vva destroyed their houses burnt
ilieir land devastated and hy themselves
nuie c.ouipeueu id nee Iioin their h'.mes and
wander over the broad territory of Texas and
have never since been able to return and uccu-
. . - tlmo ime
l Mlllli it jU lvt. JJs. oftl.i j
!lm us ()K.l(.m gaiju TI .-.
ifMf .... .. f- . . .
i"('"ti''''VH.iM)t ihe old revolutionary set-
I jcrs ift r..; ;... : .n.t . .
i'C.s icii ri.si .mg in uiocreut parts or iho
... .. ;. .
(.ouiiiiy uinv ot tut in in my counlv : audi
think Itwv uiir.n'it ... I... '.t . "i .. ..
.' "" "' " ueptiveo oi tne
privilege which the laws and the constitution
give tlienij t!i:i of electing a representative to
the emigre.;- of Texas wherever thev mav he.
Some regard ought to be paid to'the "scat-
tered remnant of the colonists of ZdcMuIlen
nm McGioiu. This bill-depn'ves them of
their constitutional rights-; for bv the const':-
tutionthey are the precinct of San Patricio
and Corpus Christi is not within that precinct.
I would ask then will the irOioe by their
action upon this subject deprive those old set-
tlers of that dearest right ol freemen the elec-
tive franchise? They cannot return to their
homes. If has been stated upon this floor
that it would req ire a company of rangers to
prorect one point the town of Corpus Christi.
That is not their home. It lies on this side
of the Nueces liver while Corpus Christi is
on the other side. If compelled i reside
there they eould not exercise their usual avo-
cations. Shall thev therefore give up their
constitutional privilege of having a repre-
sentative upon this flbor? I do not wish to
prevent the gentlemen from San PatiiciQ and
Refugio from- having iheir counties organized
but I do not wish it clone 'at the expense and
to the m unification of the.old settlers of whom -there
is only a remnant left. 1 would unnl
to this Hotjse particularly to the gentlenm
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