Litchfield enquirer., 1836-10-06
ArFAIRG OF TEXAS,
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 xu,. ,,,,El;sh helcw the adaEesS of Crs wlson an'
 ~, p,ulathvvai.e to the public, giving detal ol 'n'
 ;-.,,,.Icaa which induced thsm to return se sno
 -. s, sl,ose only who are not Rcquelntea wisn
 . .,,.;,su. i it necessary tcsey that thsr state
 -. t,s implicitly relied on. Their sEpose ].
 tors te public, and upon it they are to decide
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 Vve will not dwell upon the. taiSe assurah- ces made to us by men TrCessing to pc tno accredited agents of Texas m thls coulsSl q; Al time when the cause of Texas sS was yct 5e and gloomy, when Santa Anna sSeui1Jb s'boSo c signed to carry desolation oyer tne s nso,S3;1 Si country, those men were Prooigsa yt tn sr,ealr
 ;..,,e = r,e of the Texian Governments made f intimate remuneration Wnicn
 M 1s.,oss, at inc time to be false, and Wnlcn S.nSy .N,rod A.1Sd to be So. But of this hereaftef
 sI,I rlie p,6I;c were informed at the time ot our
 AnS .pprdir1ary delay at New Orleans. It was
 eareralIv attributed to the neglect of the Tex. isn agent at that place. There was deeper cause. The battle of San Jacinto had been fought, and the President and Cabinet, Deile- wing that the war was at an end, tho1gnLthat there would be no use for more VoiunteeTs. and if we could be delayed beyond the lst If July, we should lose the benefit of the pro visions of the Decree in Council, that being the lime for the operation of the act to expire. The President and Council actually issued U proclamation, prohibiting the coming, if of additional volunteers. In the meantiIne, how ever: a runnor was circulated that the Mexi- cans were about to make another effort to re- gain the country, and were coming into Tex as with 150OO men, md we were then per- mitted to embark Capt Postlethwaite pro ceeding in advance with about one hundred troops on the 2d day of July, Col. Wilson re naining with the residue, expecting to follow in a few days but was in the manner before related detained ten days. Col. w. got of on the 18th of July, and arrived at Galveston after passage ofiseven days. Capt. P. had made his passage in four days. Capt. P. be- ing thus several days in advance of Col w. and having nothing to occupy him, conclu- ded to visit Vels..ssco, the seat of GoYernment for the purpose of making personal exaini- siation of the country, and 'ascertaining, if possible, it's civil condition. On his arrival at Velasco he was introduced to President Burnet by a friend, and presented a letterEOf introduction, which was opened. glanced at,, and thrown by without comment, Capt. F, not, being asked to, sit or treated with com mon ciyility. Capt. P. left President; Bur net, and returned to his hotel, where he had several distinct propositions made to him by officers in the Texian service to join them with the men under his command, avOwing their. object to be to SCOUT the country, and take every thing valuable which they could find, until they had paid themselves, and then to return to the United States, as they said they did not expect the Texian Government to pay them a cent for the service they had render ed, or the expense they had incurred !!
 Capt. F. was then informed that the repre- sentatiOns made by Texian agents in Ken lucky 1.-the right of volunteers to lands were talse @that all right to headlight claims ex- piredi with, the Declaration of Independence, and that no bounty lands would be given to any volunteers who arrived afierthe first day of July. Capt. P. then returned to Calves ton, at which place Col. w. had arrived in his absence, and communicated to him all the
 material facts which he had become posses
 sed of fat Velasco. Capt. P. at that time an- nounced his resolution to return home, infor- ming the Colonel that he had become suffi- ciently disgusted with the state of, things at the seat of Government, Col. w. prevailed upon Capt. F. to remain at Galveston until lie could himself make a trip to Velasco, and see If something might not have occurred to change the aspect of affairs The Colonel proceeded to Velasc0, presented his letter of
 
 ed if possible with still more incivility than Capt. F. had been., Col. w. returned to Gal weston, and announced all the facts to his men, and told them ks scGs icii,g to abide their decision, to wit, either to join the main army, or return with them to the United States. 59 s This was the reception we met with.-- Those'who recollected the difficultiesw we en- countered in raising thescorps, the high hopes with which we were inspired by the plausible and pathetic appeals made tous by the Texian agents in this country, the deep enthusiasm which was evinced by the whole community when we bade adieu to our na- tive country and homes, may form some ad- equate conception of our personal chagrin and modification when we plainly discover cd that our presence wasregarde by the au- fhorities of the country asIan intrusion. when we. seemed to, be looked upon as men who had come to claim that which had been won Dy the valor of others, Let any honorable man put the question to himselG and say Wnas would have been his feelings, and what would have dictatedl This. however. was personal to ourselves. We have said that iexas was unworthy of public aid or sympa. Lny.A We now state that our personal obser- vation and undoubted information enabled Us Iuily to perceive. 1st, That the present pop ulation of Texas seemed wholly incapable of just idea of civil and political liberty. and thai. so far as the extension of liberal pfisci. ples IS concerned, it is of but little moment whether Mexico or Texas succeed in the
 2 That the mass of the, people, ffomi the
 a,s's ,sses. tur ctionary of their pretende Gov
 Ss,., e,M 70 the humblest citizens, (with bui
 s;rs w oecSpuons are animated alone by d de
 wboSa ihew ih' c,.sa and appear totally indifferent