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From the NeU- York Evangelist.
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Letter from highly respectable gentleman in
Texas to a gentleman in this city.
Brazoria, March 20, 1896,
Dear sir,-Thanks to a few ambitious
land spectators and sla> e dealers the war
ia this colony has assumed dreadful as
pect, SO that l have made UP my mind to
leave here, and embark in the first vessel
bound to the United States. All the set
Elements situated betWeoa the river Nue-
ces and the BRACES are oyerrun by the
Mexlcans, the dellded settlers flying ia
every direction, leaving behind their
slaves, cattle and stock Abost 80 slaves
deserted their masters in the township of
San Felipe de Austin, presented thctn-
selves to the MexicaR gtneral asking TO
Dc relieved from their state of bondage
which WAS granted. Tie arrival of slaves
through Galveston and Los 3 razos, under
tho { oak OF volunteers, have been rather
numerous within the last six months: bat
feel happy IA stating that, for1he present,
slavery is al an end IN Texas. The to-
lowing decree was widely circulated in
a.! the settlements occupied by the NcNi-
cans:
t'Th2 President Of the Republic, COM
mandcr m chief Of the army in Texas.
under the date of the 18th INST from San
Antonio de Bexar, has resolved as fol-
lows
+'Nhercas, many cOlenstS of this terri
tory, in ccntravention to the laws and in
situations ofthe Mexican Republic, which
forbid slavery AMI the slave trade
IN all ats possessions and terrltories-avail-
mg themselves of the state Of Ignorance
and bondage in which slaves fad them.
selves in some of the States Of the United
States bordering with TeAas-found the
means of importing into this territory,
both by Sea and by land and keeping as
slaves a great number of colored people,
thus entailing slavery upon the country
Resolved,
Art l. The existing laws Of the Mexi-
can RepubIic on slavery and the slave
trade, shall have, from this date, full effect
in the territory Of Texas,
Art 2. Agreeable to said laws, the per-
sons Of all colored people are, from this
moment, declared free, and this whatever
may be the contracts which bind them to
their masters, if said contracts are contra
nv in direct or indirect manner to the
; laws and institutions OF our Republic in
which case they shall be considered as
null and of no value,
Art. 8, Colorel people concerned in
the preceding article, who may present
themselves to the military governors anu
commanders of this territory, claiming the
protection of the Mexican laws, shall be
protected in their persons, allowing them
their freedom, and the faculty of settling
in whatever section Of the Republic they
choose
Art. d. Those who hereafter shall cen
travene the Mexican laws on SLAYER,
and the slave trade, shall incur the penal
ties prescribed by the latter,
(SignedA PREFECTO DE Cos
San Felipe de Austin, March Is, 1886
The editor of the New-Orleans Pos
has shown manhood enough to express
just indignation at the mereenary effort
madeto carry on land spectators wa
IA Texas He says,
We cannot but deeply lament the los
Of those American citizens, who, durln!
the fall and winter, have left their country
and persisted IN the defence Of Texia1
Land spectators. The blood that ha
been poured out is not from those me
who have always Ia their mouth th
"Uiolated constitution of4824." No.
but it is the blood Of our owR citizen:
who, solicited by hopes and prospects, ne'
er to be realized, have wasted their entlu
siasn, their courage, and lost their lives, i
support of whats
The great cause Of Land speculation /
TeraSt
The Southern lCharleston) Patio
says,
The contest now waglng in Texas is
case in point The standard of imdepej
dcnce IN thai country las been raised f
the bcneN Of land SpecHIators, who thu
turn the enthusiasm of our youth for Ill
ertv and for the excitement of arms
their own account
The NEXT GenerM AssemNy-Prcd
tions-The "Philadelphia party and tt
slavery party will cealesce, on the Ion!
rolling principle, and by active affinity
as cherished error and cherished sin ha7
an assimiiating influence on character
" the united strength is sufficient, NJ
ne Barnes will either be sllenced, or censur'
We in such way as to blast his character
of far as their influence will 60 In tn
case he and those who are determined
tE snnnart him viii withdraw. and eth