Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-03
NENlCO AND TEXAS.


MENico AND rrxAs.-Wc earnestly solicit ot
tcntion Ia the following letter, which We have n,
hesitation in saving contains IA lar.e quantity -
wholesome truth. The writer is man who vii
not make statements On light authority, an,
whose word ma, he implicitly relied ON when hs
makes assertions on his own knowledge. I'll,
truth about ills fcs'an hunbug must como forth
sooner or htci
To the Editors Of the Commercial idrerti,er.
N,cocpncnrs, Texas, Srrr. II, 1896.
Being completely under cor here, and knowing
well that my life might bc the forfeit oi few in
disc Get expressions, clam, with many others,
(prcciscy in m, situation. and Of my own opin-
nions,) 10 be first ,afe Teridn, wearing my big
/ knife AT my sirdle and swearing eternal dc>lruc-
ton To every thing through which olrcnlaicS Mex-
, lcaA blood bar with all thesc fears, have vet
the courage 10 speak through, your columns, and
trcl much disposed to converse some little with
Your NV York people concerning our fcSa> al
fairs am willing 10 90 into argument with an,
onr, (provldcd the person taklng up the cudees
makes affidavit that hr is not 4 Spccuator IN Icy
ms I'nds,) IN support OF the facts and opinions
hereafter set forth.
am myself an American, and, unless Provi-
dcncc has deprived me of those svmrathic, that
prompt others, am much disposed 10 love m,
cnuntrvmen, to feel for them, admire them, and
to cherish noble Constitution aud laws as any
other man; yet have never been able TO ap-
prove the Texan cause, and still less can APP
prov. of the second fiddle game NOW PLAYING her.
by OF the general officers OF the United States
Army.
| came To Texas some seven Years since, pos-
sesscd, as thought, al good titles In II league Of
land purchased IN New York OF nm individual,
who, to my certain knowledge had sold many 9TH
CT leagues, and my arrival immediately APP.
plI,It ,,Itt Tn Inc mt n Nipn
Of my land, when, much 10 my surprise, WIS
told that lav titles good for nothing but WAS
informed, at the time, that ] was welcome
to land and that might SELECT any vacant land,
for which | should rrcei,. titles, ON conditions
then enumerated, and whlcl, | thought but fair
and equitable. | accordingly possessed myself Of
a league of fine land, took the oath OF allegiance
TO Mexico, and have lived in pro>pcr. and hap
pincss till the TcNian revolution since which
! dino, ! must confess, have tasted more bitter
ness, Grief, and trouble, Than had done IN all my
past life before. The like declarations will be
made hy every American who settled IN Texas,
whenever they can do so without the fears that now
make thcln mute. now alludc to those Amcr-
cans who had been settlers for any time, and who
had fulfilled the conditions emitting them TO Their
lands, and not To those who came FOR the express
purpose Of sowing a rebellion, organized and ma
turcd by those who had forged had purchased
forged titles to lands and were, IN advance, deter
mined 10 rebellion, that they might peril CT
| those titles if possible
There came into Nacoedorhcs, about three
wears ago, Mexican, named Almonte, who pub
licly informed tie people tha, he had been sent
by the Government to scc and inquire as To the
then condition ot Tcxas--ilal the MEXICAN Gov
eminent was d>pIeasrd and Inundated 10 find that
! immense forgrrieS bad been effected IN land titles,
which spurious titles selling in every large
city in the United States, To the great deception
and ruin OF innocent individuals who purchased
ihem-hat complaints from American citizens
had reached the Government of Mexico, alleging
fraud not only in the spectators who sold these
titles but even IN The Mexican authorities them
selves: and that this practice must cease, ar the
| Government would feel constrained To act m such
IA manner as would convince the world OF their dis
appreciation of .ucI, practices. Mr.. Amontc far
Their explained what titles were good and what
were bad /: aud i, is worthy of remark tina, those
whose titles were worthless, have hated ihe man
ever since, and were very anxious 10 have HIM
! shot, when he was lately taken with Santa Ana,
on the score of hs having been. spy among
them three wears before. DO not laugh, Mcssrs.
Editors, at the idea of Il mans being spy within
ms own country, and hy tbs orders OF his own Co
vprnmen,.
Soon after came General llouslon late Cover
nor, late Cherokee, &c. DC; and, later SILL from
Washington, with, Il, he said, (both IN the United
States and here the private views oi General
Jackson in relation TO Texas. Gen. II. told hs
friends IN genera that his purpose was 10 rcvou-
| ionzr the country. Next came General Mason,
agent for tho New York company. L pom the
meeting of these two big bugs, discussion took
place 10 the prop oScd revolution, Houston for
1t, Mason AT that time against IT the gentlemen
wa,ed warm IN the argument, and separated mn
tualIy di,plcascd with each other, Mason gong
through to Mexico, and, it IS asserted by Men
cans being the first man who conveyed the news
Of the proposed rebellion in Texas to Mexico.
Next in urn was the change in the Government
effected by Santa Ana, and next tine Texan rcso-
luton Was it not lanchablc 10 these Tex
ANS all of them, generally speaking, Shareholders,
nlhcIing to the Constitution OF 1924, one article
Of which emancinacs all the slaves III Mexico
Was il not huChable to see thrm pfoclaimng IA
Constitution, of which, eleven years 40, the A.
mcrcanS in rcxa, had prohibited the p,ocIIma-
ton bs the Mexican authorities there, under the
heaviest threats What man OF common sense
can believe in this humbugi None, gentlemen,
none but those that have riskcd their ihous lnds III
this country; and they, whoever they may be,
f.un to believe it. The statements made through
out the United States OF tyranny an! oppression
on the part of Mexico towards the American citi-
gems in Texas, slandcrous ial>choods, iabi ca-
ted to create and nurture the worst preludces aud
jeauu,ies. The Americans in Texas have had
their own in every case, aud on every occa-
sion and whenever there happened legislative
act that was, for any cause, repuenant 10 the ieel-
ines of the people in Texas, il was sllenced at
oncc In short If there had existed a good cause