Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-23

eral extensive taverns, store, &c. with it's
due proportion of lawyers, physicians and
clergyman, and. all the elements that con-.
stitute good society. Buffalo Bayou afford
safe navigation for vessels carrying 800
tons as high as the city of Houston. A
steamboat of that size arrived and depar.
ted during my stay.
|. Galveston Bay is the most beauiidt
have ever seen. You bring seventeen feet
water into port, and the bay affords sale
and commodious anchorage for any num-
Der of.sbips.
The commercial relations the country
are rapidly extending. The house Of Bry. {.
an 81 Go. alone of New Orleans are the
agents or owners or twenty. seven vessels Z
and three STEAMBOATS,, regularly employed
in the trade Of Texas. The; distance from
New Orleansto Galveston is 400 miles,
and trips can be made with ease in 4S hours
by the commonriver steamboats,. / lcros. Z
sed the Gulfin the Constitution on my re.
turn. Vessels and boats can make the
voyage without losing sight Of land, and !
have not less than twelve feet water. s.
The fertility of the soil, the salubrity
Of the climate, and the picturesque beauty
of the country are ilhout parallel inthis
or any o,hor region, 1t is the only coun-
try know where planting and grazing can
be successfully united. Horses, cattle,
and hogsremain fat throughout the seasons,
and can be produced to any extent. Gen. Z
eral Felix Houston stated to me that he I
commanded 500 men who were stationed !.
on the San Antonio, and Nucee rivers, da.r-
ring the summer months their OILY,
food being fresh beef, roasting ears, and ].
grapes. He did not lose a man, and had
little orno sickness. =
Cotton and sugar can be grown to much
greater advantage than in Louisiana or
| Mississippi, and viii produce more 10 the
acre, with less labor. q.
The people Of Texas feel themselves
identified with the United States. They
are of the same blood, the same principles,
| and the samereligion. The United States
Government should be wise in time, and :
moi fail TO secure to herselfthe commerce of
a country capable ofproducing and consum.
ing. more than Louisiana and Mississippi
. united. This question will not admit Of
delay The situation of Texas requires
that be should strengthen herself by al.
liances some where. Ii a short. sighted
policy should induce this Government TO
reject the oYertnres she has made, the al.
I tentative must be the closest alliance with
Great Britain and all who are acquainted
witht the policy of Great Britain know that I
4 she never permits an opportunity to pass
| of extending her commerce Whenever and
wherever she, can, She will purchase of
Texas all the cotton sl,ewants, and fur
nish her with all the goods she Acon.
sumes. 4 British consul was at The seat
of Government during the session Of Con.
! gress. His object cannot be mistaken,
and presume that communications made
| by him to the Government, produced the
appointment Ola minister TO the, court Of
| St. James. : ...sls-:l -. go q
That the cause ofTexas wiiultimately !
! triumph there cannot be doubt; and T.
am quite sure that no one acquainted with
the fact can for a moment believe that
Mexico can resume her jurisdiction over
that country. Whatever may have been !.
said to the contrary justice and right are
on the side Of Texas. Mexico permitted
COLONIZATION, only that she might have
barrier between her citizens & the Indians.
She committed arbitrary acts Of oppress-
ion towards them whenever an opportun.
itypresented, and violated her solemn com.
/ pact with them. The time arrived for re.
sistance. or expulsion from country they
had redeemed from sayages and the wild.
erness. The war on the part of Mexico
was the most ferocious ever waged against
any people, even in the most -barharous
ages. They laid waste the country where.
ever they went.-Nothing escaped them.
The houses of the people were given to the
flames, the plantations utterly destroyed,
the crops cut down, and the stock killed or
driven of. The invaders violated every
principle of civilized warfare by an indis.
criminate massacre of allwho fell into their
power. They violated the terms Of cap.
itulation and, in cold blood, murdered near.
ly three hundred at one time. The for.
bearance of Texas in her hour. Of triumph
does her the greatest honor. The prison.
ers were spared, and even the author and
the actor in all these scenes Of atrocity was
permitted to 60 free. The cause Of Tex.
as is that of civil liberty, constitutional law,
and freedom conscience; that of Mexico is
| niestcraft bigotry, and despotism. Is
there anysof OUR race who can hesitate ''
/. his wishes as to the result T..
| had heard much of the factions and
! misrule ofTexas | had heard its people