New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-08-16
THE TRfBU N f
THE TEXAN REVOLUTION. Mol.

at Washington D. L. April 1913. by PRoDus.
The perfdy Of the President and lawless pro-
ce,d,ngs Of citizens Of The Uaued S,ateS ,oho
uent to 1erGs " 10 sop rebell,on."
For more Than fifteen years our Government
has been manenvrng and intriguing for the &C.
QUESTION of Texas, although well aware that it
is a project to which the entire M,xican nation,
and vast majority of The people of the United
States, entertain, and have entertained, the
strongest IT pugnence. So far back as 1929. this
project was pressed by orr ministers to Mexico,
10 manner 50 perth acious and offensive Ito say
no worse as to endanger his personal Safety
His successor, though he IS SAID and believed 10
rave tried al the arts of intrigue 10 effect the
object, never dared TO renew the proposition in
writing. The presses of the Southwest, begin
nnS with one near the residence Of that pers, a,
soon announced, from information derived from
asourcc entitled to the highest credit" that ' 10
hopes need be entertained OF our acquiring Tex.
ss until some other party more friendly TO the
United States shall predominant in Mckee and
perhaps not until Teas shall throw of the Y, Ike
Of allegiance to that Government; which they
will DO, no doubt, as soon as they shall have
reasonable prctezt for so doing. At present
they are probably subject to as few imposi,ions
and exaclions as any people under the -
This was the language of the arkansas Gazette
in 1926.
Observe the shamclcssness Of the editor, who
It seems was permitted to participate in the d.
plona,ic secrets Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
which no Efforts Of the representatives of the peo
pie could for ten years extract IN lota from the
Executive; observe, l say, his shamelessness.
He hat.ers his readers with tine expectation of
arevolt, and in the same breath tells them that
no cause of revolt exists
1t is now known that in the year above men,
toned, conspiracy was formed in the United
States bctwixt shareholders, Texas land scrip
holders land. jobbcIs, and other Adventures "the
cankers of q long peace and calm world" for
the usurpaton Of the coil and sovereignty of Tex
as and the annexation thereof 20 the United
States This conspiracy extended throughout
tho Slave States and to the principal cities OF the
free. Sam Houston of Tennessee, an intimate
end and military pupil of General Jackson,
was the active head of this conspiracy but that
President Jackson himself was the secret soul OF
the combination there is not tho smallest doubt.
the consprators to persons connected with the
newspaper press OF the United States. This scrip,
in case of the success of the conspiracy, was ex-
pected TO become of very great value; but in any
other event, to remain Of no value whatever, in
asmuch as the confirmation of the titles depended
on the revolt and annexation of the county,
The history Of the world does not furnish an In
stance of SO vast and vile system of bribery and
conuption--of such wholesale plot for poisoning
the daily food of a peoples mind! The existence
and guilt of this abominable confederacy of
was amply proved by tho testimony Of DR..
Robert Mayo, Of Washington city, to whom
the whole was confded by Houston, and by one
Hunter, discarded cadet of West Point, and
follower of Houston. The latter communicated
the cypher by which the correspondence OF the
confedcratas, dispersed over the United States and
Texas, was conducted. Houston himself declared
that II to facilitate and conceal his design of
organizing an expedition against Texas, that he
had taken up his residence among the IndianS
"in the neighborhood oil Texas, and assumed the
Indian costume and habiis.'t 1t was to induce
DR.. Mayo TO Join the expedition as surgeon that
these secrets were communicated. This was in
February, 1880. Houston was at this time . in
continual, close, and confidential intercourse with
General Jackson" Subsequently, in the month
OF March, he "visitcd Baltimore, Phadeiphia,
and New. York, as he informed me, Or. Mayo
under circumstances that made the inference TT
his business matter hardly to be doubted" He
had previously solicited DIR. MAYO To write co IL
munica,ions for the Richmond Enquirer. with a
view 10 remove the PREJUDICE against hun III the
public MIND on account of the circumstances OF
his sepaiatsn from his wife, and 'to elevate him
in ,hr public confidence" IN order to facilitate
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the event OF success, which YVES certain, ,could
OPEN the most unbouaded prospect cl ceahh 10
those ,oho should embnrk IN H." There Cannot
De reasonable DOUBT that the object OF III us,oh'r
visit 10 tnc Northern cities 10 concert mea.
sutes with ScmueL Sao0rtrout and Other Texas
land mongeis, and in conjunction with them 10
ennis, EDITORS and distribute among them lhei;
most execrable scrip
Soon after this Houston, having been discharged
from the custody of the sergcaut.at arms OF the
House Of Repre- sentitives, took up his march for
Texas. a Louisiana paper, called 1.-The Poiti-
cal Gridiron," stated The time that he had gone
to Texas for the purpose of revolutionizng II
adding. we may expect shortly 10 hear OF his
raising his n,g" TINS was five years before he
did ralse his flag.
On h,s arrival in Texas, Houston gave out tc
his Trends that he was g in possession OF the pm
vaIe views OF the President Of the United States
From that time he was busy IN plotting and pre-
pairing the revolt. hen IN 1885 the revolt took
place, armed and organized bands were openly
marched from The United States 10 aid the lnsur-
gents Who does not remember the Cincinnati
volunteers, the battalons OF Gen. Felir Houston
and Gen. Dunlap, Of Tennessee, The recruiting
Offices opened and advertised in New Orleans
and other cities, the public meetings got up by
Texan land. jobbers all over the country, tho
moneys raised, and the arms, munitions. and pro
visions, furnished for The intrudezs and traitors
Texasl Samuel Spart1out, an old and inti
mate friend of the President, was engaged IN col
Letting and shipping men and arms foE Texas
and actually obtained the consent of the Presi.
dent for Government convoy thereof, which
however, having got wind, was countermanded |
During these transactions, where was the re-
gard for the faith of treaties and for the law Of
the land Our treaty with Mexico declares that
there shall be firm, invioable, and universal
peace and fyue and sincere friendshiD bet wenp