Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-03

,r>,;ed 10 the entire dominions under the
I'LL. -" =, her Imperial Mas;er. In the year ITO,
WI nnder the Sovereisns OF Span, the Vice
Mn .,,v n New Spain comprehended several dis
NJ" rr,,.;nces among which were Nexico, Put
tvera Cruz. &c, &c, while Coahuila and
s.,' were not included within that appella-
When the Spanish yoke was thrown
-, her American Provinces, new and
." ~, s,yereignlies were created out OF the bro
=. FRAGMENTS Their Independence was not
N',h;ned or even contemporaneous act. The
Us circumstance, that all had originally const-
w., ,arts of the territory OF, and protested allie
s,n,., 10. the same mother country. did not rem
= ,hcm when that connexion was dissolved,
Nv, Independent State. That circumstance did
~, ,,ake them unit IN the new condition of al
~ No.. Colombia, Central America, Peru, Chill,
.a'i. ,,hers are and have been as completely Sc
"... rom each other as from their common pa
.sa' :,,.,s.,, a,;,
-, snt the new communities thus sprung into ex-
,..snre began TO form associations with others
,,,ntcr,ns mutually acceptable; in others they re-
,a,,nsi distinctly and separately independent. In
~, oorhern part OF those Spanish dominions the
,si.ral system obtained the preponderance, and
p.,uhlican form OF Government was adopted.
~ comprised nineteen distinct States and
80, territories, the population of which was
-, sufficient 10 en,itle them 10 be received
- Instinct communities. A regular Constitu-
ann or form Of Government was established,
analogous. in many respects. TO that winch pre-
,.a7s in the United States. The name assumed
l.r his Coniederacy was The United Mexican
safes, and, by the terms The CONSTITUTION, each
safe retained large and important powers, and ex-
c,,sirely managed lis own internal concerns. The
Ike
n5Sed of tyo bodies the House Of Representatives
ana the Senate. The members OF the former were
,,,,.ad in the different StaleS-each eighty thou
,anj Inhabitants being entitled 10 one represen-
,,,;ye The Senate was constituted of two men,
he's chosen BY each State Legislature. The
Executive power was deposited in the hands OF
President elected by the State Legislatures every
aur years IL is unnecessary on this occasion
I, % further into details, illustrating the close
re,smblance which subsised between the con-
>,itu,ional form of Government which was adopt
Ell bv the new Republic and that which exists in
oar own country.
on the Republic thus constituted, the States OF
coahnila and Texas formed an integral part. 1t
wa> a voluntary association, united by special
compac, OF the most solemn kind and character. II
>,bsi>,ed by. and in its organic law-ils Con-
s,ilu,ion. From this Republic, of which BY her
own free assent she composed part, Texas has
never separated. She has never reTolied against
it-never declared herself independent of ii, nor
did she ever assent to participate in its dissolu-
ton While i, continued in existence, Texas re-
manned faithful to her engagements, loyal TO her
allegiance answering in her fidelity. II was
dissolved without her consent, asains, her wishes,
in spite of her remonstrances. II was annihilat-
ei By The voice and action OF other and more pow
v.lul members OF the confederacy. 1t was over
armed by violence BY force OF arms by what in the
vsrnacular phrase ofthe country, is termed pro-
naatiamcnto elsewhere known by the more tx
,ressye word revolution.
a NORTHERN WHIG