New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-07
THE TEXAN REVOLUTION. No. IN.
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which figures most largely IN thciI DECLARATION n
Independence, is that Mexico had altered h,y
Constitution. They came, they say, TO COO
ME her wilderness, under the pledged faith a
,y,,tten Constitution, that they should con.ips.
IN ep,,y that Constitutional Liberty aud Rsuul
lic,n lorrn Of Government to winch they had
heeu habi;uated ID the land OF their erth--,s,
L nited States % America. In this especialo,
they had been cruelty disappointed ANA,
those who signed this precious document, s,,,
English, Scotch, irishmen. and some nat,,
Mesics.s. presume that we may deduc, i,sn
the sum of our sympathy IN this "c'nel dsaa
continent" 80 much would fall to their sha,,
This foolish assumption, which PrDyes hoshh,
except that these pitriots were hard preoed N
pre,cx,s," will require but little notice h
wouId have received noBe whatever ium N.
had not desired TO offer few observations u,.t
that political charge IN Mexico 10 which II rt
la,es. The principle advanced IN this article d
that nation, IN giving AT asylum TO 'he rotdy
and unfortunate. and II may DC leions, of forsigr
lands, Is, by that act, stripped % the mos: Es!g,
b, pferogatlse of Il sovereign Poopie-ih4i O
ameliora,ing their own political condition. sss
pose the people OF the United States should tAni
II excellent 10 "PJoylde a new guard io' ihei
future security" by arming the General GoyGs
ment with additional powers for restraining GnS
pushing mobs and riots, and that the FtssdrH
and naturalized lrshmen in tins country, a.
are nj least forty 10 one OF the Americans il
Mexico, should assemble and declare themseiyu
independent, on the ground OF violation Of 81
implied promise of the nation, thai no seFe;s
restraints OH penalties should DC imposed DpOa
rioters than existed nj the iimo they accepted or
| proffared asylum, and came to Dig our FaiFoed
and canals. Suppose Mr.. Athcr,on, and oolonJ
of Democrats from Hampshire, had en-.
grated 10 North Carolina SIX years ago and sga
seouen;ly rebcllcd, because she changed the basi
of her Senate from population 10 prosperity q
colony of abolitoUs,s IN Virginia, because L
1880 che made slavery the basis Of her FePteser
ton; or IN Delaware. because she recently "a
row,d The liberty of the press down TO the "a
cussiou of the rfficiai conduct oi Hios ACTIN
in public capacity But what haf been y
legislation of these insurgents themselves B,
Their Constitution, no free diried"' Or "eSeeRaS'
nj an ltricaH. can hold hiHd, az rcStdt PERM
aentiy IA the Republic. There Is eoioftd rss
IN Pbiladelpnia. the acknowledged son OF u
late Hutchins L.. Barton, formerly hePietens
tives in Congress and Governor OF North Gov
ana. Unlike many parents IN the United shts
who sell their children 10 " the specnlaIofs, NJ
Burton gave his son a good education, aas y
became highly respectable and useful cIuHe
In 1895, Governor Burton made visit, and tod
breakfast with hm. lie told hum that on b
Journey TO Philadelphia he had a long and inehtl
interview with President Jackson that The IN
sdon, had assured HIM that IeSas would shorty
and surely be annexed "a the United States, sh
offered hi,n the appointment oi brat oovclh@
the new Territory that hc bad purchased thet
IN forty thousand acres OF land, one thousands
winch. and gang OF negroes To cultivate H. b
offered 10 5estow upon hlE son Il he would en-
rrarn thIhor. lie urged, Ha reason why
should accept the oilrt, that such were The ?frs
dice and persecution Ia winch q cOlored man ga
subjected III PhlladephIs, that II was impossiss
for him To seek and obtain safety and haPpneH
there. In Tcxas, ha added, "A population woaz
grow ~, tree rom thia prejudice. p" That, salth
vii! be the country iur you there You wHs
on an equal footing with every other man" Ia
propostion was declined. But Of !; had been n
ceptod this worthy man would have been bss
lshed by the new Constitution anG laws, sOslil
tutcd Tor the mild aud just code Of Mexico, a..
not only ban,shod, but his blood atialntcd, b
property forfeited, his children dfslnheniet. VIA
would nave become OF tho implied promise
this case Had tho insurgents any occnsiOu,
consequence Ut tLo change IN MokiG0, 10 con
PLAIN Of opptession like thu, ar, IN fact, 0f an
opprosslon That which would have hspPega
to The son OF Governor Burton, has happensdt
hundreds.
Iti4 obvious that tho arrival Of many fIseiYt
err. by rddiBg new and more or less be;as
genous element u society. may be found 10 M
dcr new guards ior the safety and happncs
of the community Indispensable; and TO ~
that tho nation have not night Ia adept iase
by reason OF such n pfoposieroua pfcicnsIons
the very PERSONS who nave created tho nec'ssiI
Tor them, ID 10 subleCi the will Of the nalsoa y
that OF strangers and refugees, and IN etc.
give them, and each Ol them (fdr 10 tins the "a
soniDg comes,) the power Of the pefo
Most oi tho Hispano American republics
attaining their Independence, adopted tbs sysi,s
of the Enited States, without sdveyiiDg sns
ciontly 10 the wide difference Of ong,n, ed9es
ton, habits and s,uation We had our Colods
and provincial representative legislatures frcn
the first settlement of this country, aud sss
accustomed to Foll-govemmont, more or less cas.
plote. within established lmlis, both googrsPsin
Nv" P'iN''"i iH' 'pdillstl hHPifithHr Hae ~
such schooling, they were unacquaintsd, Dfts
,icallf, WIN representative eystem, having
central authority other than that exercised b
the representative Of the monarch, and nGae
the departments, except what omanated tbas
from. To these disadvantages We must "
that the ancient Cortes OF the mother couutf
had fallen into dlsrse before the settlement
Spanish America, aud were not revived ezctf
Tor very short time, until after the separation
the several American dependencies OF Spas
When that separation was completed, they sea
obliged, in condition necessarily anarchieal,s
construct and pu, IN motion the vast and COZ
plicatcd machinery of federal republic. "a
slight knowledge u the necessary division a.
distribution of lts powers, mud no exporienes
iis workings. To these difficulties must b. Al
ded the absence of general system Ut edess
ton, and the unbonnded influence Of pftE
hood, ACCUSTOMED 20 look for its revenues az
It's honors u a monarchicsl head, and always a.
verse to popular rights and representative goSes
ment.
Mexico having speedily flung of the cmgts
the fret fruit OF The anarchy and personal iHa'
ence incident 10 revolutions, adopted ngurss
the Federal system, as pr&ctced in the Uaih