New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-06

VOL. sg. no. B03.
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evil hour, the Emp-esario Austin, ever the ready
and devoted servant of Texas, consented to bear
this memorial and the draft Of the desired Con
stitution 70 Mexico, though he could not but be
conscious that he would be held responsible for
the successful outbreak Of '32. It was natural
for Mexico to listen to the representations of the
expelled officers and distrust The ultcrior views Of
the colonists. Considering their bold acts, and
the insulting tone of the Archer and Wharton
school of politicians, it is not surprising that
Mexico should suspect them Of turbulence and
lngratltude, and fear to strengthen their hands
by banding them still more closely in State Gov
eminent action. Yet TO refuse might make OF
the merely disafiected open rebels While Mex
leo was hcsitating, Texas was steadily pressing
onward-but not altogether stainless to power
and Independence.
Austin, who was laboring at Mexico in her
cause, had an interview with the Vice President,
Gomez Faries, in October, SO, in which he SAID
that if the evils of which Texas complained were
not removed, TezaS ,cougd find remedy for
herself.
Finding the Vice Presiden. iu1exibe and blind
to consequences, Austin, unfortunately for him.
| self, wrote letter to San Antonio and tcarn-
ed the citizens to prepare for The ,oorst In
time that letter was returned to those in power
in Mexico, and cost the Empresario long i'm
prsonment. He had soitened the opposition of
the Mexicans, and by the manly distinctness Of
his exposition, won somewhat upon their conf
dence, and in the firm hope that the best inter
ests of Texas were in happy train, he began his
homeward journey. He had even reached Sal.
hllo, nearly six hundred miles from Mexico, when
he was overtaken, arrested, and compelled to re-
trace his painful steps TO Mexico. On the 18th
of February, 1884, he was immured in dun.
geon, deprived of books, paper light and fire,
and cut off from all communication with his
friends. In May, when Santa AHA resumed the
helm of state, his condition was much aeyiated,
though he still remained in prison, and it was not
before September, 1885, that he was enabled to
rejoin his friends in Texas He found the Tex
ans had in the interim passed from petitions to
demands, from demands to warlike preparation.
lie confirmed their worst apprehensions. Santa
Ana had overthrown the Constitution of '24
State sovere'gnties were TO be broken down TO
military provinces-Iexas, the most refractory
and exacting of colonies was TO be reduced to
unqualified submission, and Gen. Cos, the bro.
ther- ln-law of the dictator, was already OF there
tc read her Il stringent lesson Of obedience. One
single cry CT defiance rose from united Texas
every foot was ready for the slirrup, every hand
for the steel. Col. (no longer Emprcsario) Aus.
TIN recommended national consultation, bv
which this zeal should be regulated into direct.
ness and efficiency, and the delegates of the peo.
pie were appointed to meet at st. Felipe in Octo-
Der, 1885. Like the armed resistance of 80 and
the convention of '33, this consultation of '35
made an era in the history of Texas.
! The Colony of Texas was considered a part OF
the State of Coahuiia, and by the Constitution
sent her proportion of Representatives to the
Legislature of Coahuia. 1t is but just to say the
Mexican members manifested generous regard
for the rights and wishes of their Anglo Ameri.
can compcers, but they could not entirely avoid
participating in the incessant and violent changes
in the Mexican Administration, while the Tex
ans, when they could keep out of the vortex
cared little about them. They looked upon each
and all of the leaders in these bros as distutbers
of the peace and hndrances to the real prosperity
of the Nation. In 1884, when Mexico was al.
most rent in twain by the factions for and
against Santa Ana, Coahuila was in a state of
anarchy. Each party elected Governor and
Legislature, and of course denounced the other as
unconstitutional. The Santa Ana party took
possession of the Legislative Hall at Saltillo and
went into business with great energy. Among
other things it legislated backward little and
annuled all the acts Of the riva! party for the last
sixteen months. The other Government estab
lished Itself at Monclova. and made laws with as
much rapidity and zeal as It's rival. The people
called upon TO obey both, obeyed neither, and
from mere superabandance of Governors had no
Government. This confusion snd uncertainty
was particularly distas,eful to the Texans, and
made them the more impatient of the evident dis
inclination of Mexico to give them an indepen.
dent organization. The rival Legislatures Of
Coahuila at length discovering that it was neither
amusing nor profitable to enact laws and issue
proclamations that nobody would mind, mutually
agreed to accept the arbitration of Santa Ana
and retire from their barren honors. A new
Legislature was elected, and in March, 1885, en-
tered upon its duties. Among its acts was one
passed at the instigaton of some specializing
colonists for the sale of large quantity OF va
cant land in Texas. 1t was undoubtedly cor
rupt transaction, but the people would have dealt
rightly and legally with it if they had been per
mitted to act. Santa Ana did not choose TO leave
it 10 them. in his prompt and absolute manner,
he ordered Gen. Cos to break up the Legislature
OF Coahuila and Tcxas-annul its acts and i'm
prison the mamhers These nrdnrs n.nra ohn.od