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came independent OF Mexico. That thi
may be the more manifest, it may be pro,ic
to advert 10 the causes aud to tile histur
OF The principal events oftha, revelation.
: Texas constituted portion of The an
cleut province of louisiana, ceded 10 thu
United States by France il, tie year 1903
In the year 1919 the United States, by TN,
Florida treaty. coded to Spain all that par
ni Louisiana within the present limits o
Texas; aud Mexico, by the revolution
. which separated her from Spain, and rem
,dered her an independent nation. succeed
cd TO the rights of the mother country owe,
this territory. In The year 1924, Mexico
established federal constitution, undcI
which the Mexican republic was composed
OLA numher Of sovereign States, concder-
atcd together in federal Union similar 10
, our own. Each of these States had its
own executive, Legislature. and Judiciary,
{ aud for all, except federal purposes, was
as independent ofthe general government,
and that of other States, as is Pennsylvania
or Virginia under our constitution. Texas
and Cpahuila united and formed one of
these Mexican States. The State constr
tuition which they adopted, and which was
approved by the Mexican conlederacy, as
serted that they were "frcc and indepcnd.
emf of The other Mexican United States,
aud of every other power and dominion
whais"evcr," and proclaimed the great
principle ct human liberty, TINT 'Ihe sove-
relgniy OF the State resides originally and
essentially in the general mass of The ridi-
vidnals who compose H." To The govern
ment under tins constitution, as we'll as 10
that under the Federal constitution, the
people OF Texas owed allegiance.
Emigrants from foreign countries, inclm-
ding The United States, were invited BY the
colonization laws of the State aid of the
federal government, to settle in Texas. Adj
vaniage"us terms were offered TO induce
them TO leave their own country and be-
come MEXICAN citizeIiS. This invitation
was accepted by many of our ciuizens, in
the fall faith that in their new home they
would be governed by laws enacted byrep-
resen,aI,ves elected by themselves, and ,ha,
their lives, lilcrty. aud property would be
protected by constitutional guarantees sim
liar 30 those which existed ill the republic
they had left. Under government thus
organized they confined until the year
1888, when military revolution broke out
in the city of Mexico, which entirely sub
vcried The federal and State constitutions,
and placed military dictator at The head
of The government.
by sweeping decree nr tile Congress
SUBSEQUENT To The will of the Dictator the
serera! State constitutions were abolished
aud the States themselves. converted into
mere departments of the Central Govern
ment. The people of Texas were unwilling
to submit To this usnrpation. Resistance
to such tyranny became high duty. Tex
rs was fully absolved from all allegiance To
the Central Government of Mevicn from
the moment that government had abolished
her State constitution, and in H. place stib
stituted an arbitrary and dcspoiic Central
Government.
Such were the principal causes of the
Texas revolution. The people of Texas at
once determined upon resistance, and flew
TO arms. In Tie midst of these important
and exciting events, however they did not
omit to place their liberties upon ii secure
and permanent foundation. They elected
members to convention, who, in the
month of March, 1896 issued aformal de-
ciarai!on tia, tier "rnliiicai coiinexiom
with the Mexican nation has forever ended
and that The people of Texas do now con
S'''"'e FREE SOVEREIGN ana INDEPEND-
kSI HhPVbLic' ana arc l"iiy Invested with
all the rights and attributes which properl,
belong TO independent nations" They al
so adopted for their government liberal
republican constitution. fbout Tie same
time Santa Anna, then the dictator of Mex.
leo. invaded Texos-w;,b rn,nernrs ,rn,,
for the purDose Of suhdn;na bor roon,e
and ENFORCING obedicncc io III arb;,rar,
and despo,ic Government. ON tho ,wor,y,
first of April 1895 he was mo, bv tho Tey-
as ci,iZen-sodietg, aud on ,ho, Iov w,s :,
chieved by them the memorable vic,ory or
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