The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-17

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olste her mosl slaema EHesty pblissisens.
plundrr Ger riiixens 81 thtif prPPFEty. and
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ahrm sny redrtss. we hare faxed 10 peF-
form one n he frsi snd highest dasifs
= hich eFeTy gaxeTnmenl ewes - - iil-
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nav II thsm have tsrn u1nned iroa
ssa.e Il slllurnre Ia bankrufIry. The
prar,l name of American rsliIen. Wiiirh
aueli - prolsct III who hrsr i srnni m.
suls ard ininTy lhrongheui tie void. has
attended no snrh Proieriinn = our Filizens
IN sieaica. We had ample rause Of war
againsl Mexice long hel.Fe tie brrs1lhg
on Il hosiiliIiss. Pni even then ne faE-
bore II tske redress into our nzn hands.
rnuil Mexico herself herame she .sggTes-
scr hv invading cur scil in hostile array
and shedding The blood Of cor eilizsns.
Such are lhs grave eansrs Of enmPlaint
on The paTl nf he United States against
/ MeNieo-eansTs Nhirh existed long be-
fare the arm xsiiOn II Texas To lhe AMT
Iiean Union; and yet anIinaird by the
love Of pearF. aud magnaninaus mod
Grafton. we lid net adopt those measures
| Of redress which. Under sueh eiFcunslan-
ces. are the justified resort Of injured na-
tons.
| The aunexalian nf Texas IN the Uni
ted STATES constituted no just cause e 81.
fence Ia Mexico. The prsiexI that II dill
III j. wholly inconsistent, snd ITTrconc'la-
bic with well authenticated fscIs connect.
cd with'lhe revolution by which Texas
became independent Of Msxieo. That
tbs may be lhe--more msnllesI,''l may he
proper to advert To The rausEs and 10 tie
history of tie principal events 81 that re-
veluiion.
Texas constituted portion al The AZ.
Client province of Lon siana. Cesled Ia The
! United STATES hy Frame in The wear 1903.
In the yrai 1919. the uhi;cd States. b,
die Fl.r,!a treaty. er,!el to Spain all that
part 81 Louisiana within lie presr nj lin.
its { Texas; and MeSiro. by Tire reyolu.
tim which separated her from Spain. and
rendered her an independent, nation, sue.
ceeded In the rights OF the mother cnun'
uy over this territory. In the year 1924,
Mexico established federal constitution
under which The Mexican republic Wa:
com pasedof a number nf sovereign States
cnn!e,lcra,edIioge1her in federal Union
similar 10 our own. Each nf these States
had its own Executive, legislature, and
Judiciary, and, for all except federal pur
poses. was as independent &c the genera
government. aud that &c The other States
rs is Pennsylvania or Virginia under ou
constitution. Texas and Coalnila nniteI
and formed one Of these Mexican StHies
The state constitution which they adopted
and which. was approved by lie Mexicar
confederacy, asserted That they were "iret
and independent of The other Mexican
Uni'ed STATES, anu ar r'vty ,',I,. r.~.,
. ~".t .i~.,,;";"" "h"ts"orsr:" md nsnrIaim
ed the g'eat principle Of human liberty
that :" the sovereignty of the Stale reside.
originally and essentially in the genera
mass Of The individuals who compose il.
To the government under this consiitu
Iion. as well as TO that under the fedora
constitution. the people Of Texas Owed
allegiance.
Emigrants from foreign countries, in
Gliding the United States, were invited
by the colonization laws Of the State ant
Of The federal government 10 settle in
Texas. Advantageous terms were offer
ed tn induce them to leave their own
country and become Mexican citizens
Ihissin'ita,i"n was accepted by many 81
our citizens. in The full faith Iha, in their
new home they would be governed by
laws enacted by representatives elected
by themselves, and that their lives. liner.
iy, and property would be projected by
constitutional guarantees similar to those
which existed in the republic they had
let'. Under government thus organic
ed they continued uuuI The year 1919
when military revolution broke ont in
The c ~ of Mexico, which enliielv sub.
vericd the federal and Stale constitutions
and placed military dictator al the head
Of the government.
BY a sweeping decree Of a Congress
subservlent 10 the will nC The dictator, the
several Stale constitutions were abolished.
and the States themselves con erted into
mere Departments Of the Central Govern.
meni. The people Of Texas were un,
willing TO submit to this usurpation. Re.
sIsiance 10 such tyranny became high
duty. Texas was fully absoIred from all
alleglanccs 10 the Central Government of
Mexico from The moment that govern.
ment had abolished her State constitution.
and ~ It's place substituted an arbitrary
and despoIlc Central Government.
Such were the principal causes Of the
Texan revolution. The people of Tex.
as a. once determined upon resistance,
and New to arms. In the mids, of these
important and exciting events, however.
they did not omit 10 place their iber,;os