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the expression Of he iBFaas5s,
rights entitled TO share. ii On. b6sskl4M
this ~chiyaIrous resistance 6lswlssN psFefR
| General Santa Anna. not contenAs W10
tile decision of Tie expedition of GaHexak
ICos, placed himself at the head of his
land marched, in person, Upon Tesak. Tie
Aims vas surrounded BIZ e. osefxh.l
force, and its ebfara defenders II mef
tperished By the sword. Fennin4. and
lgailant band, ia. violation Of treaty ssiPfls
ttfons, were murdered ia coldbhod. phSsI[
ling on 'eonguering and to conquer SAINTS.
Anna expected ike success atSan Jacintos
He was there met, on the. 21st of APRIL
1885, by aforce of Texans nambefina seHs
ea hundred and eighty men, TO npppse his
larmy, consisting Of eighteen or nineteen
hundred, and nearly one-baff Of the Mexfs
cans were killed. The result was as bril-
Liant as it was creditable 10 those brave
men who periled every hing in resisting 6pY4
preston. Texas, with a population pc tess
fssan thirty thoasaea, waseEgsgedLin AWaE:
with Mexico, whose population YEAS sever
lor eight millions. With an army Of snne
thousand Texans, she was resisting an afhhE !
of seven or eight Thousand Mexicads, fhsRA
within The borders Of Texas; and The de-
sign Of the latter Ras 10 enforce .fespbtii4
military rule over. the former Or feel
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On the 18th Of Nay follow tsg = treaty
|of peace and amity &as concluded between
the two countries, sieHsd by President Bnf!
met, and his Cabinet, 0 the aaft Of 'Texss,
aud BY President santa Anna ia.his oEefai
character. az chif of the Mexisan. ration,
land his four principally eneralsst6Aw wit: FIJI
|isela, Urea, Sesha and Gaosa.s on The part
|of Mexico. andj65 the terms Of the treaty,
the Rio GrapdJ was acknowledged taSt the
boundary between The two codnffies.inBn@
der this treatyjthe Mexican officers with
their troons aid munitions'e Of war, were pc
to peave the country untnolesisd;
and after Occurring all The benefits at 7ths
treaty. thRy seek to cuteGs Texas fr6mshef
mart Il MI on the Ground thar SantaAEgE
was a-nHsoner Of war.wheh kxasMadss.
and than under 4he constitution Sxsae24a
the VfsAPresident disehargedthsftnc
of Pres;dl lent under eeftsincRqtingensse
The folYe aeaefals Win. S6sd3NxWefss
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ment which he had s1
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having sayniIed shefsslf
of The treaty. shs6id ihlsrpes
the sSisdlar hBgsaef % ssofda
From such = nstsons no ct 0f6StadE
could surprise nss nssSB
that any enc il this eoaatr9 sheat4
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From the lime thai! fisssis stssa5Hs
the country eastof the Hk Bfss5ea
the treaty of 18th MayE 1870 testke
time of nnexatioh-absffod mGse n
eight yeArs-theaM efican afzsye etus6ea
on The other side ofg4he Ro NGfslds
though gsrrisuns were kept
Matamoros, Bier, and uppdsite4AfeaeF
mono were maintsihed 6h f9k TIN
river. Though tic Mexican
since, have crossed 0vefi6 4hI blds q
river, and have peretrsted hi scathtfs
far as Santa Antonio, yetthsf ssfsfsp
ed and driven far beyond khs Ri9sefss
and the Texans :kzve sine4thek3se1A16
frs4nentlq ia lasee over II Mexies6e
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