The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-22
In,trIous Stephen r. Austin. ths father Of

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colony on the Braros. In December is2i
That settlement was the nucleus srount
which others clustered. Every yesr ih'
ooloniits increased IN Numbers, In the com
iofts uf ii'e and In property.
The story of tho successin' .s'sblishmenl
of Anglo-Americsn froemen IN the wild
aud distant land OF rex,s, was repeated Al
many n iir,side, and every year bold, ln
tsllleent, restless. ndyuntur0ns men, cast
their fOrtunts with these settlers, | van
tufe 30 cay that no community OF like elg'
~ Europe or Ausfics, possessed moro tsl
eut, more enterprise. moro courage oI
greater love tor Tree Goysrnmont. In ten
years the hundreds had svelled 10 uany
ihoushnds; the foundations ~ state. were
lsid. al empire In proportions,
Colonization peaceful ant terms libernl
rae lfquiry has oitUn heon made, why did
Mexico Auth0riEe the planting Of the colo
ui-a IN Tsxa-7 Why should sho enoouracs
by munilcsnt grants o' inud aaitlemen'
II English speaking people, chiefly native.
" ihe Uaitod Ststee. within her l,nitel
What biiud iuturity possessed mexlcol
Add shy with her vast iupsriorilY IN NUN
beIi, and sitn gn ofgsuised army, VAS sh.
not able 10 put down the IeSsa teyQluliynl
Inrse questions, it seems TO mo- arc nol
difficult.
First-Che Mexican settlements, gave
here and thsrO mission, did not ertond
bnyond San AHtonio. All thsiss Sett'o'
msnis-the Nhols northern settled frontier
oi Mexico Ia isct-Wpre nntjstt 70 iIequgUI
hostile incurs.ons OF bands OF SsT'llso ln-
dams.
socond-At the time Mexico geye tho
authority for settlement, hUr whole htten'
lion Wna directed To hrr oGn in,er-al dis-
putse aud revolutions. II the N3rthrrn
pfUyincs cf Texas GOULD ha sstucd with
hsidy Angle Americans. the ltin sstils-
montS sou.n, IL va, though, would bc con.
pieiely protected without o1at o. M,1ico.
Third.-And undoubtedly y the nexio,ns,
suppo,ed that ths pFoce.s OF sbsorpt,on
and MeJicsuiZstion would 10 on, AZ the
liko absorption and American isstion had
gore IN tine United stAt-s. is was q istel
mistake.
Fourth-Afiar The settlements In Texa,
hst W largely increased in numbers and
wealth, and we're s,rong enough 70 bs q
NJ enao., doubil Mexico would have bean
ri Ad TO have enforced policy OF repression
But here again ircrnstances favored
Tsxss. For many years before the I,ur'
bidc revolutioo,, Mexioo wos very restless
mated In the successful revolution OF An,
gu.iin lturhide IN ls1l, who vas proolsinsd I'd
emperor in 1922, dopossd and bsnished H.
1923, and Afterwards. rsturnip; 80 his ooun
try, wss sbot ~ . traitor in 1874 The TO
pnblic was esUsblishsd. During al the
y,nrs, from ins planting Of the frat colony
In 1921 10 the decisive battle OF Ban Ja'
cinio, April Il 1895, iorly.eight ysars aga
IA. day, pronuncisiusutos, raw cluhons, dis
sentiOn., wers tho order OF the day IN Mex
leo, and al this sDuEcd tn tho beneHt oi
r.rss, aud aided ia her mphant suc-
oesp. So that q careful readiug Of history
will shov thst not only aeie ths Texans o.
those drys brAys and o,pas'ous lovers OF
liberty. but that taey we're favored by for.
tuiLnuS crcn instances, ard that Mexicsns,
whil.t very successfully eating each 9th
rr's ,hroats. were un6i'tingly aidirg Ia the
liberation q rerss
CnAHuiLA AND TgIAs.
Tho colonies we're IN The main during tb G
Ii ~ ten years OF their exstepCs, u,
peace eith Mexico, and prosperous. Yet.
tbs unnatural union OF Coahu In aud Mex.
lco, T,1ss Dy the constitution OF The re-
public OF Mexico, was Just, and the first
cause OF ds.rust. Siephen y. Austin al.
ways Il stated thGtil was n violation OF mis-
c1lluiZ alton contract, that the Max can au'
tharities nd assureh bin thst thia wEs
only temporary, end that they had sgreeG
with Austin, that as soon p9 TeSin VS.,
strong cnDu Eh - support sseNsrate stats
government 5he would oe Sdni tHd J Stt
Che n . icon anon az separate cate. And
this claim OF Texas "a strongly reinfo!ced
by the decree cf he general congress OF the
United Mexican States, of May 7sh, 1924.
when oontempietes tho right OF Texas 90
ot admitted ~ = separate state, ard which
provides hat as soon as Texas shall be in q
CONDITION tG ngure az state of itself, II
shall Inform coogrses thereof, by its ress
lotions.
Still, one preteIt aud smother yss resort.
Cd to- to keSp the two together. Coshuiia
mad = proponder OF numbers in the leg
lsiaiure, They were Spanish speaking
psople, uhose habits OF thought aud ideas
of government we're wholly unlike tsvss OF
the people OF rexse. That this forced the
union OF Texas with C,shuila WAS the prox
: NJ ate cause of the revolution. l have nc
dou,t Other causes hastei.ed the lorna
tion Of u separate state constitution, and
that in turn hastened ths declaration of in
dependence The arrest aud imprison msn'
In June, 1882, by Colonel BroadburD, o
wall m Is. Travis aud Patrick Q. Jack, twC
of the most conspicuous men in rexas
aud capture of Fort Velasco, un
ha.tsned the movement,
towards Q separate state government.
The key note Of the fesling OF Texas in e
spect To the union OF Coabiiiia and Texss, Il
in the words of the San Feliuo memorial
The consolidation OF the late provinces o
Coshuils aud Texas, was in it's mats are. pro
visionsl and temporary"
TRE COEVsSTI0S u sAs sGLirs.
The body which assem- hled at San Felipe
To frame a constitution embraced in its mum
bers the best talent OF Texas, Stephen f.
Austin. Sam Houston, Branch T. Archer
Wharton, and others OF note were members
Tie memorial of that convention, TO the
general congress Of the United Mexican
States, bv whom pennsd l know not, 10 Q
paper worthy the pen OF any man.
In th.t mefnorisl .the convention says
Texas splicits, as her portion in the genera
re eiormation, to be. .diser thralled from her un-
happy connection with the Coahuilo.'
Again, referring to the neglect OF Texas or
ths part oi Mexico, the memorisllsts say:
the fact of euch negligence is beyond con-
,royersy. the melancholy effects OF it are ap
psrent in both her pat and present oondi-
lion. This cause must exist somewhere, Wa
believe 1t Is principally to bo found In her
poli,icsi annexation TO Coahutla."
There can be no doubt, think, that thi
union led TO the declaration
II / dependence. not only because 1t was
galling In itsef. an exercise OF arbitrary
power, but as understood by the colonisls
was "A palpable breach OF the contrac. OF BET
is 10 community Of interest between
them.u And is is also
s,ns, r'' as they say, that the
ascsndepcy in the joint councils OF the
state gives her (Coahuils) an uncontrolled
and exclusive power OF Legislation"
Undoubtedly the rights OF Texas were
thus suhordiuated 10 the will of Coehuila
Along with the constitution framed at San
Felipe, tnis memorial WAS sen, TO the au'
tpor',ies in the City Of Mexico. by Stephen
L Au tin, as commissioner. Reaching ths,
city. he was arrested and held rs a prisoner
until 1885 Very naturally, ilis arbitrary
aud oespotic conduct, this contempt Tor ,he
peopio of rexa-, manifested against the
person Of her distinguished and beloved
ciuz.n, aroused Indignation throughout
the settlement.
IL is no douot trne, tina. over and above
al causes oi separation, which have men
Ito ied, the G ,lolists OF Texas yearned FOL
Tree givernmert ~ they hal been taught II
IN the tree land VI their fathers-the land o.