Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-08

.ass"h'' AtANh .NfiNACt A0l N0AAE NANh's
Thereafter tho successful duellist WIS
allowed TO retain his position at the
head OF the army until Houston outgcn-
crnlled iiim by giving furlough 10
nearly all the troops. and virtually forced
him to return to the United States.
Houston manner, Of life IS president
OF the republic OF Texas IS described as
y singular compound Of ceremonial dig
nifty and frontier prindtlveness, resemb
ling, Ia fact, that OF an aboriginal POI
tenlrte. He habitually lived in log
cabin, where he would treat all con,ers
with frank aud ready familiarity hut.
on certain occasions, he would put on
airs Of state, and. when he gave audience
to agents of foreign nations, is reported
TO have worn sort of velvet rthe. lie
still kept M his drinking habits, aud
was king OF the roystcrers AZ we'll as
of the c0umscllors, without losing. ap.
parenily, the, respect OF the community.
Eventually his second wife whom H.
married Ia 1910. reformed his habits
of drinking aud swearing, and they
were abandOuded
The constitution OF the Texan republic
made the president ineligible for two
succeeding teruis, and In 1896 Houston
was succeeded by Mnrabeau y, Lamar
u was during l.amars administration
that u convention was concluded WEI
Lord Palmestone for the recognition r
Texas Independence on the condition lh.t
Texas would assume one million dollars
81 tho debt due by Mexico to the Eng
lish hnnd-holders The example of Great
Britain was followed by France, Holland
and Belgim. The attempt, however, to
obtain load from European capitalists
failed, and the finances OF Texas sani.
into a deplorphle condition under Lamnr's
administration. The public debt OF the
republic was Increased by nearly 5000
ono, whereas, $4,000 had covered the
s4s.I .al laUfMfst
lloueton's term, The rcdeondng feature
Of the Lamnr regime was the imnuiae
gwen 10 systVin OF nuhlic education
Ivy a grant of land for the university
and proportion ffom the public domain
TO each county for the establishment of
schools.
In December. 1871. Houston was inau-
guratcd president Of Texas FOR the second
Tine ana proceeded TO carry ont a pro-
gram of economy. At his suggestion,
MS salary was reduced from Slu,OO TO
$1,000, and the pay OF other civil officers
was cnt down in n like pUporliJn. That
Ills purpose of rotrcnchmcnt was sincere
aud vigorously carried ont Ia proved by
the fact that, during his three years
term, the Payments from the treasury
amounted 70 less than four hundrcl
aud forty thousand dollars In 1Si2,
Santa Anna, who had again become mas
ter Of Mexico, tc,t constrained by pub
Tic opinion 10 make at least a prrtcnce
OF renewing the INVASION OF 1uXaS but
the war between him aud Houston was,
for the mast part, carried On by paper
missiles In June, 1913, President Hous-
ton sent dispatch to the IcNge mln-
lister at Washington directing him to
make known the friendly prollcrs mnde
10y European governments, aud to wiili'
draw the application Of Texas for ull-
nrxation TO tho United States The OBJ
yions design of this dispatch was TO
put pressure upon ccruln lukcwarln
members OF congress. aud IL was fol-
lowed by an attempt TO induce Houston
~ renew the application. Houston de-
sired 10 know whether The United States
could be depended on ia project Texas
from invasion while the negotiations
were gong on No direct answer was
given 10 THIS question, hut Houston was
assured that the necessary tWo.thirds Of
the senators would vote to rltlfy a
treaty, and he was told by the United
States diplomatic agent IN InXas that
tie Washingion government would not
permit the Interference Of Mexico or
any other power while the negotiations
were pending. Houston accepted thcse
uHsnrauces as sufficient, and appointed n
special commissioner to renew the pro-
posal for annexation, The projected
treaty 10 that Cu was submitted to the
senate with a c1mmcndaiory message
from President Tyler, but II was rejected
by a vote Of thiriy-nye TO sixteen. No
sooner wps The treaty thus repudiatod
by the United States than the British
government acted, Lord Aberdeen pro-
posed 10 the Texan minister Ia London
an Hgfepment TO which five powers.
Great Britain, France, the United States
Texas and Mexico, should be paroles
The purpose of this agreement WAS 10
assure the permanent Independence Of
Texas, that republic plcdgnz itaclf not
to unite with any other nation. France
agreed to join with Great Britain In
compelling the assent Of Mexico. Hous-
ton protested 10 favor this plan, aud
even sent instructions 20 Arson JOnel.
the Texas secretary Of state. 10 close
with the offer Of Great Britain and
France; but, ~ he permitted the In
strucilons 80 be disobcyed, II Is pre-
sumed that be was sill playing tho
game Of the Gnnexntionists, and WIS
willing that his prolegp, Jones. who had
lust been elected the next president Of
Texas, should have tue credit Of con-
Guiding treaty with the United States.
There II no donSt, however, that at tho
close of 1874 d majority of the people
OF Texas regarded The annexation pro-
gram us hopeless. aud the prevailing
opinion Is reflected in HOu8ton's last
message 10 the Texan congress "rhe
United States he wrote, have spurncd
Texas twice already. Let her, there
fore. maintain her position IA II Is. aud
Let her legislation proceed upon the
principle that we are to DO and 10 re-
main an Independent people. II Texas
goes begging again for admission 10 tho
United States, She will only degrade her
self" Meanwhile, however, the appre-
hension that Texas would be- bound 70
Great Britain and France by thelr guar
nfitee Of her Independence aroused alarm
and jealousy IN The United States. and
public sentiment there turned decidedly
In favor Of annexation. In fhe Demo
cratic national convention james X.
Polk was nominated as an avowed adj
yocaie Of unnexatlon. aud he was sub
seqnentiy elected on that issue, On Feb
ruary IA, 1915, a Joint resolution was
adopted by both houses Of congress for
The admision OF Texas info the Union.
lThe Invitation was acwpt,-i by The |
TEXAN congress- with only one dissent |
ing vote, that Of Richard Bache. a
grandson Of Beniamin Franklin; end, On |
October IA. 1876, Texas ceased 10 be q |
republic and became one OF the United |
States. Samuel Houston and Thomas j. |
Rusk were chosen 10 represent the new |
state IN the senate az Washington.
The American senate. when Houston |
entered II. IN March, 1915, had among
It's members larger number OF die |
Unfinished aud ultn qfnfegfneu than n /