AND

THE TEXANS;

OR,

ADVANCE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS

TO THE SOUTH-WEST;

INCLUDING A HISTORY OF

LEADING EVENTS IN MEXICO, FROM THE CONQUEST BY
FERNANDO CORTES TO THE TERMINATION

OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION.

"MAGNA EST VERITAS, ET PREVALEBIT."

Heaven is free

From clouds, but of all colours seems to be

Melted to one vast Iris of the West,

Where the Day joins the great Eternity;

While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest

Floats through the azure air, a region of the blest!

A single star is at her side, and reigns

With her o'er half the lovely heaven.

BY HENRY STUART FOOTE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.

F

389 F69 v.2 Buhr

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by
HENRY STUART FOOTE,

in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States, in
and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

J. FAGAN, STEREOTYPER.

T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

View of Texas as contrasted with the Mexican provinces gene-

rally. Scheme for her subduction. Colonization from the

United States obstructed. Custom-houses established. Op-

pression growing out of the conduct of the Mexican custom-

house officers and military Commandants sent on to sustain

them. Dissatisfaction of the colony; politic arrangements of

Austin. Arrival of Dr. Archer: his character. Public meet-

ings: affair of Anahuac: revolt of the Colonists and destruction

of the Fort at Velasco; followed by the general downfall of the

power of Bustamente in Texas. Good fortune of Texas in es-

caping the hostility of the Government of Mexico for the present

CHAPTER II.

View of the Federative System as established in Mexico; together

with an inquiry as to its being adapted to the character and

genius of the Mexican people. Unfortunate operation of that

system in Mexico: War of Consolidation upon State Rights.

Application of Texas for admission into the Mexican Confede-

racy as a Sovereign State; refused. Consequences of this re-

fusal in Texas. Imprisonment of Colonel Austin. His return:

his speech at Brassoria, and advice that a Consultation should

be called

CHAPTER III.

Plan of Consultation universally sanctioned, and time of its con-

vocation agreed to be the 15th of October. Committees of

Safety; their usefulness; various addresses issued by them.

Cos arrives at San Antonio de Bexar, and makes various de-

mands of the Texans; who treat them with contempt, and pre-

pare for war. Some account of Lorenzo de Zavala, first Vice

President of Texas

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CHAPTER IV.

Introductory remarks. Curious coincidences between the Revo-

lution of 1776, in the United States, and that of Texas in 1835.

Commencement of the war by the battle of Gonzales. Cap-

ture of Goliad ; and general progress of civil and military affairs

up to the appointment of General Austin as Commissioner to

the United States

CHAPTER V.

Civil History of Texas. Constitution. Provisional Government.

Public feeling in Texas and the United States. Appointment

of Commissioners to the United States. Colonel Austin's

views as to the course proper to be pursued in regard to the

question of Independence. Call of a Convention to assemble

in March. Storming of the Alamo, and death of Milam

CHAPTER VI.

Situation of Texas in December, 1835. Civil history. Proceed-

ings of Commissioners to the United States. Projected expedi-

dition to Matamoras. Colonel Fannin. His conduct at Goliad

during the winter. Approach of Santa Anna. Fall of Bejar.

Destruction of Fannin and his bold comrades.

narrative. Interesting letter of General Rusk

CHAPTER VII.

Shackelford's

Assemblage of the

General remarks upon the state of the War.

Convention; Declaration of Independence, and framing of a

new Constitution. Volunteers at Gonzales. Retreat to the

Colorado; retreat to the Brassos; march to the neighbourhood

of Harrisburg. Battle of San Jacinto; with anecdotes of vari-

ous kinds, connected therewith

CHAPTER VIII.

Treaty with Santa Anna; his departure to Mexico; recapture at

Velasco. Public discontent at his liberation. General Hender-

son, General Green, General Hunt. Firmness of President Bur-

net; Santa Anna's Protest, and Judge Burnet's reply. Final

transmission of the Dictator to Washington City, and return to

his own country

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