T 5 





T B X 



UO.iKK) beloueed to tin- S; -can 



uolatcd from the n- I hud 



nn easy commii 1 



nterprise and v 

 Hi,- 



had been < 







. Draco*. 

 MOweit 



It 



id concurred b- 



diMrnst 



:can colonists on the one bnnd. and tin 

 Spanish descent and tlu nt on the 



other. It had been made on, "f the 



Kmprcssario irraut.s that sehoo 1 ')> Spanish 



i all tin- new settlements. 



The wealthier B- 

 i their children to be cdu- 

 -. and the poorer -_'a\i- theirs no edu- 



.; of settling sonic hnnd-i 

 famil: new eoniers in the Millie 



t tu n certain d. .itrol IVonn sario, 



further contributed to ;)ie\ent their amalgamating with 

 the S])aniards. They continued thoroughly Kndish in 

 their language and customs. Religion ton became a means 

 of incrcasiiisr the mutual repul- new-comers had 



no objection to call theinsehcs Roman i atholics, but they 

 lax in their (>!- !,! this 



irritated the priests and hn-ntrht t' settlers to 



reirard them as persons o!' indiffervnt character. On the 

 other hand, the ere ulialed 



by the strinsrcnt custom-house regulations and semi- 

 military government of Mexico. The cnu-stion oi 

 slavery, too, added to their sources of discontent. By the 



of the treaty of amity and i-ommi-: 

 : Great Britain and Mexico, the iro\ eminent of the 

 latter country cnrra>red to prevent all r - from 



UWnr part in the external .ie. The rule \- 



laxed in favour of the colonists from the I'niti 

 l to allo* their bringing thei: "ithem: but the 



tions under which this permission was irranted 

 1 constant collisions between them and the 

 of the customs. The decree of 'Jllth Si 

 WDchinir slaven- throughout the Mexican dom. 



wealth of the An<rlo-Amcrican 

 part I \ ' t of then 



s with jca' 



lernment of tlie 

 iff Texas. The 



York ma>omc 11 had he- 



.i-ure mere instruments of the ; 

 and centi; : and Poinsctt, tlie An: 



. !iad not only been instrumental in t'onnd- 

 ine 1 

 part in the internal political contests and nitric 



half t .Her of th. 



. n the 



In lUff) the irritati>' 



1 lie niilita: 

 I IH-W )>o*' 



il at (lie tnidinir si: 

 r of MiAicau solc!i> 

 almnt l:HI. and placed u . 



calehielnof l!e\ar, Hnizo-. -. the tir^i -men- 



tioned beiiiff intrusted with I 1 

 the (ilh of April, IKiu 

 'itin? nil <; 



jinblic immediai 



edict the newly arrived settlers from the I 



Texas and those who were on I! 



serious inconvenience , On the remoiMran 



Colonel Austin, the enlbrcemcr' wa miti- 



gated by the local antlnni: 

 to tk= 'ii of their lands, bu- 



titles in only two of :! 

 already established in Texas. 



After the government had th- .d the property 



of the most numerous and \ r tion of the popula- 



tion, a revolution was inevitable 

 case, the tii>t hostile collision between the 

 goveniment fore. 



irrievance-. An attempt made by the u r o\ernor of 

 hnae 1o arrest an Anirlo d the 



military and the sctti< 

 each other in June, i 



captured the post fit Yc!,i-co. intercepted tl 

 chief i to relieve the iramson ol 



Analn in-eiider. and obliged the 



governor of that fort to fly from the countn 

 who had a short time before promulgated vh:,' 

 called the jila- ' 'm/.' and ' 



in 1 e\r.- tllspat Hi \ia w !'! 



that provii as aei-onij 



TV\as in , 

 the evjilanation tha' 



;e \\hole of Texas declared for ' the *pl 



' >. -toher. ls:?i!. a com 

 de Austin i 



for tin "i!a and fo- 



ot' the law - eolci- 



:othc:- cotnent; 

 place i 

 Hpprohation of ' 



eentr 

 dant. 

 tVom t 







ttler* in '; 

 jxilities. \Vhe:i 

 mode their mad a'tempt 



1 ill the :: 

 rfjn 



democrat or ad- 

 individna] 





I- 



But on a 



-jiirion as the i 

 .''ii. 



The oiii- 

 annex Texa 



the , 



ana 



illusion : anil nn the 'Jnd c 

 tliem to 



the K 



'Hie ! themselves to the I 











ulvcd, 

 Iftce 



. ,,t. 



