The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 32, July 1928 - April, 1929 Page: 319
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Tadeo Ortiz and the Colonization of Texas, 1822-1833 319
by a mixed population of European foreigners and native Amer-
icans will continue and they will still enjoy a vigorous and pro-
tected local administration. The colonists are natives of the
southern states, of low morality and tend to divide the Anglo-
American confederation; and, although in general industrious,
many of them are lazy, but nevertheless brave. At the same time
they are corrupt, covetous, and agressive; they are accustomed to
pass life in absolute independence in the privations of the frontier
and to enjoy an almost unlimited liberty. This constitutes a kind
of erratic existence; and, by a singular contrast, adds to the crafti-
ness and enlightenment of an imperfect modern civilization the
physical and moral qualities and caution of the savages, with whom
they ordinarily associate. Added to this are their unreasonable
and insidious political claims, which, in all cases that lead to their
aggrandizement and the extension of their commercial relations,
have directed and are directing the policies of the cabinet in
Washington.
Your Excellency, the consummation of the cession of Louisiana
is yet very recent; and no citizens of this hemisphere should ignore
or forget the record of the transactions promoted by the Anglo-
American diplomats for the purpose of making the boundary
treaty with Spain. Neither should they forget the unfair means
which the United States, easily taking advantage of Spain's calam-
ities and embarrassing situation, used in order to add Florida and
other outstanding frontier regions to its empire. . .
It is believed, too, that the President of the United States and
his partisans have secret views concerning Texas. He even goes
to the extreme of declaring himself to be one of the proprietors
(although this may be hearsay). With the present Anglo-Amer-
ican minister to our government and with other persons he has
an interest in a vast scheme of colonization lately granted to the
empresario Austin and his company in defiance of the law of
April 6, 1830. These secret views are as alarming as the policies
of the government itself, which is interested in the increase of the
emigration of criminals from the United States. These criminals
have escaped from the courts and from the punishments which are
irrevocably imposed there upon violators of the law. They have
taken refuge in Texas and have formed a band of vandals who are
very hard to control. They have outdone the few honest men.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 32, July 1928 - April, 1929, periodical, 1929; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101089/m1/324/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.