The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 32, July 1928 - April, 1929 Page: 328
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sion in accord with the needs of an organized government. This
arrangement will encourage development among the people and
furnish a defensive line along the northern frontier in accordance
with the interests of the Federation and the nature of the country.
Although I might state the views I have on the proper system of
government for this remote region, I leave this question for an-
other time. For the present, I will confine myself to the informa-
tion I have given as to the government used by the neighboring
power [the United States] in managing its territories and the
system used in our own country in such cases.
I need still to suggest to your Excellency the sum the govern-
ment would need to appropriate for the maintenance of an ade-
quately financed and efficient government. The establishment of
a general plan for a systematized plan for colonization is urgently
demanded in these four territories. This should include the privi-
lege of religious freedom, although the government should adopt
certain precautions. It also involves the declaration of a formal
war on the barbarous tribes and the admission of other more civil-
ized tribes as subjects of the Republic; the exemption from taxation
for a period of ten years and the necessity for throwing open all
its ports and harbors to commerce. They should be free from all
general customs duties for at least seven years. This should be
done in order to increase the population and encourage the develop-
ment of the country along the seaboard. It would likewise stimu-
late marine and commercial activity and would lead to a rapid
prosperity and well being of the territories where a comfortable
subsistence could be earned. This accomplished, these territories
can be organized into states without delay.
The treasures still found to a considerable extent in the cathe-
drals, convents, sanctuaries, and certain parishes- consisting of
ornaments of pure luxury and show-are appropriate to paganism.
They are found in Mexico alone, for your Excellency will remem-
ber that the ornaments in the temples at Rome, are monuments of
art and consist of marble and bronze statues. If these treasures
are legally transferred to the nation they will furnish the first in-
stalment of funds needed for this great enterprise. A tax imposed
upon half the products of the incomes of bishoprics and the third
part of the prebends of the priesthood together with the imposition
of a tax on choirs where they exceed thirteen will furnish more328
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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/m1/333/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.