The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 32, July 1928 - April, 1929 Page: 334
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occupy part of the lands over which savage tribes now rove and
which comprise the territories of the headwaters of our rivers and
the territory of La Paz mentioned above, are, in my judgment,
the most effective means that the ruling powers can adopt to in-
spire confidence in the Mexicans and the foreigners who may be
sent to settle there. These are the most effective means for estab-
lishing social order on the border, for preventing dangerous ag-
gressions on the part of the neighboring nation, and the pernicious
influence that might bring about the alliance of more than 150,000
natives who, through the arrangement of the Anglo-American gov-
ernment, are to be found gathering in considerable numbers be-
tween Texas and New Mexico.
I consider it a matter of the greatest interest to the advance-
ment of colonization and the peace of the government, to abrogate
without delay and without argument, the concessions granted [in
Texas] since 1827. I favor this as much on account of the diffi-
culties and litigations that are now being experienced, as on ac-
count of the confusion and the abuses, that, thanks to similar
concessions, the empresarios are causing. They are consulting
their own private interests alone without any justification and
indeed to the detriment of the interests of the nation.
The first grant made to Don Felipe [i. e., Moses] de Austin
by the Spanish government and confirmed to his son, Don Estevan
Austin, by the national government, has been advantageous and
of much influence, judging by the results. It had, as its original
object, the settlement of the lands and points most suited to the
development of agriculture and commerce of Texas. While it has
been prospering, it has, by its favorable results, made known the
advantages of colonization and the political importance of a re-
gion which, as fast as it is organized and its resources are de-
veloped, will produce in the article of cotton alone as much or
more than the amount harvested in the United States. In the
branch of stock raising and its by-products, it will perhaps pro-
duce an equivalent of what is produced by the commerce of Buenos
Aires and Montevideo. In addition there will be an income from
trade in skins, flour, and sugar--to the production of which the
colonies are beginning to devote themselves,-as well as from food
stuffs, seeds and lumber with which they can supply the ports of
the Republic and Antilles as soon as the marine service, and the334
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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/m1/339/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.