The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967 Page: 169
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British Impressions of Texas and the Texans
The Illustrated London News carried engravings as well as
short articles on Texas and the Texans. In 1842 there were pictures
of the "Texan Mounted Militia" and of "Texan Judges and Jury,"
as well as remarks that the Texans were a "young and gallant
people," and that a strong interest had arisen in Britain about all
that concerned the new republic.22 In 1844 The Illustrated Lon-
don News printed drawings of General Sam Houston and of the
Alamo.23 In 1845 there were five sketches: one showed Texas
troops being reviewed, two gave views of the port of Galveston
and 'he City of Houston, and two were pictures of the great dem-
onstrations held in New York and in Jersey City in favor of an-
nexation.24
Besides the news articles and editorials relating to the Texas
question, newspapers frequently carried excerpts from earlier
works printed either in the United States or Great Britain.
Whether they were included primarily as filler or for interest is
not entirely clear. For example, the Manchester Guardian printed
short excerpts on "National Resources of Texas" and "Wild
Horses in Texas" from William Kennedy's Texas, on "Texan
Ladies" from N. Doran Maillard's History of the Republic, on
the "Prairies of Texas" from the Houston Telegraph, on "Hotel
Etiquette in Texas" from G. W. Featherstonhaugh's Excursions
Through the Slave States, and "Eloquent Reasons for not Ad-
mitting Texas into the Union," from William Ellery Channing's
letter to Henry Clay opposing the annexation of Texas to the
United States.2" Both Channing and John Quincy Adams were
popular in England for their courageous and eloquent stand
against Texas and the extension of slavery, and repeatedly their
writings and speeches commanded literary attention. In fact,
Channing's letter to Clay had been published in London as well
ing Review (September and October, 1851); "On the Indian Tribes of Texas,"
Ethnological Society Transactions for 1850; "On the Botany of Texas," Transactions
of the Linnaean Society for 185o.
"The Illustrated London News, June 18, November 5, 1842.
28Ibid., June 15, 1844.
2'"bid., January 4, March 22, 1845.
"Manchester Guardian, June 16, 2S, 1841; January 1o, 26, 1842; October 16, 23,
July 17, 1844; October 11, 1837.169
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