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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
1821, even the new Spanish captain general of New Spain, named by
Ferdinand VII on the recommendation of some of the Mexican depu-
ties to the Cortes, had accepted the Plan of Iguala, with some modifica-
tions agreed to by Agustin de Iturbide, and Mexico's independence
from Spain was assured.
Iturbide named a Provisional Sovereign Governing Junta upon his
arrival in Mexico City in September, 1821, charging it with drawing up
plans for the electon of members to a Mexican Cortes and with setting
up a temporary government to rule the country until a constitution for
the nation could be provided. From September to the end of the year
1821, Iturbide and his government were too involved in consolidating
control of the country and in implementing a system of government to
pay any more attention to Texas than to the other provinces of the new
nation. No matter relating to Texas was the subject of discussion or re-
port in the Diario of the Sovereign Governing Junta during its sessions
between September 28, 1821, and December 31, 1821.
The subject of Texas did appear several times in the Gaceta imperial de
Mixico. It appeared first in the report of Gaspar L6pez, the comman-
dant general of the Eastern Interior Provinces, detailing the capture
and arrest, on October 4, of General James Long, his fleet and forces,
thus defeating Long's second expedition into Texas.'2 Next, Texas was
reported as being a province of the Mexican Empire, with the right to
elect one deputy to the upcoming Mexican Congress, which would be-
gin its session on February 24, 1822. And last, Texas appeared in a
lengthy report from Gaspar L6pez detailing the peace made with the
barbarous tribes of the north."
Although Texas apparently was not mentioned in the discussions of
the Sovereign Governing Junta, it was very much in the minds of sev-
eral members of that body who had been named to the Committee on
Foreign Relations on September 30, 1821, and who remained on it
throughout the duration of the junta. They were Juan F. Azcirate,
Manuel de Heras Soto, and Jose Sanchez Enciso, assisted by Mariano
Zardaneta and Mariano Fernandez de Almanza.'4 The matter upon
which they worked primarily was an agrarian and colonization law for
'2Official report of Gaspar L6pez, Oct. 19, 1821, to Agustin de Iturbide, Gaceta imperial de
M6xico (Mexico City), Nov. 3, 1821.
' Colecci6n de los decretos y 6rdenes que ha expedido la soberana junta provisional gubernativa del
imperio mexicano ... (Mexico City, 1821), 89-93; Gaceta imperial de Mixico (Mexico City), Nov.
27, 1821; "Documentos de la paz con los indios barbaros del norte," dated Saltillo, Nov. 3,
1821, ibid., Dec. 4, 8, 11, 1821.
14 Diario de las sesiones de la soberana junta provisional gubernativa mexicana ... 82 r - 1 82 2 (Mex-
ico City, 1821), 16 (Sept. 30, 1821), 70 (Nov. 2, 1821).224
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