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CHAP. VI.]
TEXAN GRIEVANCES.
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establishments, they prayed the general government
to grant them for three years the privilege of
introducing, free of duty, certain articles indispensable
to their comfort and advancement-among
which were enumerated, provisions, iron and steel,
machinery, farming utensils, tools of the various
mechanic arts, hard-ware and hollow-ware, nails,
waggons and carts, cotton-bagging and bale-rope,
coarse cotton goods and clothing, shoes and hats,
household and kitchen furniture, ammunition, medicines,
books, and stationery. Many of these articles
were either directly or indirectly prohibited.
It was stated, in conclusion, that the trade of Texas
was small, and the resources of the settlers limited,
but, if fostered by a liberal policy on the part of
the general government, the trade would in a few
years yield a revenue of no little importance.
For the purpose of bringing the petitions under
the serious consideration of the Federal Government,
the Convention nominated three commissioners-Stephen
Austin, Erasmo Seguin, (a respectable
Mexican planter,) and James B. Miller. Ultimately,
however, the danger and toil of the mission devolved
solely upon Colonel Austin, who, although he, in
common with the majority of the colonists, deprecated
every approach to rash and precipitate measures,
and was doubtful of the expediency of appealing,
at that particular time, to the Supreme Government
for admission into the Union, acceded to
the legal and constitutional expression of the popular
will. On the rise of the Convention, he left Texas
in April for the city of Mexico, where he soon
afterwards arrived, and found the spirit of faction
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/29/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.