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TEXAS.
[BOOK II.
constitutional Congress was convened by another
military order. Until it should assemble, Santa
Anna retained in his own hands the substantial
authority of Government, which he covertly used to
destroy the Constitution he had sworn to defend.
According to the strength and violence of parties,
the several States of the Federation were more or
less agitated by these arbitrary proceedings at the
seat of Supreme Government. The collision between
the President and the General Congress
divided the legislature of Coahuila and Texas into
two parties. One of these, at Monclova, issued a
proclamation (pronunciamento) denouncing Santa
Anna and his unconstitutional acts, and sustaining
Vidaurri as governor of the State; the other, at
Saltillo, declared for Santa Anna, issued a pronunciamento
against the Congress, annulled the decrees
of the State Legislature from its election in 1833,
invoked the protection of the troops, and elected a
military governor, the majority of votes in the election
being given by officers of the army. Occupied
in mutual denunciations, the two factions, both
of which were destitute of popular strength, arrested
the progress of public business, until the time constitutionally
designated for the election of the Governor
and other State officers had expired, leaving
the people of Coahuila and Texas to the perils of a
disgraceful anarchy. The ascendancy of Santa
Anna in the capital and the interference of his armed
instruments in the State, had virtually dissolved the
social compact, and placed every man under the
necessity of devising means for preserving his own
and the general rights.
To provide a remedy for this miserable condi
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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/m1/68/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.