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CHAP. VIII.]
ALMONTE'S REPORT.
71
" If, then, the position of Texas is so advantageous,
why should not the Mexicans participate in its
benefits ? Are not they the owners of those valuable
lands (preciosos terrenos) ? Are they not capable of
encountering dangers with firmness and courage ?
Let small companies be formed; enter into contracts
with agricultural labourers; appoint to each of the
companies its overseer, agent, or colonial director;
and I will be the surety that, in less than one or two
years, by the concession of eleven league grants of
land, which will not cost perhaps more than a trifle
for the stamped paper on which the title is made
out, the grants will be converted into a property
worth more than from fifteen to twenty thousand
dollars. Let those who wish to test the worth of
this assurance visit the plantations of the colonists,
and they will perceive I am no dreamer."
The Commissioner, adverting to the objection of
the remoteness of Texas as a field for Mexican colonization,
remarks that it is not necessary to remove
thither by land: from the city of Mexico to Vera
Cruz it was but four days' journey, and the voyage
from thence to Galveston or Brazoria might be
made in six or eight days more. " If, as is possible,"
he proceeds to say, " I return to Texas as colonial
director, I shall have great pleasure in affording to
purchasers of land and Mexican Empresarios all the
information in my power for the better colonization
of the country. I do not hesitate particularly to assure
retired officers and invalids, that the best way
to provide for their families is to solicit permission
of the Government to capitalise their pay, and go
and colonise Texas. There they will find peace and
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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/m1/77/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.