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TEXAS.
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culators who appeared as purchasers at Monclova,
were some Texans, whose participation in the odious
job has, in places where the facts were unknown,
brought discredit on the general body of their
fellow-citizens. These persons justified their conduct
on the plea that, if Texan settlers had not
bought the laind, it would have been transferred to
strangers. The transaction, however, which had
been accomplished by sinister influence, excited
the deepest dissatisfaction among the industrious
colonists who protested against it as " a violation of
good faith and the most sacred guarantees," denounced
it as a " death-blow" to their rising
country, and stigmatised it as " an act of corruption
in all parties concerned."
The Federal Decree of 6th April, 1830, contemplated
the purchase of the frontier lands from
the States to which they belonged, by the Supreme
Government, for the purpose of colonization and
defence. Nothing had been effected under the provisions
of that decree, Until the mission of Colonel
Almonte, whose report revealed the intention of
the general government to colonise Texas with
Mexicans, instead of foreigners, more especially
with military men. The lavish appropriation of
the waste lands by the Legislature of Coahuila and
Texas must, of course, if permitted, have disabled
the Government from executing its design. The
law authorising the sale of the 411 leagues of Texan
land was, therefore, as objectionable to the supreme
authorities as to the colonists. The General
Government accordingly denied the right of the
State Legislature to dispose of the land except in
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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/m1/90/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.