AND

THE TEXANS;

OR,

ADVANCE OF THE ANGLO-AMERICANS

TO THE SOUTH-WEST;

INCLUDING A HISTORY OF

LEADING EVENTS IN MEXICO, FROM THE CONQUEST BY
FERNANDO CORTES TO THE TERMINATION

OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by

HENRY STUART FOOTE,

in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States, in and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

View of Texas as contrasted with the Mexican provinces gene-

rally. Scheme for her subduction. Colonization from the

United States obstructed. Custom-houses established. Op-

pression growing out of the conduct of the Mexican custom-

house officers and military Commandants sent on to sustain

them. Dissatisfaction of the colony; politic arrangements of

Austin. Arrival of Dr. Archer: his character. Public meet-

ings: affair of Anahuac: revolt of the Colonists and destruction

of the Fort at Velasco; followed by the general downfall of the

power of Bustamente in Texas. Good fortune of Texas in es-

caping the hostility of the Government of Mexico for the present

CHAPTER II.

View of the Federative System as established in Mexico; together

with an inquiry as to its being adapted to the character and

genius of the Mexican people. Unfortunate operation of that

system in Mexico: War of Consolidation upon State Rights.

Application of Texas for admission into the Mexican Confede-

racy as a Sovereign State; refused. Consequences of this re-

fusal in Texas. Imprisonment of Colonel Austin. His return:

his speech at Brassoria, and advice that a Consultation should

be called

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CHAPTER III.

Plan of Consultation universally sanctioned, and time of its con-

vocation agreed to be the 15th of October. Committees of

Safety; their usefulness; various addresses issued by them.

Cos arrives at San Antonio de Bexar, and makes various de-

mands of the Texans; who treat them with contempt, and pre-

pare for war. Some account of Lorenzo de Zavala, first Vice

President of Texas

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