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... AUSTIN • 121 PART II THE MEXICAN WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES VIII . - CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR IX . - CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR , Continued - CON- TRASTING OPINIONS • X. THE MEXICAN WAR - GENERAL TAYLOR . XI . THE MEXICAN WAR - GENERAL ...
... AUSTIN • 121 PART II THE MEXICAN WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES VIII . - CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR IX . - CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR , Continued - CON- TRASTING OPINIONS • X. THE MEXICAN WAR - GENERAL TAYLOR . XI . THE MEXICAN WAR - GENERAL ...
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... Austin was attracted to the possibilities of Texas as a home for colonies composed of men who were already American citizens . Austin was born in Dur- ham , Connecticut , about 1764. He emigrated to Wythe County , Virginia , while yet a ...
... Austin was attracted to the possibilities of Texas as a home for colonies composed of men who were already American citizens . Austin was born in Dur- ham , Connecticut , about 1764. He emigrated to Wythe County , Virginia , while yet a ...
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... Austin had the Puritan passion for educa- tion and the means to gratify it . He sent his son to the best schools and colleges in that part of the country in which he lived . In 1820 he went to Texas to obtain permission , if possible ...
... Austin had the Puritan passion for educa- tion and the means to gratify it . He sent his son to the best schools and colleges in that part of the country in which he lived . In 1820 he went to Texas to obtain permission , if possible ...
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... Austin waited a long time for his reply , and as it did not come , and as his affairs at home needed his attention ... Austin's son Stephen at that time had gone to New Orleans to look after the affairs of the colonists whom it was hoped ...
... Austin waited a long time for his reply , and as it did not come , and as his affairs at home needed his attention ... Austin's son Stephen at that time had gone to New Orleans to look after the affairs of the colonists whom it was hoped ...
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... Austin , who was a man of parts and energy , took up his father's project vigorously and led his first colonists into Texas in Decem- ber , 1821. In the spring of 1822 , Mexico threw off her allegiance to Spain and became an independent ...
... Austin , who was a man of parts and energy , took up his father's project vigorously and led his first colonists into Texas in Decem- ber , 1821. In the spring of 1822 , Mexico threw off her allegiance to Spain and became an independent ...
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Page 245 - ... in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Page 96 - We. therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations; and, conscious of the rectitude...
Page 244 - Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of it's deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence, up the middle of that river...
Page 95 - It denies us the right of worshipping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience, by the support of a national religion, calculated to promote the temporal interest of its human functionaries, rather than the glory of the true and living God.
Page 169 - And such states as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each state asking admission may desire.
Page 95 - It has invaded our country, both by sea and by land, with intent to lay waste our territory and drive us from our homes; and has now a large mercenary army advancing to carry on against us a war of extermination.
Page 106 - The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected. I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Page 62 - That they hold it to be their right, during the disorganization of the Federal System and the reign of despotism, to withdraw from the Union, to establish an independent Government...
Page 201 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...