THE AUSTIN PAPERS 517 obstaculo en enviar uno de otra parte, pido que se de la autoridad necesaria al Alcalde de esta- Debo manifestar a V. S. que no debo ni puedo salir de esta antes de concluir mis asuntos de Colon- izacion pendientes y de consiguiente no sera posible que vaya al Saltillo a tomar posesion de mi destino de deputado hasta despues de prncticnr Ins dilig-encias necesarias con cl Comd 0 parn concluir mis asuntos de colonizacion que se hallan pendientes Dios y Lib- ertnd villa de Austin 19 de Octubre 1830 ESTEVAN F. AusTIN
HENRY AusTIN TO .AusTIN
Brassoria Octo- 20. 1830 MY DEAR Sm I have rec 4 yours by John with the enclosures and now return the Pedimento signed. I regret much that affairs have taken so un:favorable a turn at Saltillo but I have witnessed so many political squables in Mexico the last six years that I set them down as of but little acct, They usually mnke a great deal of noise and do nothing- The result of Viesca's offer of resignation will probably be a reconciliation How- ever I doubt much whether you can permanently hold your ground ns n. member of the Legislature- The independent stand which . both your principles and interests would compell you to take would embroil you with both parties- Still there is no other course left you to pursue and the novelty of an upright independent public man pursuing solely the interests of the State in conformity with the constitution might make a salutary impression even upon Mexi- cans- If you can steer clear of these political broils I think they will in the main conduce to the interests of the Colony- They paralize the 1\fexican arm and put it out of the power of the Govt to interfere with you by force- So long therefore as they abstain from any legislative acts affecting your rights or interests in Gods name let them wrangle amongst themselves as much as they please I seriously be1ieve that my prediction, now five years old, that the want of material for a stable Govt would ultimately cause the Mexican republic to break up into little principalities, each Gov- erned by a popular Chief to the extent of his personal influence and no further, like the malay region, will one clay be realized Don Felipe appears to be aiming at that now and I strongly suspect Teran looks to Texas for his share, Flatter him in that point and make him believe the people of Texas look up to him as their politi- cal Savior and you may do anything with him As to my own affairs-I have visited the junction of the two creeks and find the land to be good grasing land, the timber small and much of the
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