lalier declared for the constitution of Vera Cruz, in 1832; deposed Bustamente, as well as the Vice President, Farius; elected General Barragan in his place; became himself President of the republic; and, i11 1835, repealed the constitution by military orders, which re-established the very system, under new rules, that had caused the revolution of 1823. The question is then asked by the Texans: is a nation, which is incapable of protecting any form of government from overthrow by a few military leaders, entitled to hold the peaceable citizens of a distant part of her country forever subject lo all the evils of anarchy? Other arguments are advanced lo show that, besides all this, the incongruity between their citizens, who have been practically accustomed to the protection of the laws, as well as lo that of liberty in its true meaning, and those untutored subjects of Mexico, who, combining a variety of races in one blood, lose the identity of all, and submit, in the ignorance of their rights and their power, to the authority of a few who are bold, is another reason why the people have a moral right lo establish a separate State. Politically considered, they content, that, as allegiance and protection are reciprocal, and Mexico has failed to aid them against the inroads and murders by the Indians, has overturned the republican constilu Lion, the establishment and promised continuance of which were the first inducements to emigration, has, for years, exhibited a determination lo annihilate the colonial settlements; and has, by a law of 1830, excluded the admission of Americans of the north into Texas, Mexico has forfeited her claim to allegiance, which ceased when her protection failed; lost her righ L of sovereignty over Texas, when she violated her compact ; and became an enemy to her own citizens, when she excluded their brethren from the country. The only recourse left to these citizens, in the periods of partial calm, when they were oppressed by the laws, or in those boisterous Limes when the ambition of opposing leaders kepi the country in revolution, was lo adhere quietly lo the principles of a free government, which they had been invited lo join, and lo wail patiently in the hope of their re-establishment. Long after the federal system was destroyed, the Texans continued to petition Mexico to restore it, and only look up arms when she was obliged Lo clefend herself against those who made
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