From this condensed view of the past let every impartial man judge for himself what degree of faith or credit ough l lo be !riven to the professions of the present government of Mexico, and ~sk himself whether a subtle poison may not be the concealed in the sugar-plums, or a sling in the honey, that is now offered to the "docile," people of Texas. But, in addition to this general view of matters, information of the most positive and unquestionable character is in the possession of this Commitlee, that every possible effort is making by the government in Mexico to raise troops, money, and resources to fit out an expediton-an army of invasion against Texas. Infantry, arillery, and cavalry have been ordered from San Luis Potosi, Saltillo, and Tamaulipas; and all the disposable infantry at Campeche has also been ordered on to Texas by water, as it was supposed they would stand the climate better than other troops. ~lagazines of arms and ammunition are forming at Matamoras, Goliad, and Bexar, and the old barracks and fortifications al the latter place are repairing to receive a large force, In short, the common talk all over Mexico among the military is the invasion of Texas. Now if the present government of Mexico is sincere ·in its profession of liberal guarantees for Texas, why all this preparation for a military invasion? Why has general Cos marched with all the disposable force at Matamoras (about four hundred men) lo Bexar, where he now is, according to last accounts? Can it be that the government, in its fatherly care for Texas, fears that there are servile slaves in this country, who will oppose liberal guarantees? Or is it that the promised guarantees, are only a cover and a false show, lo quiet Texas until the general Government is prepared to give lo it a military government. It is well known lo all that the reforms spoken of by the minister, and now being made in Mexico, contemplate the aholition of the whole federal system, the establishment of a central or consolidated government, which is to abosrb and swallow up aU the powers and authorities of the nation: military commandancies will supply the place of the state governments, and the vested rights of Texas under the constitution and law of May 7, 1824, are lo he disrgarded and violate,l.
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