.J>.\1·1-:1:~ oF nlrnAnr-:.\l, BroxArARTF: L.\M.\H :rn1 the nrr<'urs clue them <luring their serrice under Bernardo with the uncll'r~ta1Hling howenir that Bernardo was to retire & Toleclo was to tak1• romma11<l- The Amerieans thre>11tc11e>cl to learn the ser\'ice & return to the US taking with them their arm!- & a large quantity of powclcr &C- These cirC'nmstancef: rendered it impof:sible for Be>mardo to 1-ustai11 himself anv longer. The Junta callee! a meetincr of all the of-li<-ers of the army and !Jlltting the (jllC'Stion to \'Ote whether 'I'olado 01· Ben111rclo shoul<l hold command; the former was ('hosen; and the President of the Junta wrote the following letter accor<lingl,\' to Ber- nardo apprising of the clicision- )Ta11.,· of the soldiers after a due considertaion of these things re- pentC'd o( what hacl been clone; & ha\'ing founcl that Tolado's tale a(1out the 2 millions waf: fnlse & the money not forthcoming, they were cl1f:s11tisfiecl at his taking command and complained that the army shoul~I be thu~ g-i,·en up to a •Gnuehupin. Toledo seeing this dis- afl'cct,on among the Creoles ancl fearful of a reaction in the army in farnr of Bernardo, attempted to ha,·e him secretly nssassinated- Ber- rnmlo fled from Bexar for his life being warned of his danger by the pre~iclent of the Junta and others,- He left Bexar 6th August and He lied to ~atc:hitoches, were he was still not free from the appre- hern,ion of assa:-:sination from Tolaclo's minions- From Natehitoches he proceeclecl to New Orleans, arrh·ing there in April 181-1- Where he was encouraged to raise 11n 11m1y to mo\'e agninst :Mexic·o-hc sucreeclecl in enlisting 2000 men, and had macle nmrnge- ment~ to sc1il with them but the measure which hacl hitherto been con- ducted secretly, becomina known, tocrether with the aclrnnce of the Eng-lish army at N. 0. 0 frmtrated his operations & cau!'cd him to abandon it. No. 1668. CAUSES OF 'l'HE TEXAN ngVOLUT.ION. LA)IAR [Houston? Texn~, JS:l-?l Th<" Re,·olution, which was fom1<lecl on resistnnce to the attempt of the Ue11 I. Go\'t. to change the system from a federal Republic· to that. of II ro11~oliclntecl or central form, commencecl in Coahula-reft>r to the Laws ancl Decrees of Conhula and 'l'exa~page 28-1 Decree 2!l~-pn~e 285, Exposition-page 288-Exposition-page 290 Introductory prop- osition-277 pnge-Decree 290__:,278 pngr & 279-Orders of the ExecutiYe Dept-page 312, Decree 325, authorizing the Execufoc. to en~) Congress at any other place than the Cnpitnl; In arcorclan~e with tlw; act_. the Go,·N·nor, (Viesra) left l\Ionclover, for S1111l1111lo11t0: nncl was arrested on the Rio Ornncle- in Company with )lilam, (:mnt ancl Cameron- Page No. !300- Derree !313 grant of Land to frieudl_v & cirili7.CC1 In- dians- In 1835 th<' Chero-kee~ threatened \Var becmt~<' the white:; were surrnying their lands- The Cong-ress of Coahuln & 'l't>xas in 18:15, passed the above clec·ree- The Inclinns were required to lw Cath- oliri: &C-no action tnkeu on the law ".\Inson's Grant-sec page 287- Derree 299- Laws & Dccre>e>s of ronhula & Texas-see pnge 270.
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