Texas
William H. (William Harris) Wharton
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A BRIEF ACCOUNT
A BRIEF ACCOUNT
    Extracted from a work entitled "A Geographical, Statistical and      Historical account of Texas," now nearly ready for the press.       Some of these numbers have appeared in the New Orleans Bee                                and Bulletin. 1836....
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PREFACE.
PREFACE.
It will be seen that the title of this little pamphlet implies more than it contains. As war is now the order of the day, only a small portion of the political part of the work on "Texas" is here presented. It is hoped and believed that enough is unfolded to convince the most incredulous that the colonists of Texas have been forced into this contest with the mother country, by persecutions and oppressions, as unremitting as they have been unconstitutional. That it is not a war waged by them for
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TO AN IMPARTIAL WORLD.
TO AN IMPARTIAL WORLD.
No. I. The unconstitutional oppression long and unremittingly practised upon the colonists of Texas, having at length become insupportable, and having impelled them to take up arms in defence of their rights and liberties, it is due to the world that their motives, conduct and causes of complaint should be fully made known. In order to do this it will be necessary to explain the origin, progress and present state of the colonial settlements. Without parade or useless preliminaries, I shall proce
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