Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...R. Hastings, 1841 |
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... Mexican Coast Guard and Collector of Customs- Difficulty of Winter Travelling - Refugio and Goliad- Mexican Rancho Bexar - Journey to the Rio Grande- Founding a Town - Departure of the Empresario - Fate of the Settlement - Superiority ...
... Mexican Coast Guard and Collector of Customs- Difficulty of Winter Travelling - Refugio and Goliad- Mexican Rancho Bexar - Journey to the Rio Grande- Founding a Town - Departure of the Empresario - Fate of the Settlement - Superiority ...
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... Mexican Centralists - Unprincipled Sale of Texan Lands - Constitutional Exposition of the Legis- lature of Coahuila and Texas - Fall of Zacatecas - Dis- persion of the Legislature of Coahuila and Texas , and Arrest of the Governor ...
... Mexican Centralists - Unprincipled Sale of Texan Lands - Constitutional Exposition of the Legis- lature of Coahuila and Texas - Fall of Zacatecas - Dis- persion of the Legislature of Coahuila and Texas , and Arrest of the Governor ...
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... Mexican Tariff Texan Finances - Slavery - Population - Morals and Religion - Education - Army and Navy - Press and ... Mexican United States APPENDIX II . The Constitution of Coahuila and Texas APPENDIX III . 421 · 444 Colonization Laws ...
... Mexican Tariff Texan Finances - Slavery - Population - Morals and Religion - Education - Army and Navy - Press and ... Mexican United States APPENDIX II . The Constitution of Coahuila and Texas APPENDIX III . 421 · 444 Colonization Laws ...
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... Mexican estimate of the Value of Waste Lands - In- creasing Value of Texas from Anglo - American Colonization- Military rule in Texas - Violation of Constitutional Rights and Rising of the Colonists - Defeat of Ugartechea and Piedras ...
... Mexican estimate of the Value of Waste Lands - In- creasing Value of Texas from Anglo - American Colonization- Military rule in Texas - Violation of Constitutional Rights and Rising of the Colonists - Defeat of Ugartechea and Piedras ...
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... Mexican soldiers were distributed at the different stations . These troops were of the very worst de- scription - composed of convicts and inferior castes , whose domineering habits , acquired under the mi- litary oligarchy which preyed ...
... Mexican soldiers were distributed at the different stations . These troops were of the very worst de- scription - composed of convicts and inferior castes , whose domineering habits , acquired under the mi- litary oligarchy which preyed ...
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act entitled act supplementary act to incorporate Alamo Anahuac appointed Approved arms army arrived Article artillery Austin Ayuntamiento Bexar Brazoria Brazos cavalry citizens Coahuila and Texas Colonel colonies colonists command Commissioner Congress Constitution Constitution of 1824 Council of Government courts declared deputies district dollars duties election Empresario encamped enemy entitled an act establish Executive Fannin favour Federal Filisola force foreign frontier Galveston Goliad Governor grant honour House Houston independence Indians Joint resolution land Law of Coahuila leagues Legislature liberty Lorenzo de Zavala March Matamoros ment Mexican Congress Mexican Republic Mexico miles military militia municipality Nacogdoches nation o'clock officers ordinance and decree party persons political Provisional Government regulate Republic of Texas respective Saltillo San Antonio San Felipe Santa Anna Secretary Senate session settlers Stephen Austin Supreme territory Texan tion town treaty troops United Urrea Vera Cruz vernment volunteers vote
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Página 516 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Página 510 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Página 517 - ... peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Página 519 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 489 - Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the State, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia...
Página 325 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire.
Página 505 - Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that at which the two Houses are sitting. But this regulation shall not extend to the Senate when it shall exercise the powers mentioned in the Article.
Página 508 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.
Página 509 - Every person who shall be chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit under this Constitution, or any law made in pursuance thereof, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath to support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and an oath of office.
Página 507 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of California.