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The Tampico Expedition.
cumstance should intervene;" but in that case he would be notified
by his friends upon his arrival, and would then turn his force
against Matamoras. Concerning the strength of the liberals in
Mexico, he said, "You need not have the least doubt but that in
the interior public sentiment is generally in our favor-and that
the people are only waiting for an opportunity to throw off the yoke
that the servile party have made so heavy on their necks. Daily
I am receiving communications from the interior, and lately I
have received from the Governor of Tamaulipas an invitation to
join in a reaction against tyranny, in such terms that so soon as
we shall present ourselves, we shall have a force sufficient for the
triumph of liberal principles."
The convention, it would seem, agreed with Austin and Mexia
as to the desirability of creating such a diversion as this in Mexico.
At least, a select committee of six,2 reporting on Austin's recom-
mendation on November 13, declare that they regard the subject
as "important, and concur with the views of the commanding gen-
eral, as to its certain effects of crippling the enemy and distracting
his movements. Your committee, however, from documents now
in their possession, have it in their power to inform this house,
that a small force of one hundred and fifty men, commanded by
General Mexia, armed and equipped at his own expense, has sailed
from New Orleans for the port of Tampico or Matamoras, and that
a descent from that quarter, from whatever source, in the opinion
of your committee, will produce the consequences of annoying the
enemy, . ,. and prevent reinforcements being sent to Bexar.
Should further operations, hereafter, seem expedient in aiding the
enterprise of General Mexia, it enters into the duties of the gov-
ernor and council of Texas."'
1Mexia to the Gentlemen Directors of Public Affairs in Texas, October
29, 1835. Translation by L. de Zavala.-Archives of Texas, File 13, No.
1251, Diplomatic Correspondence.
'They were Messrs. Barrett, A. Huston, Martin, Macomb, Williamson,
and Zavala.--Journal of the Proceedings of the Consultation, 37.
'Journ&al of the Proceedings of the Consultation, 40. The Mexican
authorities, too, realized the importance of the expedition. Filisola says
(Memnorias para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas, II, 189) that the suc-
cess of Mexia would have made their projected invasion of Texas impos-
sible, and would have rendered temporarily useless the troops collected
for the defense of Bexar, Matamoras, and the States of Tamaulipas and
Nuevo Leon.173
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