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TEXAS.
[BOOK II.
the Republic of Mexico, from retailing goods in
any town in the State, they being permitted to sell
only by wholesale, for cash or on credit." The
same law forbade the introduction and sale by
foreigners, or natives, of coarse cotton and woollen
staffs not manufactured in the Republic. There
being few merchants of capital in Mexico, the rule
of the native traders was to fix a price on all foreign
goods, and neither buy nor sell at any other. This
combination compelling certain foreign merchants
to retail their own goods-a plan which they found
very successful-the Mexican legislators interfered,
and deprived them of the privilege.
From the clog of a government with views so
puerile and intolerant it was natural that the AngloTexans
should yearn to be liberated, wlich they
hoped to be by obtaining a separate State government,
according to the guarantee of the Constitutional
act of the Constituent Congress of Mexico, of
the 7th of May, 1824. The subjectwas fully discussed
by the Convention of October, 1832, at San Felipe,
which adjourned after a week spent in deliberationl.
In consequence, however, of the suddenness with
which the Convention had been convoked and the
non-attendance of a number of the delegates, the
proceedings did not afford general satisfaction. A
second Convention was, therefore, assembled, at
the same place, on the 1st of April, 1833, specially
empowered to fiame a State Constitution, to be
submitted to the National Government with a
Memorial praying for the admission of Texas into
the Mexican Union, in conformity with the terms
of the Federal compact.
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/24/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .