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CHAPTER VI.
Spanish and Mexican estimate of the Value of Waste Lands-Increasing
Value of Texas from Anglo-American ColonizationMilitary
rule in Texas-Violation of Constitutional Rights and
Rising of the Colonists-Defeat of Ugartechea and Piedras,
and flight of Colonel Bradburm-Plan of Vera Cruz-Expulsion
of the Garrisons and defensive statements of the Colonists
-Convention at San Felipe-Petition for separating Texas
fiom Coahuila-Grievances of the Texans-Stephen Austin's
Mission-Commotions in Mexico-Reception of Austin by the
General Government-His Advice to the Colonists, and its
Consequences.
THE colonization laws of Mexico invited foreign
settlers, and guaranteed the security of their persons
and property; the avowed object of the government
being to control the Indians and create a productive
frontier population. Although the adoption of a
regular system of land sales had been recommended
to the Mexican Congress by the Executive in 1823,
colonization was chiefly carried on by the plan of
contract, and large tracts of land were granted gratuitously,
independent Mexico attaching as little
substantial value as old Spain to its waste lands.
Edmund Keene, the first Empresario for Texas, was
appointed under the Spanish government, with a
grant of 21,000 square leagues of the choicest territory.*
Robert Owen has recorded the fact, that
( c Argument and Observations on the Empresario Contracts
of Texas, by John Woodward, New York, 1837."
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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/m1/9/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.