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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
so on the other point which they raised. The revolution had
left, among its ill effects, a general hatred against the natives
of Old Spain still residing in Mexico. The nation had long
felt a desire to expel them. Several of the states set the ex-
ample; and the general Congress finally, on the 8th of Decem-
ber, 1827, adopted a law for their expulsion. The congress
of Coahuila and Texas did not go so far, but merely decreed
that they should hold no office in church or state until Spain
should acknowledge the independence of the Mexican republic.*
These were barbarous laws, violative of the constitution, the
claims of hospitality and humanity, and unworthy of the high
stand Mexico had assumed as a free country. In addition to
this, she thus banished from her society those who possessed
nearly all the intelligence and refinement in the'nation. Mis-
erable indeed is the condition of that country which supposes
that its safety requires the banishment of its most accomplished
and useful citizens !
At the period of which we write, the state of Coahuila and
Texas was very poor. The local congress had employed all
its efforts to raise funds ; it had even leased out the cock-pits,
in order to increase the revenue; but still the treasury was
empty. The colonists in Texas were pretty much exempt from
taxation, and the Mexicans seldom paid any. The latter had
no energy ; they made nothing. In fact, they had been station-
ary for three centuries. What little they possessed went to
pay their priests and decorate their festivals. A tortilla, a
roasted squash, a little boiled milk, and now and then a cur-
dled cheese, and string-beef dried in the sun, formed their com-
mon diet. The skins of animals furnished their chief clothing.
Such was the condition of the public funds in the spring of 1828,
that, on the 17th of April of that year, tie state suspended
* Decree No. 41; Niles's Mexico.fl
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/266/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.