The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti Page: 78
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78 LIFE; OF BENJAMIN I.UNDY.
the deepest vermilion colour, rises far above the horizon.
Sucll a floo( of etfldl,,enice 1)roc eeds from the
arch this evening, that shadows are distillctlv marked on
the opposite houses.
It is said that a few nights ago, at l)etween twelve
andl one o'clock, there was a slranlge appearance in the
firmament. A streak of fiery liglt (xtended( across the
heavenls, from1 norlh-ea st to sotllh-west. After remaining
stationary fo;r sonel time, it seeme(l to fall asunder
in sparkling rilays, and ti ; ll ts entirely dissipated.
Blackaller, wllo is something of a pllilosopher, as well
as an astronomer, thinks it may have been a collection
of animalcikle.
December 1st, 1843.-We had a real summer morning,
on this first day of thle winter. My detention here
grows exceedingly irksome: I console myself; however,
as far as possible, with the reflection, that " Rome was
not built in a day." I have sold my pistol, &c., for
seven dollars. All my disposable property of much
value is now gone, and I must lereafter depend on my
hands.
December 2d. Texas politics run high here. Some
of tile colonists final fault with the government for withholding
its protection; but they do not wish to be molested
when snmugCling goods, or introducing slaves.
3d. Accounts ftom Mexico state that the law of 1830,
prohibiting the settlement of AMexican lands by citizens
of the United States, is repealed -the repeal to take effect
six montl/s hence. This (lelay appears to have been a
condition of Presidlent Santa Anna's sanction of the law.*
I learn from tlhe AMexican papers that two members of
the Iegislature of T'lamaulipas have introduced a proposition
to colonize the vacant lands of that State with
foreigners, without any restriction in respect to their
religious profession. The papers continue their zealous
advocacy of such measures.
* Before the six months' delay required by Santa Anna
expired, a revolution commenced, in which he bore a prominent
part. having for its object the defeat of the liberal measures
cornmended by Lundy.-Ei).
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Lundy, Benjamin. The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti, book, 1847; Philadelphia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33004/m1/76/?q=american+indian: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.