“I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government.” GovernmentSufferingTurnsLandConditionsDangerRedemptionToilCultivationColonists Author:William H. Wharton
“I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.” LongSelfGovernmentLibertyOur LivesFortuneConnectedIncapableInsecureSelf-government Author:William H. Wharton
“It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.” Has BeensStatesGovernmentEqualConcernedInjusticeConfusionAdministrationInsecurityTexasState Government Author:William H. Wharton
“The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.” GovernmentTakenLandCitizensPossessionGrantedWildernessSavagesTaking Things For Granted Author:William H. Wharton
