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William H Wharton Quotes
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. - William H Wharton Quotes
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. - William H Wharton Quotes
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. - William H Wharton Quotes
In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans. - William H Wharton Quotes
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. - William H Wharton Quotes
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. - William H Wharton Quotes
This cannot be said of Mexico. Not one dollar has she spent for Texas - not one Mexican soldier has ever fought by our side in expelling the savages. - William H Wharton Quotes
When the people of the United States commenced their war for independence against Great Britain, the friends of Britain charged them with ingratitude. - William H Wharton Quotes
Who among us is able to confer with his rulers; to represent his wants and grievances; to ask advice, or recommend salutary changes? - William H Wharton Quotes
Who of us is able to read and understand and be entirely confident of the validity of his title to the land he lives on, and which he has redeemed from a state of nature by the most indefatigable industry and perseverance? - William H Wharton Quotes
Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives? - William H Wharton Quotes
Yes! the door of emigration to Texas was closed upon the only sister republic worthy of the name which Mexico could boast of in this new world. - William H Wharton Quotes
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