William H. Wharton
William H. Wharton
William Harris Whartonwas an early colonist, political leader, diplomat, senator and orator in Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 April 1802
CountryUnited States of America
among ask recommend represent wants
Who among us is able to confer with his rulers; to represent his wants and grievances; to ask advice, or recommend salutary changes?
boast closed door emigration mexico name republic sister texas worthy
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.
land government suffering
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.
perseverance land able
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?
ties people together
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.
texas government confusion
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.
insecure government self
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.
taken government land
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.
law possibility property
Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives?