Excerpt from The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, Showing That This Contest in the Result of a Long Premeditated Crusade Against the Government, Set on Foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &C: With the View of Re-Establishing, Extending, and Perpetuating the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Republic of Mexico While his case was pending, and he was thus in a state of confinement, Aus tin wrote to the leading politicians in Texas, advising them to desist from the further prosecution of agitating mea sures, and then recommended strict obedience to the laws of the countryfl' Many severe denunciations were uttered by them, both against the government and Austin himself - against the former, for its resolute proceedings in thwarting their insatiate ambitious designs; and against the latter, for his ill-digested and unfortunate measures. But not feeling themselves yet strong enough to cope with the disposable force of the nation, (the native inhabitants, even in Texas, were almost unanimously opposed to their disorganizing schemes, ) they en deavoured to suppress their feelings as much as possible, and the tranquillity of the country remained undisturbed. The trial of Austin was protracted, and he continued in durance a period of nearly two years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.