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.

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.

Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives?

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.

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.

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.

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.