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American settlers in Texas are dissatisfied with the Mexican government's centralism policies under President Santa Anna, refusing to submit, arming for resistance, and seeking assistance from U.S. Western states if war ensues. A New Orleans paper predicts Western support to uphold '76 principles.
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On which a New Orleans paper makes the following rather hazardous prediction: 'We believe, that, at the first signal, thousands of the hardy sons of the West will cross the boundary to join their former fellow citizens in maintaining the principles of '76.'
When we see the sons of the west, or the sons of any other part of the Union, marching to a foreign country to maintain by force and arms the principles of '76, we shall think that they have very little to do at home.
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American settlers in Texas express great dissatisfaction with the Mexican Government's course and President Santa Anna's proceedings, refusing to submit to centralism or consolidation plans acceded to by other Mexican states. They are arming for resistance if enforcement is attempted and look to U.S. fellow citizens, especially Western States, for assistance if war occurs. A New Orleans paper predicts thousands of Western sons will cross to support maintaining '76 principles, critiqued as having little to do at home.