To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (368 ) 1/16/2003 3:03:52 AM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 828 Start with Moses Austin, ca. 1816, go from there ... find out to what he gave his word, and what precisely he received for it ... then check out el Documento sobre la Esclavitud of Hidalgo, 1810, Guadalajara [there's another arabic root, btw, guadal derives from 'wadi'] ... here i'll type in its first punto - 1. Que todos los dueños de esclavos deberán darles la libertad, dentro del término de diez días, so pena de muerte. [you see, they had the death penalty, obviously they're on Your Side eh] Now, in searching out detail of what actually happened back then, try to discover just exactly why the slavers might later feel they would prefer a form of government other than the one to which they had sworn allegiance, after Hidalgo's documento had been at long last made part of the constitución ca. 1821 .... [here i'll give you a hint - it has something to do with the fact they were slavers] ... as well, look into what compelled them to welsh on the taxes they had sworn to pay, and to refuse to offer up their felons to constituted authority as they had sworn to do Be especially observant of the geography in agreements signed by the slavers ... there are three principal rivers involved - the Rojo, the Nueces, and the Río Bravo del Norte ... careful not to get them mixed up If you'd like a historical comparison to the anti-mexicano propaganda you parrot here [yes we know they feed you that stuff in the schools there], i offer you the story of the viciously aggressive poles who attacked that poor little german radio station one night in summer 1939 Laz you type so much, i'm sure we've been over this before? ... you can't possibly still believe that crap, at your age ... ?