Voices of the U.S. Latino Experience Three Volumes

1198 Pages·2008·7.71 MB·English

by  Rudolfo F. Acuna

Voices of the
U.S. Latino Experience

Voices of the
U.S. Latino Experience
Edited by Rodolfo F. Acun~a and
Guadalupe Compea(cid:1)n
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To Our Angela and Her Shadow

Contents
DocumentsbyGroup xxiii
Introduction xli
TimelineofU.S.LatinoHistory lvii
PartI Borders 1
1. ExcerptsfromJ.EricS.Thompson,ed.,ThomasGage’sTravelsin
theNewWorld,1648 1
2. TheSecretTreatyofSanIldefonso,October1,1800 2
3. ExcerptsfromtheLouisianaPurchase,April30,1803 4
4. ExcerptsfromtheProclamationofHaiti’sIndependencebytheGeneral
inChief,JeanJacquesDessalines,totheHaitianPeopleinGonaives,
January1,1804 6
5. LetterfromJohnSibleytoGeneralHenryDearborn,October12,1808 8
6. LetterfromIgnaciodeAllendetoFr.MiguelHidalgo,August31,1810 10
7. ElGritodeDolores,September16,1810 10
8. Jos(cid:1)eMar(cid:1)ıaMorelosDecree,October13,1811 11
9. ExcerptsfromaLetterfromThomasJeffersontoAlexandervon
Humboldt,December6,1813 13
10. ExcerptsfromtheAdams-On(cid:1)ısTreatyof1819 14
11. PlanofIguala,February24,1821 16
12. TreatyofC(cid:1)ordova,August24,1821 18
13. ExcerptsfromSim(cid:1)onBol(cid:1)ıvarLetter,Kingston,Jamaica,
September6,1815 21
14. ExcerptfromSim(cid:1)onBol(cid:1)ıvar’sSpeechbeforetheCongressof
Angostura,February15,1819 21
PartII GoingWest,1820–1840s 25
15. ExcerptsfromtheLetterfromStephenAustintoEdwardLovelace
orJosiahBell,November22,1822 25
16. TheMonroeDoctrine,December2,1823 27
17. PetitionConcerningSlavery,June10,1824 29
18. DecreeAbolishingtheSlaveTradeinMexico,July13,1824 30
19. DecreeNo.16:TheColonizationoftheStateofCoahuilaandTexas,1825 30
20. DecreeofMexicanPresidentVicenteGuerreroAbolishingSlavery,
September15,1829 37
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21. ExcerptsfromGen.ManueldeMieryTer(cid:1)an’sDiaries,1789 1832 38
22. LetterfromGen.ManueldeMieryTer(cid:1)antoLuc(cid:1)asAlam(cid:1)an,
‘‘¿Enqu(cid:1)eparar(cid:1)aTexas?EnloqueDiosquiera.’’(‘‘Whatistobecome
ofTexas?WhateverGodwills.’’),July2,1832 40
23. Jos(cid:1)eAntonioNavarro’sLettertotheEditoroftheSanAntonioLedger,
October30,1853 41
24. ExcerptsfromLorenzodeZavala,JourneytotheUnitedStatesof
NorthAmerica,Early1830s 48
25. TexasDeclarationofIndependence,March2,1836 51
26. ExcerptsfromtheAddressoftheHonorableS.F.Austin,Louisville,
Kentucky,March7,1836 53
27. ExcerptfromJos(cid:1)eMar(cid:1)ıaSalom(cid:1)eRodr(cid:1)ıguez,TheMemoirsofEarly
Texas,1913 56
28. ExcerptfromtheMemoirsofAntonioMenchaca 62
29. ExcerptsfromJos(cid:1)eJuanS(cid:1)anchezNavarro,AMexicanViewofthe
WarinTexas,1830s 65
30. ExcerptfromtheDiaryEntryofJos(cid:1)eEnriquedelaPen~a,1836 67
31. ExcerptfromtheTreatyofVelasco,May14,1836 68
32. LetterfromVicenteC(cid:1)ordovatoManuelFlores,July19,1838 70
33. ExcerptsfromJohnL.O’Sullivan’sColumnon‘‘ManifestDestiny,’’1839 71
34. ExcerptfromJuanSegu(cid:1)ın’sAddresstotheTexasSenate,February1840 73
35. LetterfromTexasPresidentMirabeauB.LamartothePeopleofSantaF(cid:1)e,
April14,1840 74
36. ExcerptsfromJuanNepomucenoSegu(cid:1)ın,PersonalMemoirsof
JuanN.Segu(cid:1)ın 75
PartIII TheMexican-AmericanWar 81
37. ExcerptsfromtheTreatyofAnnexationbetweentheUnitedStates
andtheRepublicofTexas,April12,1844 81
38. Jos(cid:1)eJoaqu(cid:1)ındeHerrera,‘‘AProclamationDenouncingthe
UnitedStates’IntentiontoAnnexTexas,’’June4,1845 82
39. LetterfromAbrahamLincolntoWilliamsonDurley,October3,1845 83
40. ExcerptsfromPresidentJamesPolk’sStateoftheUnionAddress,
December2,1845 85
41. LetterfromUlyssesS.GranttoFianc(cid:1)eeJuliaDent,July25,1846 88
42. AbrahamLincoln’s‘‘SpotResolutions,’’December22,1847 88
43. JohnC.Calhoun,‘‘TheConquestofMexico,’’1848 89
44. ExcerptsfromWaltWhitman,LeavesofGrass,1855 94
45. AbrahamLincoln’sSpeechtoCongressagainstSeizingMexican
Territory,January12,1848 95
46. ExcerptsfromtheMemoirsofUlyssesS.Grant,1885 100
47. ExcerptfromAbielAbbottLivermore,TheWarwithMexico
Reviewed,1850 101
48. ExcerptsfromTheOtherSide:OrNotesfortheHistoryoftheWar
betweenMexicoandtheUnitedStatesWritteninMexico,1846 1847 102
49. ExcerptsfromGeorgeB.McClellan,‘‘OnVolunteersintheMexicanWar’’ 105
50. ExcerptsfromSamuelE.Chamberlain,MyConfessions 106
Contents ix
51. ExcerptsfromtheTreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo,1848 107
52. DeletedArticleXfromtheTreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo,1848 111
53. PresidentJamesK.Polk(1795 1849)onArticleXoftheTreaty
ofGuadalupeHidalgo,February22,1848 112
54. TheQuer(cid:1)etaroProtocol,May26,1848 113
55. ExcerptfromManuelCrescionRej(cid:1)onontheTreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo,
1848 114
PartIV TheBorderandReannexation 115
56. HenryClay’sResolutionsontheCompromiseof1850,January29,1850 115
57. ExcerptfromGovernorWilliamCarrLane’sManifestoRegarding
theDrawingoftheBoundarybetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStates,1853 117
58. ExcerptfromCommissionerJamesBartlett’sReplytoWilliamCarrLane,
1853 118
59. ALetterfromJohnDisturnelltotheNewYorkDailyTimesonthe
DrawingoftheNew-MexicanBoundary,May6,1853 120
60. ExcerptsfromtheGadsdenPurchaseTreaty,December30,1853 121
61. ExcerptfromaletterofJoaqu(cid:1)ınCorella,HeadofArizpe’sAyuntamiento
(TownCouncil)toSonoranGov.ManuelG(cid:1)andara,January25,1856 123
62. Excerptfrom‘‘FromtheRioGrande,’’March7,1855 123
63. Excerptfrom‘‘TheFrenchinSonoraandDominica TheMonroe
Declaration,’’December16,1852 124
64. LetterfromJohnForsythtoHon.LewisCassontheExecutionof
ColonelHenryCrabbandAssociates,MessagefromthePresident
oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,February16,1858 127
65. ExcerptfromaSpecialCorrespondent,‘‘ATourintheSouthwest,’’1854 128
66. ExcerptsfromtheNewYorkDailyTimes,‘‘NewMexico Its
SocialCondition,’’1852(authorunknown) 128
67. ExcerptfromO.Henry,‘‘Tamales,’’1912 129
68. ExcerptfromWilliamD.CarriganandCliveWebb,‘‘TheLynching
ofPersonsofMexicanOriginorDescentintheUnitedStates,
1848to1928’’ 132
69. Jos(cid:1)eMar(cid:1)ıaLoaiza’sClaimfortheLynchingofHisWifeJosefaand
HisBanishmentbyaMobinDownieville,California,July4,1852 133
70. Letterfrom‘‘DameShirley’’ConcerningSanFranciscoVigilante
CommitteeActivitiesagainstChileans,1852 134
71. ExcerptsfromJayMonaghan,Chile,Peru,andtheCaliforniaGold
Rushof1849,1973 135
72. ExcerptsfromJillL.Cossley-Batt,‘‘TheCaptureofJoaqu(cid:1)ınMurieta,’’1928 138
73. ExcerptsfromDavidBacon,‘‘InterviewwithAntonioRiveraMurrieta’’
[descendantofJoaqu(cid:1)ınMurrieta],December15,2001 139
74. ExcerptsfromHoraceBell,ReminiscencesofaRanger;or,EarlyTimesin
SouthernCalifornia,1881 143
75. ExcerptfromaStatementbyTiburcioV(cid:1)asquez,1874 146
76. ExcerptsfromRobertGreenwood,TheCaliforniaOutlaw:TiburcioV(cid:1)asquez,
1960 148