Finally…some people who get it…and the ones that just don’t…

I am tired of hearing the protests of people saying they are going to take up the tools they use to work for us (shovels and pick axes) and use those tools to take us over. I have heard one too many times that “Texas was Mexico’s and you took it from us…”. So, to you my friend I give a short history lesson.

Like other states discontented with the central Mexican authorities, the Texas department of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas rebelled in late 1835 and declared itself independent on March 2, 1836. Santa Anna marched north to bring Texas back under Mexican control. On March 6, 1836, at the Battle of the Alamo, Santa Anna’s forces killed 187-250 Texan defenders and later executed more than 350 Texan prisoners at the Goliad Massacre (March 27, 1836).

Following the defeat, the Texans were reorganized under Sam Houston. Houston and his soldiers defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacintoon April 21, 1836, with the Texan army shouting “Remember Goliad, Remember the Alamo!” The day after the battle on April 22, a small band of Texan forces captured Santa Anna, dressed in a dragoon private’s uniform and hiding in a marsh.

Acting Texas president David G. Burnet and Santa Anna signed the Treaties of Velasco: “in his official character as chief of the Mexican nation, he acknowledged the full, entire, and perfect Independence of the Republic of Texas.” In exchange, Burnet and the Texas government guaranteed Santa Anna’s life and transport to Veracruz. Back in Mexico City, however, a new government declared that Santa Anna was no longer president and that the treaty with Texas was null and void.

While captive in Texas, Joel Roberts Poinsett — U.S. minister to Mexico in 1824 — offered a harsh assessment of General Santa Anna’s situation, stating:

Say to General Santa Anna that when I remember how ardent an advocate he was of liberty ten years ago, I have no sympathy for him now, that he has gotten what he deserves.

To this message, Santa Anna made the reply:

Say to Mr. Poinsett that it is very true that I threw up my cap for liberty with great ardor, and perfect sincerity, but very soon found the folly of it. A hundred years to come my people will not be fit for liberty. They do not know what it is, unenlightened as they are, and under the influence of a Catholic clergy, a despotism is the proper government for them, but there is no reason why it should not be a wise and virtuous one. [5]

Some others who don’t get it…

and those who do get it…

I hope the American people – all of them – understand that the very rights they have to protest are being threatened by the ones who don’t get it. I challenge those who don’t get it to immigrate to another country and try their tactics of protest. I almost bet – it would not be taken lightly. It is not a racism deal any longer…it is the protection of this country’s attractive and fair foundations that so many yearn to have. The overwhelming majority of illegals, who ARE NOT, BY DEFINITION willing to wait, to come in through the front door, DO feel ENTITLED to our tax dollars, our jobs, and our land. They are a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I’m sorry, that’s not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900’s deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.

I hate to make this directly toward our Mexican neighbors, but you seem to be the ones who are raising all the threats. I will close with a message from one of your guys…the one who gave up Texas for his pathetic and cowardly life.

“Say to Mr. Poinsett that it is very true that I threw up my cap for liberty with great ardor, and perfect sincerity, but very soon found the folly of it. A hundred years to come my people will not be fit for liberty. They do not know what it is, unenlightened as they are, and under the influence of a Catholic clergy, a despotism is the proper government for them, but there is no reason why it should not be a wise and virtuous one.”

…and to those of you Americans who just don’t get it. I urge you to try another country. Heck try Mexico or anywhere. You’ll need a passport to get in, so they will ID you. If you can overcome being ID’d then by all means, go, preach your messages, fly your flags, protest that country’s laws and regulations, and burn their flag. Call me and let me know how it goes.