William Harris Wharton (April 27, 1802 – March 14, 1839) was an early colonist, political leader, diplomat, Senator and orator in Texas. Read full biography of William H. Wharton →
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... →
Who of us is able to read and understand and be entirely confident of the validity of his title to the land he lives on, and which he has redeemed... →
In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants.
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... →
It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the... →
The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it... →
Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives?
I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are... →
William Harris Wharton (April 27, 1802 – March 14, 1839) was an early colonist, political leader, diplomat, Senator and orator in Texas.