Excerpt from Texas and Mexico, in 1846: Comprising the History of Both Countries, With an Account of the Soil, Climate, and Productions of Each Fifty Viceroys, forty-nine of whom were natives of Spain, and one a native of Peru, all appointed by the Spanish court, governed the country. They possessed absolute power, and treated the natives as if they really believed their own asser 'tion, which was that the Mexicans existed only to accumu late precious stones and metals for the Spaniards. People of different provinces dared not hold intercourse together; no office of trust or emolument was ever allowed them, and so great did their jealousy extend, that 'it was made a capital offence for any one to enter the country without a. Special license, which could only be obtained at great expense and trouble; and this state of affairs lasted in a great measure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.