Comments on: 1860: (William) Walker, Nicaragua Ranger http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Juancho http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-11273 Juancho Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:22:58 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-11273 Not quite fair to call Texas a filibuster, since it wasn't one armed group with one political leader with a specific plan. Texas in the 1820s was nearly empty, and Americans began to move in, both individually and in groups (Stephen Austin's patent). They remained under Mexican rule for 12 years, more or less governing themselves because unstable Mexico's power didn't really extend that far. Their numbers increased until they formed the great majority in the area. They revolted against the military dictator Santa Anna, who had just pulled a coup, in 1835. The few local Hispanos tended to support the Anglos (e,g, Juan Seguín), as not a lot of Mexicans were too hip on the idea of corrupt caudillismo, either. Santa Anna marched north through 500 miles of unsettled land until he finally made it to Texas, where his undersupplied conscript army was thoroughly stomped and he was taken prisoner. There are a couple of good trivia questions related to this: Who was the only American who was governor of two states at different times? (Sam Houston, Tennessee and Texas) Who was the only American senator who was also president of an independent country? (Houston again) Who were the only two military dictators to lose two wars to the United States? (Santa Anna and Saddam, at least if you count the 1835-36 Texas war as American rather than specifically Texan) Not quite fair to call Texas a filibuster, since it wasn’t one armed group with one political leader with a specific plan. Texas in the 1820s was nearly empty, and Americans began to move in, both individually and in groups (Stephen Austin’s patent). They remained under Mexican rule for 12 years, more or less governing themselves because unstable Mexico’s power didn’t really extend that far. Their numbers increased until they formed the great majority in the area.

They revolted against the military dictator Santa Anna, who had just pulled a coup, in 1835. The few local Hispanos tended to support the Anglos (e,g, Juan Seguín), as not a lot of Mexicans were too hip on the idea of corrupt caudillismo, either. Santa Anna marched north through 500 miles of unsettled land until he finally made it to Texas, where his undersupplied conscript army was thoroughly stomped and he was taken prisoner.

There are a couple of good trivia questions related to this:

Who was the only American who was governor of two states at different times? (Sam Houston, Tennessee and Texas)

Who was the only American senator who was also president of an independent country? (Houston again)

Who were the only two military dictators to lose two wars to the United States? (Santa Anna and Saddam, at least if you count the 1835-36 Texas war as American rather than specifically Texan)

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1851: Narciso Lopez, filibuster http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-11266 ExecutedToday.com » 1851: Narciso Lopez, filibuster Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:46:37 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-11266 [...] This forbidding example put a real damper on American plans to annex Cuba (for a while), but hardly stanched the North American appetite for filibustering. [...] [...] This forbidding example put a real damper on American plans to annex Cuba (for a while), but hardly stanched the North American appetite for filibustering. [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1867: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, “Archdupe” http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-6326 ExecutedToday.com » 1867: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, “Archdupe” Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:10:52 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-6326 [...] desiring to give any future bored European nobles second thoughts about New World filibustering, Maximilian got no [...] [...] desiring to give any future bored European nobles second thoughts about New World filibustering, Maximilian got no [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1836: The defenders of the Alamo, much remembered http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-3798 ExecutedToday.com » 1836: The defenders of the Alamo, much remembered Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:57:08 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-3798 [...] to Robert Scott, Santa Anna was empowered by a Mexican resolution holding (not without cause) that “foreigners landing on the coast of the Republic or invading its territory by land, [...] [...] to Robert Scott, Santa Anna was empowered by a Mexican resolution holding (not without cause) that “foreigners landing on the coast of the Republic or invading its territory by land, [...]

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1896: Dr. Jose Rizal, father of the independent Philippines http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-3323 ExecutedToday.com » 1896: Dr. Jose Rizal, father of the independent Philippines Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:30:36 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-3323 [...] * A filibuster is a private military expedition, and more typically associated with Anglo American campaigns against the Spanish-speaking lands to the south, like those of William Walker. [...] [...] * A filibuster is a private military expedition, and more typically associated with Anglo American campaigns against the Spanish-speaking lands to the south, like those of William Walker. [...]

]]> By: The Politics and Money Carnival - Edition 10 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/09/12/1860-william-walker-nicaragua-filibuster/#comment-1707 The Politics and Money Carnival - Edition 10 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:32:37 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=389#comment-1707 [...] presents 1860: (William) Walker, Nicaragua Ranger posted at Executed [...] [...] presents 1860: (William) Walker, Nicaragua Ranger posted at Executed [...]

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