CHAPTER III
[1]Considerant, The Great West, 27. The whole of Au Texas is a defense of the colonization scheme, in which Considerant is continually reminding the colonists and those who furnished the money that no golden promises were ever made.
[2]Ibid., 27-28.
[3]Ibid., 30-31.
[4]Ibid., 31.
[5]Ibid., 32.
[6]Ibid., 35.
[7]Herman Studer, Auswanderung nach hoch—Texas, Was wir in Texas wollen; Andeutungen Ueber Organization der Arbeit (Zuerich, 1855); Considerant, Description du Phalanstere et Considerations Sociales sur l’ Architect antique (3rd ed.), Libraire Societaire, Paris, 1846, 64.
[8]Considerant, Du Texas, premier Rapport a Mes Amis, (Paris, 1857), 7.
[9]Ibid., 8-9. This surprise and disappointment of Considerant in having all his advice disregarded might explain Considerant’s attitude toward Savardan’s party at New Orleans and Galveston, as given in Savardan, Un Naufrage au Texas, ch. ii.
[10]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 276. The title is sometimes written the Société Europeene de colonisation du Texas.
[11]Savardan, Un Naufrage Au Texas, 14; see also Coignet, Victor Considerant, sa Vie, son Oeuvre.
[12]Savardan, op. cit.
[13]Considerant, op. cit., 272-274. Agencies were to be established at No. 2 Rue de Beaune, Paris, France, and in New York, with Brisbane as agent for the United States—Considerant, The Great West, 60.
[14]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 240.
[15]Appendix of statutes of the Society, ibid., 271.
[16]Considerant, A Petition to the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Texas (Austin, December 10, 1855), Enclosure c, 7.
[17]Quoting an extract from a letter to his excellency, the Governor of Texas, in ibid., 5.
[18]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 199-217.
[19]Ibid., 197, 301-324.
[20]Considerant, The Great West, 42; Au Texas (2nd ed.), 127-131.
[21]Considerant, The Great West, 59-60.
[22]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 306-310.
[23]Considerant, The Great West, 28-29.
[24]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 306-310.
[25]Considerant, The Great West, 25.
[26]Ibid., 37-38; Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 320-321.
[27]Considerant, The Great West, 30-31; see also succeeding footnote.
[28]Considerant, Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 189-190.
[29]Considerant, The Great West, 37-38.
[30]Considerant, European Colonization in Texas, 15; The Great West, 37-38; Au Texas, (2nd ed.), 167-170.
[31]Ibid., 169 ff.
[32]Considerant, The Great West, 44.