The Republic of the Northern Border

A New History of Old Texas

Brandon Seale

Arts, Cabeza De Vaca, The Alamo, Battle Of Medina, San Antonio Missions, Texas, Mexico, Gutierrez-magee, Education, Comanches, Apaches, Society & Culture, San Antonio, Courses, Philosophy, History

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Episode 10 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Republic of the Rio Grande. On January 26th, 1840, the Republic of the Rio Grande was formed. Or rather, the "provisional government for the northern border" was declared. Commentators then and podcasters now consider whether there is in fact a difference between these two ideas. Photo courtesy of the Republic of the Rio Grande Museum, Laredo, TX. Selected Bibliography Anna, Timothy E. Forging Mexico: 1821-1835 (1998). Casa Blanca Articles ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Republic of the Rio Grande.
0:06.0	Episode 10, the Republic of the Northern Border.
0:09.9	I'm Brandon Seal.
0:14.6	Quote, Antonio Zapata always wanted to fight, end quote.
0:20.6	Such was the recollection of a contemporary of Zapata's years later, and it rings true.
0:26.4	After his victory at the Battle of Alcantra on October 4, 1839, Antonio Zapata was ready to force
0:32.7	march immediately on to Matamoros and to take the port city before the centralist garrison
0:37.2	army even knew what had hit them.
0:39.4	But the commander of the Rio Grande Federalist, Antonio Canales, was more restrained.
0:46.0	Maybe he feared letting loose the Texian volunteers on the port city.
0:50.6	Maybe he feared letting loose sapatas, vackeros, and Indians.
0:54.3	Or maybe he felt that he could achieve his political goals
0:57.1	without any more loss of life or destruction of property.
1:02.1	Texas histories have long favored Sapata's personal courage
1:05.3	over Canales' calculated restraint.
1:08.3	But I think this is in part due to the fact that uncompromising men are easy to admire,
1:12.8	as Robert de Bruce's leprous father reminded us in Braveheart.
1:16.6	But maybe we ought to consider more seriously the virtues of the man who, unlike Zapata,
1:22.4	didn't always want to fight.
1:25.8	Everything about Antonio Canales' public life and pronouncements up through 1838 gives the
1:31.5	impression of a man driven by personal ambition.
1:35.8	And so, Canales' reluctance to fight, at least when compared to Zapata, is often interpreted
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