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 Mexicans.

Austin. Wharton moved to Texas and on December 5 1827 married Sarah Ann Groce the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Shortly thereafter he was appointed as one of three commissioners to the United States to secure aid for the Texians.

William Harris Wharton (April 27 1802 – March 14 1839) was an early colonist political leader diplomat Senator and orator in Texas.