The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910 Page: 111
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The Navy of the Republic of Texas.
and mutiny, on the part of the said Post Captain, E. W. Moore;
Therefore: I, Sam Houston, President, and Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy of the Republic of Texas, do, by these
presents, declare and proclaim, that he, the aforesaid Post Captain,
E. W. Moore, is suspended from all command in the Navy of the
Republic, and that all orders "sealed" or otherwise, which were
issued to the said Post Captain, E. W. Moore, previous to the 29th
October, 1842, are hereby revoked and declared null and void, and
he is hereby commanded to obey his subsequent orders, and report
forthwith in person to the Head of the Department of War and
Marine of this Government.
And I do further declare and proclaim, on failure of obedience
to this command, or on his having gone to sea, contrary to orders,
that this Government will no longer hold itself responsible for his
acts upon the high seas; but in such case, requests all 'the govern-
ments in treaty, or on terms of amity with this government, and
all naval officers on the high seas or in ports foreign to this coun-
try, to seize the said Post Captain,. E. W. Moore, the ship Austin
and the brig Wharton, with their crews, and bring them, or any
of them, into the port of Galveston, that the vessels may be secured
to the Republic, and the culprit or culprits arraigned and punished
by the sentence of a legal tribunal.
The Naval Powers of Christendom will not permit such a
flagrant and unexampled outrage, by a commander of public ves-
sels of war, upon the right of his nation and upon his official oath
and duty, to pass unrebuked; for such would be to destroy all civil
rule and establish a precedent which would jeopardize the com-
merce on the ocean and render encouragement and sanction to
piracy.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the great seal of the Republic to be affixed.
Done at Washington, the 23 day of March, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and the Inde-
pendence of the Republic the eighth.
Signed, SAM HOUsTON.
By the President.
JOHN HALL,
Acting Secretary of State.
On reading the proclamations both Morgan and Moore deter-
mined that it would be improper to attempt further hostilities
against the enemy, and agreed to sail for Galveston immediately
on receipt of sufficient powder to fight their way back if molested.
The governor of Yucatan had none to spare; but he sent to New111
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