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Henry Austin
F. Austin's most recent letter to prove that separate statehood
was an imminent possibility. In regard to the claim that it was
the intention of the government to annihilate Austin's Colony
after forming Texas into a territory, an argument advanced by
the anonymous Goahuiltexanus in the Texas Republican of the
previous week, Henry Austin wrote Perry that "this is all
stuff Stephens last letter gives the lie to all of it--'1 Finally,
he took an important part in two public meetings held at Columbia
on June 23 and June 28, 1835. In the first he led a successful
opposition to a radical resolution to endorse the sending of troops
to uphold the state government in its contest then in progress with
the federal forces; and he and Perry so aroused the conservatives
that the second meeting adopted very moderate resolutions, includ-
ing one of conditional fidelity to Mexico.62 He followed this
course of action until Stephen F. Austin was released and returned
to Texas on September 1, 1835.
During his cousin's absence, Henry Austin had faithfully stood
for those principles which he believed the empresario would have
upheld. He was relieved, along with the whole population of
Texas, when Stephen F. Austin returned, and rode "all night
through the swamp & rain" to meet him at the Perry home. The
"peace party" had succeeded in keeping Texas quiet until his
arrival, he wrote, "with the exception of a few acts of the War
Party, not compromising the whole people." And now Stephen
F. Austin, with a certain knowledge of the intentions of the Mexi-
can government, would be able to unite all parties in the most
rational line of conduct.63
At a dinner given in his honor on September 8, Stephen F.
Austin announced his support of a proposal of the radical group
at Columbia to hold a consultation, or convention of representa-
tives of all the people, to meet on October 15 at Washington on
the Brazos. After his cousin had set the tone of the dinner by a
speech and toast in favor of the consultation, Henry Austin, among
others, gave toasts in the same tenor. The first was indicative of
his political philosophy: "The people of Texas, may they show
"Teas Republican, May 2, May 9, 1835; Austin to Perry, May 5, 1835,
Austin Papers, III, 70.
"Austin to Perry, June 24, 1835, Austin Papers, III, 77; Texas Repub-
lioan, June 27, July 4, 1835; Wortham, History of Texas, II, 216-218.
5"Austin to Holley, September 10, 1835, Austin Papers, III, 116.203
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Texas State Historical Association & Barker, Eugene C. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 37, July 1933 - April, 1934, periodical, 1934; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101094/m1/222/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.