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CIAP. VI.]
AUSTIN S ADVICE.'
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mending the people there to organise as a State, de
facto, without waiting any longer. This letter may
have been imprudent, as respects the injury it might
do me personally; but how far it was criminal, or
treasonable, considering the revolutionary condition
of the whole nation, and the peculiar claims and
necessities of Texas, impartial men must decide."
Austin had irritated the national pride of the
Vice-President by plainly stating, what he knew
must ultimately be the effect of rejecting the
appeal of the colonists. The letter to which he alludes
was addressed to the municipality of Bexar,
from the city of Mexico, on the 2nd of October.
I-e informed the municipal authorities that, after
the 14th of August, the Congress had been deterred
from meeting regularly by the cholera. The sudden
civil war, of which it was difficult to foresee the result,
had, moreover, paralysed public affairs; so
that, up to the hour of writing, nothing had been,
nor was likely to be done. " In such a state of
things," he adds, " I strongly recommend that all
the municipalities of Texas should come, without
delay, to an understanding-organising a local government
for Texas as a State of the Mexican Confederation,
grounded on the law of the 7th of May,
1824. Things should be prepared with union and
harmony, thus being ready for the time when the
Congress will refuse their approval.
" This step," he remarks in conclusion, " is absolutely
necessary as a preparatory measure; as we
can no longer doubt that, if the inhabitants of Texas
do not take matters into their own hands, that beautiful
country is ruined for ever. I now recommend
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/33/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.