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88 TEXAS. [BOOK 1I.
these operations, lie ordered his brother-in-law,
General Martin Perfecto de Cos, who had the military
command and inspection of the Eastern Internal
Provinces, to proceed from Matamoros with a suitable
force, for the purpose of punishing the legislature
of Coahuila and Texas, the members of which,
in addition to their profligate land sales, had incurred
his personal displeasure by declaring against him in
June 1834.
Difficulties began to thicken around the State
Legislature of Coahuila and Texas. The Centralist
party was again organised at Saltillo, powerfully
seconded by military influence. The Governor
Viesca endeavoured to prepare for the approaching
storm, by calling out part of the militia, and applied
for a levy of one hundred men in each of the three
Departments of Texas. His proclamations called
upon the Texans to arouse themselves for the protection
of their dearest interests.-" Your liberty,
your property, nay, your very existence," he said to
the colonists, "depend upon the capricious will of
your direst enemies. Your destruction is resolved
upon, and nothing but that firmness and energy
peculiar to true Republicans can save you. The
present administration wish to reduce Texas to a
territory; and if this degradation should nob prove
sufficient to arouse you to hostility, they mean to
heap insult upon insult, disgrace upon disgrace, until
you are ultimately compelled to defend yourselves."
So unpopular had the Governor and Legislature
become, in consequence of their misappropriation of
the public lands, that the appeal was disregarded.^' " It was too much for us to risk, if it was not too much for
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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/m1/94/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.