Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 10, 1835 Page: 4 of 8
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proposes that commissioners be sent to ex-
amine the land titles of the colonists, and
that those who have received authentic titles
from the government be allowed to remain
in the country; but that the others should
be. driven across the Sabine by an armed
force. This is but one instance of the many
to which we might refer our readers ; Tjut
' this we deem sufficient at present, as the
public are, doubtless, already convinced up-
on this subject.
In another part of this paper it will be
seen that the blow has already been struck,
and that success has attended our arms in
ihe first engagement. ., The alarm is sound-
ed,vand the friends of the Constitution, and
ol constitutional liberty, are called upon to
. rally for the defence of their families, their
Iioraes, and their possessions.
Volunteers from different parts of the
country are continually moving towards the
western frontier, to repel the troops of the
central government, who'have already en-
tered Texas in considerable numbers. From
t V best information, no doubt can exist that
kJeneral Cos is now in Bejar, at the head
of a large body of troops, with which he in-
tetfds shortly to invade the colonies. It is
also rumored that upwards of a thousand
inen from San Luis Potosi, and five or six
hundred from Saltillo are now on their march
to Texas. These are symptoms of an ap-
proaching storm, which is about to discharge
. iteelf upon Texas, and which requires one
-united and powerful effort to avert. Let
n-j embrace the pillars of the Constitution,
3M&1 present one unbroken front; and we
V mall strike such terror into the ranks of
our enemy as will ensure success.
We refer our readers to an extract from
a article written by Dr. Benjamin Frank-
lit, entitled "Plain Truth," which will be
iound on our second page, as containing
- hints which might with propriety be applied
tQ the present situation of this country. The
whole article deserves a place in our columns,
tyit for want of room we cannot insert it,
- ud consequently recommend it to those
who have copies of Franklin's works, to
l urn to it, and read it at their leisure.
For the information of all who may wish
U) obtain land under the colonization con-
tract of Austin & Williams, we have the
Mtisfaction to state that the commissioner,
Dr. Peebles, is now issuing deeds; and Ave
tould suggest to those who have made their
elections, the propriety of making as early
ui application as practicable.
was annexed to the department of Bejar,
by a decree of May 17, 1835.
A translation of the law giving land to
the scattered families in Texas, will be found
the seeond page of this paper. We will state,
for the information of the public, that Fran-
cis W. Johnson is appointed commissioner
under this law, and that he has received a
commission from the Government to that
effect, dated May, 30, 1835.
We shall publish in our next, a memorial
of the state Congress, remonstrating against
any amendment being made to the Consti-
tution, except in the manner prescribed by
the Constitution itself. Our readers will
certainly admire the frank and decided man-
ner in which that body expressed its views
upon so important a subject, to the general
Congress of the nation. The arguments
used in this document are at once convinc-
ing and conclusive, but the preponderance
of power being in the opposite scale, the
friends of the Constitution have been obliged
to succumb to the superior force and arbi-
trary measures of its destroyers. The pa-
triotic state of Zacatecas, having the hardi-
hood to oppose the arbitrary andfepotic
acts of the supreme general govjHjjnt,
has subjected itself to a desolating w with
the national troops, and has been bayoneted
into submission to the present self-created
authorities of the nation. The whole na-
tion, with the solitary exception of Texas,
has already undergone an entire revolution,
and yielded submission, however unwilling,
to the prevailing authorities. Texas alone
stands forth in defence of her constitution-
al rights, and is awaiting the blow which
the military is preparing to strike, to reduce
her to the same abject state of submission.
With concert of action and resolvedness of
purpose among her citizens, her prospects
of success are good ; but without unanimity
nothing can be effected. We are anxiously
looking forward to the approaching consult-
tion of Texas, as the means best calculated
to produce that harmony, at present so much
required among her citizens ; and we hope
the measures adopted by that body when
convened, will be such as to heal all passed
differences, and unite the whole mass of the
people in one common cause.
Martin de Leon's second colony, which
was included in this department by the third
irticle of the decree of March 18, 1834,
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RELATIVE TO THE POLITICAL STATE OF THE
COUNTRY, AND TO THE PASSING EVENTS.
C Committee-room, San Felipe
de Austin, October 8, 1835,
( 12 o'clock at night.
The Committee of Safety for the Juris-
diction of Austin, in conjunction with other
committees in different parts of the country,
say to their fellow-citizens : that
The time has now arrived when it be--hoves
every friend to his country to be up
and doing. Intelligence of the most in-
teresting and important character has just-
reached this Committee from the camp of our
countymen. Colonel Ugartechea is on his
march from Bejar with 500 men, to overrun
our country. They come to make us yield an
unconditional and slavish submission to a
military usurpation. They come to fasten
down upon our necks the yoke, and to rivet
upon our hands the manacles of a military
servitude. Gonzales is doomed to the sword
and the flame. Colorado will next be the
theatre of blood and rapine then the Bra-
zos till every spot of our rich and fertile
country shall present to the eye but one
wide scene of devastation, and we, the
the rightful proprietors, be driven from the
soil which we have reclaimed by our toils
and sufferings from a savage wilderness,
and which we have made valuable by our
labor and hardy enterprise. Shall we give
up without a struggle, the fruits of so many
years of danger, difficulty and unparalleled
suffering ? Shall we surrender our country
and our homes to a military usurpation?
Are we willing to forego all the advantages
held out to us as the recompense of the
most daring enterprise? Can we let a mi-
litary despot reap the harvest after we have
sown the seeds ? This Committee are rea-
dy to answer for their countrymen; and
they answer by calling upon them to come,
and come quickly, to tjttgistance of then-
friends, their neighboKl their brothers,
three hundred of whcnSHP already in the
field colonel Austin is with them. These
have to contend with the whole of the Mexi-
can army ; but they will contend bravely ;
they will dispute every inch of ground with
their invaders until the expected aid shall
arrive.
GAIL BORDEN, jr. M j f
WM. PETTIS, iyJ;embers J
JNO. H. MONEY. ) Cam' fAusiin'
R. It. ROYALL, Member from Mata-
gorda. ISAAC BATTERSON, Member from
Harisburs;.
SPEECH OF COLONEL AUSTIN.
Delivered on ike 8tk of September, 1835, at
a public dinner in Brazoria, given in honor
of his return to Texas.
"I cannot refrain from returning my un-
feigned thanks for the flattering sentiments
with which I have just been honored, nor
have I words to express my satisfaction on
returning to this my more than native coun-
try, and meeting so many of my friends and
companions in its settlement.
I left Texas in April, 1833, as the pub-
lic agent of the people, for the purpose of
applying for the admission of this country
into the Mexican confederation as a state
separate from Coahuila. This application
was based upon the constitutional and vest-
ed rights of Texas, and was sustained by
me in the city of Mexico to the utmost of
my abilities. No honorable means were spar-
ed to effect the objects of my mission, and
to oppose the forming of Texas into a ter-
ritory, which was attempted. I rigidly ad-
hered to the instructions and wishes of mj
constituents, so far as they were communi-
cated to me. My efforts to serve Texas
involved me in the labyrinth of Mexican
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Baker & Bordens. Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 10, 1835, newspaper, October 10, 1835; San Felipe de Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47872/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.