Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 20, 1836 Page: 4 of 8
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A Im. pursuance of a call made by the public
journals of this-city, a veiy large public
meeting" of tKe "citizens of Nashville and
IJayidson county, was held at the1 court
house, for -the' purpose of adopting suitable
measures for tire assistance or their iellow-
citizenss, in the,prqvincerof Texas. George
C.Childres Esq was called unanimously
to the cnairT and' Wm.'-K. Hill, appointed
secretary, v ; " .
The chairman explained the object of the
meeting find, moil' eloquently portrayed the
conditi'9n,oJouiv friends and countrymen,
who are tner$ battling for all that freemen
hold most dearagainst" the grasping ambi-
titmfiiMexicd'ff "despot -land, his 'hireling
slaves. .
itaftewhiehjtO.Bti'-SaunSers,1 Esq sub-
miftertne following preamble andj res'olu-
tiotfswnicK upohbe questionebeihg ' put
ftf the meeting, toetfe-ainanimousiy adopted.
WhefeaSthb citizens of'therUriited'States
hoHavo'emigrated to the province of Te-
'kbsP'ahdJsettledithereiiimndor 'the pledged
, faith oftfieMexcaii 'government, 'that they
should continue in the enjoyment of consti-
itational'libeftyndjjBpublicaagovjBrnment, areBnawlengagedtinjd .conflict 0 with, amilir
taiy;4ictatorrIwhdJs-en'deayoririg to,depri e
ifieraAofethese omportajitrights-and privir
leges: . . , u ,
.acAnd whereas ,we,fthe, citizens pJHNashyille
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and ( Javidspn county in public meeting
aembled, cjannpt'yiew, such, a contest, with
inifferenceeseciallyvhe our late.cbun-
jrmen, arujl in some instanceSjfriencfs and
acauaintances are ensraffed in it i , ""
U"4fy&$),$&J3P& fejdeeply1
nd republican, government, j and) will, as
individuals, afford theni, all the countenance
..and. -assistance in our power. tp v t .
Resolved, That Thomas" J. jEtead',' John
L. Brown, L. L. Roving, and John Estell
oe (Sppointed! acpminittee torec'eivesuch'
unSs'"asf niay'-be' hereafter .contributed in
.'furYheranW'bf tne' cause:. that' they make'
'a record of'the amVtfrit received and of the
'names"of 'the' Jtfersbns"'cohtributinl?: ,and,
communicate tn'e same to the' cnaHrniaii! of
the committee of correspondence. "
' ResdmTha.G.mStmnatir$ S.e.
'Wi lm -JHunt, Q,PD. Gibb's; ' aifd-'P.-P.
'-Wdo'dbe1 bppoirited to receive the names
of such persons as may be disposed to- vo-
'lunteehto afford themthe .requisitejinfor-
iratios on the (subject, and to. correspond
with the chairman of this meetings when, he
shall Jbav.e reached Texas,, -and jtwitht'the
-proisibnaLgovernment 'about to.be- organ-
tized in thati country:!, " ,!. .
i Resolved' That the same committee bev
liiiistriictecLtOi correspond withjother cQm-
" "jmitjees thafemayibe appointed in this statej
o act upon-this subject;, and heirequeted
':torucge a-jjendezyous.qf volunteers atNash-
-ville,I on some; other point -that .may he
agceejd upon, as soon as" practicable.
rr Jiesolvedv iThot the -chairman, a'nd'gecre
tary be appointed.tojfram'an address, on
behalf ofithismeetingtq'the enterprizing
young ,meii of the.rUnited States who may
feel 'disposed to "volunteer in the cause of
frSdom.-'-'S. " ' ,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published 'in 'the 'several papers
of this city, -and that the editor's of alithe
papers' in the southern and- western states
be 'requested to publish them, and that they
be communicated by thej secretary to the1
several committees of public safety, and' to
the provisional government of Texas. 'i
After the reading and adoptiori of the
resolutions, the meeting 'was addressed iri
a feeling and spiritednmanner,by-Dr. John
Shelby, H.' It. W. .Hill, Andrew Hays'
Jacob Cholwell, and Thomas J. "'Read,.
Esqrs. Very-liberal contributions in money
were made by -several-individuals; 'and a
number of young gentlemen pledged them-
selves to proceed forthwith to the'countr1?
and volunteer in the causey The 'utmost
udanimity and-enthusiasm prevailedibn the
occasion and, in the opinion of all'present,
so'spirited'a public meeting was never be-
fore iheld"inNashv'ille. . i(i. r "'
' After' -the proceedings were"' through,
upon motion'of'-W.-H." Hunt,' Esq.j the
meeting adjourned over to-.meet again on
Saturday evening the 2lBtinstantjw
-- " WirJBj.HH.L, Secretary.
, . ADDRESS
By'the chdirrtiartjmd secrfitpri), on behalf of
the meeting, in conformity with theJ5th re-
'8olirtum.' " 'r n' '''S'ul
It is Teelknown thatthe people of Texas
U're, at" this time, engaged iri a military
Conflict witji the Mexican government. But
the causes which forced this' cdntesfupon
,them are not perhaps 'equally well lmowri
to 'fhe 'people, of the United' States in gene-
ral., "We will; therefore,j: take11 'the liberty
ibrlefly tp. state them. DuringtheIong pe-
ribd that Mexico was despotically ruled by
the king oft Spain, "through the medium ,of
a, viceroy, the jealous and mistaken policy,
characteristic of Spanish dominion, rigo-
Vpusly excluded the residence of't foreigners
'from its territories :- and "ak JtheBIexicans
thefmsetv'es are an unenterprising, pastoral',
mining people, not agricultural' in their ha-
bits the vast and fertile plains of Tex'as
"remained,, during tlieS whole of this period
a siumDenng wnaerness;- meir very exisi-
ence 'almost unknown excepf f&'the1 sa:
vages who made it their hunting -grounds,
or the occasional traders who traversed it
in the course of their adventurous-journeys
from the United States' to"the Mexican in-
terior. , :. "I
:B4ut about the jyear 1824, -the people of
.Mexico, after jthe, example of the United
States, havng throvn off the, galling yoke
of Spanish '.bondage, a-xnore .liberal and
enlightened policy began to pervade their
national council, and the advantages arising,
Ifrom the residence oienterprisi,ng and in-
telligent foreigners among' them, became
apparent to its rulers. It was particularly
Ltlje, polity of the government, that the then
.wilderness. or Texas .should be settled and
cultivated,, and thus serve as a, frontier pro-1
tection to the interior-provinces gainst sa-
vage incursions. Accordingly, a system or;
colonization laws was, framed, ,by. which
foreigners, and particularly citizens of the
-tlfiited States, were, not pnly allowed, but
invited to fettle in the. countryand such
inducements held out as had never jbefore
been known in any government. .Having
modelled their Constitution 'of 1824 jafter1
that .of the United States, of yhich..it is
almost a literal copy, the inducements of
republican'goVernment, equafrightsv'liberal'
laws, "anB a' splendid endowment of public''
lands, were offered to, every emigrant.
Great numbers availed themselves of'the
privilege;, and bravingtlie privations of the.
wilderness and the "dangers of savage, war-
fare, are now possessed of comfortable
homes, and in some instances, large estutesfr
ip a country which is beguining. to attract
the attention of, the wprld, on account of -its
great fertility,, unequalled climate, and
abundant production of the richest ofr.all
agricultural staples, ;cbtionand"ugarj a
country Vhifch1 may, mtllBuPexaggeratiiony
be denominatedJ-the arH'en snotof ,Jtfie:
world," the fairest portion of the sweet and"
sunny South, 'in which, morevthan aiiy
other,-" niari is- exempt ''from theroriginail
curse pronounced -upon his-race of "earn-
ing Kjsbread by the sweat of his brow'
he devolutions insepraine from all go-
vernments having ax popular Form and igno-
rant.populauonmbrenhan once occurred
irUhe Mexican republic, during this period,
but they disturbed notjfhe repose and well-
fare of Texas. SepaFated from the inte-
rior by the ocean, in one direction, ra,nd by
hn immense "desert'of several hundred mile?
extent; in the other, she fl'qnrished'jn peace,'
and increased in nrodnp.tsnn" ? fVt
not caring,' and' hardly knowing whether
ante,
ral governmenty
In thev midstof this .peace, reposeand
unexampled prosperity, suddenly a liollticS
destroyer appears5 in the persori'bf tmjpre-
sident, Santa Anna?! soldie'r of forVune1
who had risen to the first station inHnb re
public by his devotion tothose principles of
constitutional liberty and republican govern-
ment whibh nel hasxibw -at last bteirved
and deserted, ptefejrringJLo be classed" on
the page of history with the Caesars and Bo-
napartes, rather th'au the Washingtons and
BoliYUrs. 'With 'a rude and Tincecemoflious
hand, the presidqint; Santa Anna, leagued
withthe priests, those eternal enemies, ofou!-
bertyandbumanrightsinevery age and coun-
try, has4prostratedr Mexican liberty, and :the
Mexican Ponsfijtution, aid, undet;teiiever
iUing preience;of tyrants, -(the goo&pf the
people,' has abolished all the, rights of ithe
states annihilated the very existanceoifthe
state legislatures, established a central, jebn-
solidated, military government, andowof-
fers toour free cquntrymen, in Texas,'4he
cruel alterpative'eithen to.ajb.apdon .their
hqmes and estates, earnedby so many pri- '
vations, or to aubmit.to thcmostintolpraWo
of-al tyrannies, the combined despotism' of
tne swqra qna the priestnooa , II bus have
jthey.been forced into ai contest. for themrA-
Lservation'of every principle yorth. main
taining, and driven to a third alternative,
not, contemplated by the, priests nm.4hh
usurper, -war, defiance, .resolution, thetiat
ana solemn appeal or tnq outraged nations
frpm the decisions ,of their tyrants to the
Qod or Rattles., Their cause Js the univer-
sal cause of pan., -Their, object the'enjoy-
ment of thsjt constitutional; liberty and re-
publican government which the-.United
States, by its example and enfluence, 'has
morally guaranteed to all nations. cAM
shalLthey in this )ital strugglp; in. the com-
mon cause, of mankind; receiYqtii counte-
nance, encouragement, sympathy, or assist-
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Baker & Bordens. Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 20, 1836, newspaper, February 20, 1836; San Felipe de Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47883/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.