The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 58, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 24, 1835 Page: 2 of 4
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-tions signejKhy the Messrs.
Whartonjnt1 which they at-
kE. -tempt tofckeep up the delusion
rand:coninuc to deceive'you in
rxelation -to tneir conuucrin-iue
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tlateelectionsTor delegates to
the Consultation. 'I if addition
fohe necessity of peace 'and
-4 harmony prevailing atttiis lime
''Soo&us; .there arc Wa other
causes winch make it disagree-'
able ixbkbd that necessity has-
comppnecs mo 10 denounce uieir
t i .j .i
politick conduct
1st. I am
to theni all
proud to concede
the -reputation of
highly honest honorable and
high minded gentlemen in their
intercourse in private life; and
in thisl'have for them the high-
est respect be their political
.crimes what they may.
" 2dly. Mr. Win. H. Whar
ton is related by affinity to a
family whom for 3'psxs j)ast I
.have "viewed mere as near and
dear relations than strangers
They have feeling which. I ta-
.'ment to interrupt. But I owe
' to myself a duty" to -which all
.other consideration must yield.
This affair with the Mr. Wliar-
. tons is .the first thing that has
ever drawn me into a new? pa-
. per and i trust i-sami never
' again have occasion to write a
line for the press and nothing
at this tima could have induced
it but an outrage of the highest
order on my rights as a citizen
of this Jurisdiction. Mr. John
.AVharlon hv'wav.oF taking
guilt from his own shoulders
and.placing it on mine asks me
a number of quest ions (which
although little to the purpose I
will gratify him by answering.)
He asks ".Mr. -'Kinney
"were you not elected last year
to the State-Congress! was it
'with your knowledge and con-
sent you were elected &c. &c.
was you at your post! was
your voice uplifted against that
unhallowed act! (meaning the
land purchase) and are you not
interested in thespcculation" !
jow ftr. Wharton evinces in
his conclusions much more ig-
norance than should fall to one
- of his profession Or much
' more design than honesty re-
nuires I"ws elected Supllcnte
to the State Congress and if
zr. Wharton knows any thing
of the laws under-which he has
lived he knows that I had no
roo're business in that Congress
than I had in the State Legisla-
ture of Louisana until the-Gov
"ernment ascertained tint -the
" 'Deputy was disqualified and
f. until the Government officially
Kv notified me of that fact & requir-
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r&;imiy'auenuiiuce mtsfias never
teen.idone-up to the present day
;. ana '.unaer. une circumstances
jLl ha?nomore right to a seat in
fethafcCongress than any-one of
011.
v itiv uuruier vrunams 'run
'i ' lirtke tfcc purchase referred to.
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mer- -lIlll I Tk AVTA4 W9m tr.mw .nf I
uwi.ucici uac uccu uauiuaca
Hir kfrafd (even when Cos and
UrSoctrines -were Jikely 0
srs? among us; to-say to the
;WPrfrJtbat 'I vas intereRterl' -in
i t VlUf J BCUkWtLlIIJIII IrHr
WMgo c9we to knW
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apjtmnffjpbout it- urar i am
mtCTesTCU in me specuiauuu.
Fellow Citizens Let me ask
m if thejyrexican Government
BUS IIUI UWU1I1 UIB UUUll .ailll?
the first settlement in the Col?
oniesfof Texas) of dealing out
her lands toevery applicant lor
thirty .dollars per league and
is there one man Jn. Texas who
can cultivate an entire -league
of land; Then is not the surplus
over what he can cilltiyate tor
speculation Is there one man
in all Texas-whoVould not sell
hisland.for 1 hjgh price if he
could get it! If he did would
toot thisbe land speculation
and would any one who did so
be to blame for taking more
land of the Govcnrtiitmthanhe
icuiiiu uuiiiuit; it au iinju aic
to u:ime tor oar .mrchase.
1 . .
Again has not the Govern-
ment been in the habit of issu-
fiug a great number of grants
j known as eleven league grants
for from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty dollars per
league! lias there been any
hue and cry against Jt r-IIave
not many of our best citizens
ensasjed in it and let me ask
Mr. Win. H. Wharton if he has
Hot sanctioned it by holding in
his name one of those titles for
a fiiend of his residing in the
United States. ' ..
Again did not the Congress
which preceded the. last sell
for about the sanfe price three
hundred leauges of land Has
not the universal practice of.
the Government been to sell
her lands for about the same"
price and for less money than
we purchased and is not all
the best situated 'ands of the
country located and taken up
under the claims! Then let me
ask how is it at this late hoar
when all the best lands have
been sold for about the same
price7tlwit it.lras'irtlf ojflnion
of ;r. Wharton and General
Cos become so criminal in us to
have purchased poor and infe-
rior lands under the same con-
ditions'for we are equally bound
to settle the lands we purchased
as those were who .have ac-
quired lands be'fore us.
No Fellow Citizens dema-
jrotjucs must have a hobby to
ride to t:ime o this land spec-
ulation has served Cos who
was the author of the loud com
plaint against it and now it may
serve those who would become
his mouth pieces and whose
designs are
equally laudable.
I regret to see
any Iree born
American willing to follow the
-
foot-steps of such tyrants as
Cos But political ambition
knows no bounds and is bound
by no principle and no scheme
will be left untried to accom
plih her dark designs.
Fellow Citizens: I have'lands
-which I acquired under Col.
'Austin's 1st colonizing contract
in Texas I haveJands which
I acquired by a special grant
irom uie state 1 Have lands
-rv'ttich! acquired bvtheelevcn
Jeagucclaims and lam inters
esteain me purcnase made by
nrypartner Williams; -and when
in theopfnion of vour rnnrn-
-
cnntntivfcviSip intapno'n nnn.
miwi with my -own -requires it
all is equally at your command
andyery ;thingelse which I
possess-ranB "as I ijesire to
give the best evidence of the
fact t&recognize the doctrine
that actions'speak louder than
'wordsV'I'can onlysay try me
anoyou. snau oe isatisned.
j 11 If !
Jiux xiouuiy nope jiwmDe
used for' tho common good of
-itoxas;juw:nottOTjhe support
of 'idlers and useless men who
are theoreticaly every thing
and fjracficall ''nothing; anff
who consider without an excr.
tion' the country should sup-
port them in luxury and extrav.
agance 2and who only think
mankind valuable to' the extent
they -enn' use them. Mr. Jno. A
Wharton is endeavoring to jus.
tify themselves for the course
.which was N adopted ia'
relation . to the election re
sorts to an excuse which
poorly serves them he says the
mode adopted was less liable to
the practice of fraud than vo.
ting by proxy; andMt appears
that &fr. W. H. Wharton in
person roide" to the residence
of citizjns and took their votes
himself and came to Velasco
and had them recorded as' VO.
ting for theirticket. This was
done on the .first day that an
election was held in Velasco
for delegates to the Convention
This and other facts shall come
out in that Convention; when
the whole guilt of the faction
shall stare them in the face.
Mr. J. A. Wharton seems dc
sirous of taking to himself some
credit for. trying to bring about
Union and getting all to fight
in the same cause like a band of
brothers. Now I tell you Fel
low Citizens what kind ofTJn
ion he desired and that you
may judge for yourselves? you
shall have his own words. On
ly a few days previous to the
famous plot-of electing their
ticket; when the Commit tee of
Vigilance were in session at
Velasco and the subject of no
minating persons for members
of the Consultation was men
tioned and it was suggested
that no person who had been
called peace men should be-put
imioiinationl I remarked in
presence of "vlr: J. A. Wharton
and several others of the Com
mittec that we had all been cry
ing out Union and that now all
were united why provoke oppo
sition by keeping up a -distinc
tion which in reality did .not
exist. ir. J. A.- 'V'harton to
plied ''weiwant Union"" but we
want them to unite on ub This
is the kind of Union he desires
that he andMiis party should
be pettv dictators among us
masters of the same grade of
oanta Anna and Cos liut I
uppose they consider them
selves better blood and would
make better masters. Mr. W.
J$. barton in his very .labor
edj-learned able and delicate re-
ply to the charges cigainst him
seems to lay some stress on
my making an attack on him
in his absence; which I hope is
not very criminal particularly
as he was not out of the coun
trv & an election in which he
was a candidate for office was
at hand when he had iniquity
enough to find a pretext to" at
tend although some may have
thought him far away engaged'in Bat-
tles field ;and asI presume he is not at
a very great distance nor in prison or
confinement I hope it will not be con-
sidercd -much amiss to do that which
before he lea home'Ihad promised him
and to which he on his return can at.
tend. He however seems inclined to
his old method of getting out of a bad
fix not worth notice past experience
seems of but little service to him. It
Is not long since he published a gcntlo.
man as not worthy his notice who in a
contest shortly afterward beat him 2 to
1 forbffHer-Thisis'however about as
ingenuous as the modest comparison
betakes of himse'f to Jesus Cup.ist
onthe cross.' Ji has been wcV said Ot
mm mat no woura maxe strxraod pr&aeh.
4T.J&1M BsVtobjecrJ-ceiM to ha omin
iuii .j.. .11. -.i.if.2 t. 1 .
win iau upwu uiu iruwuuuc ucm buiicu
to his genius.
A
i sail
procure and
publish the evidence of Iho conduct ofl
.this faction in.the Jatc election part of
winch is now at hand and.loavo yoti-to
judge-of the guilt oriinnocence which
belongs to t&em.
Your obedient servant.
THOMAS F. M'KINNEY.
CERTIFICATES.
We thn subscribers Charltoa Thomp-
son 6i Nulhatiiel Thompson certify
that we are citizens of the United
States oflhe North and reside at this
time near Pensacola in Florida and
have came to Texas with a caro about'
the' 27th of August and remained until
we got our Lumber lightered from the
brig Tremont.
Wc are now this far on our way
having completed the object for which
we came; during this time we were at
Velasco at the house of Messrs. Brown
& Iloskins; we heard about the 25th
or 29th' of September tthen wo were
both sick in bedthat an Election wa
tben holding for delegates to a conven-
tion. We were called on to nive on
' Votes and refuaei en the grounds
not being Citizens and believing we
had no right to vote; but it was urged
on us that we had a right and ought in
duty to do so. Wo were sick and not
in a situation to investigate any thing;
but told them if we had a right to vote
we had no objection and that they
handed a ticket to C. Thompson which
they said was a ticket adopted by tue
Committee of the jurisdiction: and he
said if he voted .he would vote for who
ever the Committee nomiuated that all
were strangers to him.
"That on the 5th October we heard
them say the Election was to be held
over again and a similar conduct was
observed and C. Thompson asked
them to hand lura a ticket that when
he was well enough he 'could bee their
names; wedid not go to the polls cith-
er day. The ticket handed us con-
tained the following names: Win. If.
Wharton Heniv Smith 13. T. Archer.
W. D. C. Hall John A. Wharton Ed.
win Waller John S. D. Byrom. Nath-
auicl Thompson sajs he never knew
for whom he voted Tiisy toldPhim
they had put his name mvii.
CHARLTON THOMPSON
.NATHANIEL THOMPSON.
S'gned -
A. Brigham Jas. Isight; a copy.
On or about tli!er25t!i day of Septem
teV past earl in the morning Mr. VL
H. "Wharton callc'd at Mr. Samuel Whi.
tinss where .myself Air. JamesiUaif
anfi Mr.Gilly wore oil residing h.iv-
i:i- been employed to work at lliKt p!aos.
Mr. Whafton -'aid he was on his wa
to the mouth ol tho rivcr"lhat an .elec-
tion was to be held there on -that day
for Delegates to the Convention and
said if we choose we could vote as
well by signing a paper which ho had
a-: going to the election. He pu led
out theiaper ami requested us to .sign
it this I and .the other two gentlemen
did I did not go or did cither of the
other two gentlemen that were at Mr.
Whitinc'sto the election on the 5th of
this month; nor do I know any tiling of
what use was made of the paper wc
had signed I have since learned that
Mr P. W. Grayson was running for
that office and "if my vote has been rc:
corded in any way to exclude him from
being- a member it has been contrary
to my wish; for I know him personally
and would have supported him in pre.
erence to any gentleman in tho Juris-
diction All of which I will swear to if
requested I further state that the pa-
pcre signed had several other names
on it.
KINSEY LAYTON.
Quirttana October 11th 1835.
I certify thattin the morning of the
day on which the first election was held
in Velasco for delegates to the Conven-
tion Mr. W. H. Wharton crossed over
the river from Velasco to Quintar.a
where he remained for more than an
hur. Ihadsomo conversation .with
him but never heard him say or inti-
mate that an election was to b held at
Velasco on that day. There were then
getting ready four or -five persons in
Quintana to start'on the Campaign.
None of whom know that an Election
was to behId and all left without vot-
ing. " -
JOHN M. SHItEVE.
Quintana October 17th 18U5.
Thos. 2 'AlcKinney Esq.
Dear S:.r
!"ti compliance with your desire
to br. informed of the manner in which
'.'lie Election forjdelegates of the con-
sultation was conducted at Velasco. I
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Will Stale ttiat 'BWJW uyiium uuunucu
in that Wm. H Warion called upon
fT.. " - "'..' -V .-
nim on the morning of the. SItb
September and told him that nrrange-i
-.lection at Velasco on that day a
roenis naa neen maao ior ooiamg
. 1 I ! 1 1 Tf
that the notices to that effect bad bee
forwarded from Brazoria the evening
before.- -But theso-nafkees did not- ar
rive at Vclascountil after the elections-
was opened. The resolutfon of thF
Committee of Safety required onedayaP
notice" to be given of the time of hold-
ing thetelectipn. This notice wa not-
given. 'On the 5th day of October&r-
ty votes were gi veaat V elasco anu ;
return was madco4rjfcse to Major By-J
nu tn and certified bv Cant. Jeremiaa
1 I1UI1IUI1M uwtiiiUU MJ j w-"
JJrown and mvsclfwith Mr. O'Conn
as Secretary. I afterwards saw at Bra
zoria Major Bynum's certificate of- 18
additional-votes (more or less) which
purported to have been taken at Vel-
iisco on the 26th day of Soptembcr and.
these were all for the people's licTitl.
Mr. O'Connor shewed me thft list of
votes given on the 26th September
and I recollect that there was upon that
list five votes for Peter W. Grayson
ind Ihese were not upon Major JJyn-
iim's return.
Your obedient servant
S. DLX3MORE.
To T. F. M'Kixxev Esq. .
Dear Sir:
Having been requested to state for
the information of tho public what I
know of the election for members to
the Constitution holdcn on Choc late-
Bayou on thoutliof the present month.
L do certify and sav that I arrived afl
the place of voting about 12 o clock
on that day at which time I foutftl the
polls opened and Henry bmith .bsq.
(one of the candidates on the People's
Ticket) presiding in the thrce-fold ca-
pacity of Judge Teller and Clerk. Im-
mediately on my arrival I remonstrated
with him on the pursuance of so Singu- -Iar
a course and told him such a pro
ccdure was indalicate to say the least
of it especially in a candidate for of-
fice. He then appointed myself and
Mr. Stephen Richardson as assistants
which appointments we accepted and
in the discharge of the duties of which
we continued until t'ie polls wera clo-
sod. The number of votes given in
on that occasion was in the wholej-thiriy-six
the number of puoxv votes
carried to the polhr-and received .was
twelve of these nine had been takea
before I got there it was generally
raid that these latter votes were car
ried there by H. S.r.ith Esq. I looked
over thcmantl am confidfnt .these last
meriiiencfi 'votes -were for thePcoinVs
Ticket."' ion which uhe name of- -U.
Siiith appears as a candidate. Tho
polls were closed about four o'clock
P. M. and the voles counted the same
evening. The election vas notholdrn at
the -usvsl place (Jfr. Hodges;) but at the
school house twelve or fourteen mi'cs dis-
tant and in a thinner pari ofths spltle.
meni this arrangement subjected a
majority of the voters in our precinct to
great inconvenience this change w
mtde by the Committee of VigilanceoF
Safety for this Jurisdiction.
E. G. nEAD.
Brazoria Oct. 24:h 1833.
Goliad October 11th 1835 3 P..
To the Committee of Safety yc. of
ilataorda.
Gentlemen
Under date of 11 A. 31. yester-
day "I had the pleasure of informing
you of the Capture of this place by
Storm at the hour of 12" the preced-
ing night. Having some reasons how-
ever to question the delivery of my let-
ter into the proper hands I avail my.
self of another and more direct enn-
eyancc to advise you more fully and
more ia. detail than I could have done
yesterday of the more important parti.
clars of this cieenng event.
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the evening of the 6th instM and elected
G. M. Collinsworth Captain J. W.
Moore lsf" aria D. CT. Coinsworth
2nd Xieutonant. On the 7th we pro-
ceeded to Guardeloupo Victor!a-wcro
cordially received and there rested
till "the 9th. We wore fifty two strong
at 12 we had effected a crossing of the
GuardeioUpe and taken up the line or
march' for this place. We reached the
crossing of the San Antonio river cjno"
mile below tho Town about 10 at
:! ennt i lUnufation. composed of.
Juaa Antonio Paiillayma hadj
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us a little this side the La Vaca) Uenj
R. Milam (whom we found wicanjMC
'on the East bank of-tho SaAltoiio
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