101[) ··~.P.lf for 01,~ fo..i:p:u·:1J,,,n f1·<1111 ,;,,;,J,t:'!~ a.rd ·.:.P. :";:·r~:r.~ r1f Texas ~1 '.IJ ii Y.i. :JtJ~ ,,f tJ1l;~ ,;1:,,if,:1i<:1':1f.irm, .A. b,,1; • . :.>...t t~. ~ .r~ a d~.ter- ;;/ r..~f.l(JJJ ,,,, ,;1•;~:111 ir.t1~ it Jw::.d w,1,-,:rmrt':11t ~ : ~£ ½.J.1v.. ·f;:--: r.: !!.J'.'J remedy (~JtiJd. be~ t;111-:tllit:d, I li:1v<: in :1Jl rny u.r:f.~ <;1mformc:tl fo t} ir. V ~.,::; T,~..':!"- <;: :·,=- pq.1ple, b<J for an I wu.r1 inf,,nnc:-il ,,f jt, ~nd v,'tJ':1 I r~~~--=- ~:.:"':::'.! <.d ~ h.TIJ r-,m1~dy, UH l did Oi<: l,c;gi~Jnin~ ,,: <J-,v,:..,:;:-; I -:.+.-=::.':-1 :t to be my d11ty u;s; UJI ugc:ut tu inform th<: (F-;l)J): '= YJ ; a.:._·1 r.1":l:e~t ~ a.5 I did, that Uiey WtJlll.d <>rganb,,:, I a L:.;o cr;r .::-: ·· ' : ~ ~=-at i: ....-o-..tld be rnu<.:h IJ<!tt<~r to do 1-><>, by a harmr;rJi,,u:.; ,;r;:r_~_;J : ~ : : ,.,.::i: <J: ·t~ Ayunta- miento[:;] Uian hy u p<1pul.ar c<)mnwti<m. ·J-:..<:::::""-£ .:re:'€ 1 1 y rc:a.:-ons for the rccomnwn<lati<Jn giv<!n in that 02': ::.r.1 ; a =ct'. , ~e r.:-mlt of the civil war was thought to be <l<JuhtfoJ. I UJH.lerstan<l, and I rejoice to be:.ar it: th.a . :;r-;. !.:C op:mon has .settled down on a more reasonable ba~iE. aE<l -c.z- · ::S: n:o~- oi the Ayuntamientos of Texas have expre:--s~,i th::::.:- w:..~ to ~roceed in a legal manner to seek redress. I ou£!ht to La:-e t~n =niormed of th1s change, but I was not, and knew- nothin2: oi :- to a certainty, until! the 5th of Xovember, F.O that up to ~t :.__e I ac-ed under the impressions I had when I left TE;xas in A. r = Since then I have not moved the state question. - The past events in Texas necessaril, gri:-w- o--r oi the re,olution of Jalappa, which overturned the c;n.::~irur:on acd. produced the counter revolution of Vera Cruz, which ex.E-:c...,ed o,~r t.hc whole country, and invol-ved Texas with the rest. It is well known that it was my wish to keep Texas, and particular y toe co·ony~ out of all revolution. and I tried to do so. but the flame bro.:i:e out in mv , , . absence from Texas, in June 18:32, and ~ince then all h.:15 been com- pletely disjointed. A. current was set in motion b, the !!~neral e,ents of the civil war all over the nation. and unde; the ~i..rcllillitances, Texas could not avoid being agitated by it. So one c.-fill be blamed in any manner for what has happened :-:ince June. 1$;3=2: in Texas-- it was inevitable-neither was it po~ible for me to &,oid being drawn into the whirlpool. It was my duty to 5€-r,c the country as an agent if requested to do so; and ns an s~nt it w:ts my duty to obey my instructions ns express\:d to me. I ha,e long since informed the .Aymnamient0$ l f Texas of the repeal of the law of April, 1830, nnd of the foyo1~1b.e a.nd friendly disposition of the governmenti nn1l by this~ I of rol 1~~ rescinded, or annulled, the recouunE'ndntion of 2d Odol~r~ f0r th:n w~ls predicated on the belief that nothing would bt' \font'. ~rnd th:\t the re~ult of the ci,il war then pending wns ('\'t.'n doubtful. ~in(~ then all h~1s d.rnnged for the better, and public opinion in '.l\,xt\s h:u: ht: ·ome round~ and
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