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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
AYUNT.Al\HENTO OF MATAGORDA TO CONGRESS
July 28, 1834.
See Calendar.
JOSIAH H. BELL TO PERRY
Mr J F PERRY Sm Permit me to interduce to your acquaintance Col Alma1ity [Almonte] he will visit your neighborhd you will find him much of a gentleman and I am sure you will be much r1e_ased with him July the 29th 1834-- J H BF.,LL . [Rubric]
AYUNTAYIENTO OF BRAZORIA TO CONGRESS
To the Supreme Govt of the United States of :Mexico The· Ayuntamiento of the Jurisdiction of Brazoria of the State of Cuapuila and Texas approaching the Govt. with that high con- sideration with [which] is due from the subject to the sovereign would most respectfully represent. That with feelings of the deepest regret and anxiety they have learned that their agent and fellow citizen S. F. Austin has been for a long time under arrest and in a state of most rigorous con- finement-- when A was first arrested on his return to Texas he requested us to express or feel no anxiety on his account. For relying on the purity of his intentions his established character and his known devoted adherence to the constitution and laws of his adopted country he could not anticipate that his detention would he more than temporary. From that time until very recently we ~ave been totaly ignorant of his true situation. Hence we have been per~e~tly silent lest in attempting to do good we might possibly do an IDJury. But now when our information is such as can be confidently relied JD we concieve it to be a duty we owe to ourselves to Austin and to Texas to make a full frank and candid statement of facts with a view to the removal of impressions unfavorable to the character of the people of Texas, and injurious to Austin. The situation of the rountry before the meetin O' of the convention which adopted the constitution of which Austin was the bearer was distressing beyond description The Congr~ss of the State was either ignorant of our wan!s _or ~able or unwilling to apply the necessary remedy The a~~mistration of justice was a mere mockery the rights of the citizens were trampled on with impunity. The person, property, or
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