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ing but abuse and misrepresentation- the people are too much diS- posed to lissen to those who have nio're to say, and less to loose than any body in the country honest men will become disgusted and will fly" the country rather than accept of an office- 1 Another report is that no petition will be recd unless drawn up by a lawyer- that report is totally false and I cannot but be surprised that any one should have believed it for one moment- They have no idea of their rights or of the constitution or they never would have believed such a rumor- The Alcalde made a set of Court rules and posted them up in his office I never read them untill this day, and I send you a copy of the articles which I presume gave_rise to the reports- they regulate the number of times that a person may speak, which is no more than is done in all courts There is a report that the Alcalde will allow no suits to be brought before the Commisarios 2 this is also false, Some have insisted that he should issue process all over the colony for all sums and he has done so I believe in a few instances- for the future he will do so no more but compel all suits within the jurisdiction of a Commissario to be brought before that officer-the jurisdiction of a commisario is 100 Dollars and no more -Excessive and illegal fees have been allowed to the sheriff, but this Alcalde followed the example of the last one- I believe that the fee bill was not published last year because it was feared the sheriff would make a clamour, and it appeard that whoever abused the Alcalde was lissened to wheither he was right or wrong- Williams has translated the fee bill and it was published a few days ago- - There appears to be a great prejudice against :Major League" and the most scurrulous and unjust abuse is heaped upon him-I believe that all this is unjust and unfounded so far as I can understand or know of his acts- and I am of opinion that it all originated from personal animosity and nothing else- The ears of the people have been tickeled and irritated by the cry of party pa1·ty and c01'1'Uption untill they begin to d9ubt wheither there is an honest man in this place or in the world- I believe that this cry of party and corruption etc is all false, and that it is gotten up by personal enemies of League for the express purpose 0£ trying to distroy him- I belong to no party and will engage in no personal animosities but I do say, justice compels me to say that League is an injured and persecuted man or I am more deceived than I ever was before in my life- he has been challenged and threat- 1compare with th11 letter AustlD to Bell, Mar. 17, 1829. The ayuntnmlento's budget which Austin dlscuHe■ 11 in Southwestern Blstorlcnl Quarterly, XXI, 403-404. • For the dutiea of a comuarlo see further an article by the editor 1D Ibfcl., 247. , Hosea H. League, second reQldor 1n the ayuntnmlento ot Ban Felipe.
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