THE AUSTIN PAPERS 599 havienclo acabaclo su clefensa contra la calumnia q. se pnblic6 en la Gacetn de Tejas en No. 45. de 23. de octubre procsimo pasado por orden del .Ayuntam to constitucional de la Villa de San £elipe de Austin, contra la buena fama y reputacion dcl solicitante, ha hecho referencia a vn.rios decretos espedidos por el Honorable congreso del estada de Coahuiln. y Tejas y proviclencias guvernativas dictadas por ese Supremo Gobierno en los Varios asuntos q. tienen relacion con In. referidn. defensa, como pruebas para coroborar sus declara- ciones, y careciendo el solicifante de diversos documentos comprendi- dos entre los mencionados, Suplica a V. E. se digne mandar, q. por la Sria. de ese Supremo gobierno se le fnciliten copias legalizadas de los documentos q. en la adjunta lista van especificados. para q. le sirvan de resguardo, y que haga de ellos los usos combenientes en la materin de q. se trata: Por tanto. A V. E. Suplico se digne acceder a esta mi solicitud en qe. recibire gracia. y justicin.-1\fotnmoros 19. de febrero de 1831.-Ecsmo. Sor.- Jorge fisher.
.AusT1N To SAMUEL M. ,vILLIA.Ms
[From W'Jlllnms l'npe1·11, Rosenberg Library, Gah·cston, Tex.]
Saltillo Feb. 19. 1831.
S M. WILLAMS. Dn Sm Yours of 25 ,J anr is recd and the letters enclosed except the one from my sister which I hope you will send by next mail ns I am very anxious to see it. I am much pleased with the new arrangement of the pap [er] 1 tho I do not like the motto-Mexico es mi patria, would do better, £or it will be as much as to say to people abroad "we hnve a country a.rn:I are proud of it, and we are ready and willing to defend her rights," and it will·remind our home follcs whom they belong to. I recom: mend that [the] motto I hnve suggested be adopted, or something like it. That paper must be conducted with great prudence, you have no idea there, what importance is attached, even to trifles, coming from the Austinians. That little establishment 2 badly as it has been con- uucted, has been of great service to [Texas] and has had an agency in warding off some blows that were meditated against that cotmtry, for it has in some degree tended to correct some very erronious opinions as to the character of the new settlements and their feelings towards the Govt. 'Thie w:is The ?>foxlcun Citizen, edited by R. M. Wllllnmson. There are !our numbers or this pape1· ln ti.Jc Wui;nl'r collection of Y11le Unlvl'rslty, hut no other copies are known, "The '1'1•x:1s G11:r.ettt>,
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