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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
-Texas, prevents the immigration of men of Capital and force, renders prop- erty valueless, and blights forever the hopes we have entertained of seeing "The Wilderness blossom as The rose" Therefore we feel it to be a duty from which we can no longer abstain to take this method of making known our disapprobation of any and all revolutionary measures and our dissatisfaction with • "the Choice Spirits" who arrogate to themselv~s the right of thinking and acting for us; Sin- cerely hoping that hereafter they will have the modesty to leave it to the people to discover their virtues and talents and to wait for a call upon them, whenever their aid or Counsel may be required And to the end that this expression of Sentiment may not be taken to be that of a small numbe~ of Citizens, We have adopted this mode o.f defining the public feeling by Circulating this decalaration that every mans name may stand in evidence of his views and wishes Dated in Columbia this_____day of November 1834
H. AUSTIN t,o }AMES F. PERRY
Brazoria 24, Novr 1834
MR J F PERRY MY DEAR SIR My correspondent by the St Felipi, says, in confidence that "President Jackspn has some weeks since been assured by Express that no harm would come to Col A, in reply to a communication made to Santa Ana in his behalf, further my informant is not at liberty to say" between ourselves this information is derived from Forsyth secY of State I am sorry to hear Emily is unwell, She must not be anxious about Stephen, all is going well an<l will come out well, if we can keep from starving mean time which I find it difficult to do H AUSTIN [Rubric] P. w. GRAYSON: MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION Mexico Nov 1834- Colo Bradburn in Conversation informed me that General Masonl had said to him that Colo Austin was the Author of a certain representation, by the Ayuntamiento of Anahuac, on the subject of his (Bradburns) Difficul- ties there etc, strongly censuring him He Bradburn also told me that Mason had said to him that Austin after an interview with him Bradburn on the subject of some powder that had been brought into Texas and promising to have it destroyed in some way 1 General John T. .Mason, representative of the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Com, pany.
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