1526
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
. Prohibasc para siemprc In. introduccion de mas esclavos en el terri- torio clel Estndo seu. cual fuere su procedencia y objeto, bnjo la pena djj quedar libres en el acto de poner los pies en el. Sefialese un termino parn que clespues de publicacla la constitucion rija esta ley. y cleclarense libres a cierta edacl los hijos q nnscan de los actuales esclavos; y dentro de pocos aiios veremos destcrrado de nuestro Estado ese signo vergonzoso de la esclavitud resto clela barbaric y oprecion, sin q lo resienta ni el Estado ni los particulares.- Esta es la opinion del Gobierno [Gobernador] a cerca de este importnnte negocio que Somete gustosamente al examen y delibera- cion del Honorable congreso. Saltillo 30. de Noviembre de 1826. Es Copia. (Signed) J. ANTONIO PADILLA Srio.
GREEN DEwrrr TO AUSTIN.
[About December 1, 1826.]
Co1. STEPHEN F AusTIN and SAML M WILLIAMS GENTLEMEN, In consequence of an unfortunate affair and transac- tion of Mr Thomas Powell who entered my Colony as a Citizen bringing with him his goods and effects among which it appears from the Invoice he had on board a quantity of tobacco which, not having recd any instructions from Government respecting the same I gave him no per.mission to land, has put my prospects in jeopardy, without some person capable of explaining in the Spanish Language the true nature of the transaction. I have taken the liberty Gentle- men of soliciting your friendly aid in this transaction. Mr. Powell has been decoyed and treacherously drawn into these difficulties which involves in a certain measure myself- and the fate of the Colony without the aid and assistance of some friendly advice and energy-by one Doctr Oliver who was a passenger on board the same vessel and profered his friendship in ma.king Sale of his property, by which means he obtained the confidence of Powell and taking him into the interior and treacherously betrayed him and had, through the influence of Martin De Leon all his property seized which was cleared out, and brought here for the use of the Colony, the whole of which the Doctr. and Martin De Leon as I am informed gave him 11 general permission to land. Could I be certain that either of you, Gentlemen, would be at St Antonio in a "\¥ eek from Sunday the 5th Instant my embarrassments as it respects this trans- action would be at an end; therefore I do earnestly repeat my Solicitation for one or both of you to come and exercise in my behalf- those energies and talents which I know that you possess in an e.minant degree.
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