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PAPERS OF fIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMA&
The bearer of 'thi takes an order to the Ayuntamiento of Gonzales or to you direct (and .I dont know which for certain) but if to Ayuntamiento it goes to you direct for the apprehension and de- livery 1>f Williams "'illiam on Johnson Travis Zavalla & Baker a like order is directed to the other Alcaldas which if complied with will prevent the troop from going to the colonies if not complied with this certainly will-go The Col a sured 'me to day that if these aggre. sors could be had he would not go to the Colony ·but in ca e they were not taken and given up he would march to the Colony for no other pourpose but to get them No more at present but remain Your truly &c. John W Smith
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18l5 Aug. 8, M:. P. COS. ORDER FOR THE ARREST OF LO- RENZO DE ZAVALA• 0 OFFICIAL ORDER. It will be seen by the following order from Cos to Ugartechea, t11at the Mexicans have formed another pretence by which to in- troduce troop , without arousing · the fears of the inhabitants; namely, the arrest of liorenz'o de Zavalla. What has been this man's offence that they should take him '' at the ri•sk or loosing all their cavalry?" It i known to all of us that Zavalla wai sent to France as tnini te1: to that court from the REPUBLIC of 'tli:exico, on le.arnin'g that the government of Mexico had changed to a central form, he immediately resigned his office and wrote a very spirited letter 00 to the DICTATOR, in which he told him that "formerly he had owed his success in arms to the justice of his e:a.use but now his cause 1 wa•s a bad one, liberal principles would put him down.'' This is the only charge which they can prefer against this individual, is this sufficient t6 ·cause·the march of cavalry to his arre t 7 No, it is not for that purpose they intend to come, it is for the purpose of subjecting us to the new form of government, we have only to look at the intrigues which were used to subdue Zaceatecas, to convince us that we 1 have have' [sic] nothing to expect.from them. Let Texas be ' united and take a firm stand and she has nothing to fear.-EDITOR. Matamoras, August 8th, 1835. The cop]manding General has already asked of the Political C1i.ief of the Brazos to remit to this city Senior Don Lorenzo de Zavala; for t.he arrest you will be guided by the orders of the Supreme Government, & if not attended to, as required; you will march immediately at the risk of loosing all your Cavalry to complete the intended object. Taking [care] at the same time to give the necesi:;ary notice to all authorities of the Colony informing them "Broadside. "No. 182.
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