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PAPERS OF l\IIR.\BEAU B ONAP.\RTE L.\M,\R
The officers and a number of the soldiers representing the troops came to me and said that if I desired it, they would attack the Anglo- .Americans and ifinish them in a night. Seeing so mueh disorder, I immediately began working to quiet them. I sueeeeded in persuading them all to unite for the purpose of repulsing the enemy at their front, who, I informed them, would probably march aaainst them as soon as they learned of their dissension. I told them that I wa~ only a single individual and that for my sake they should not abandon their safety and that of the people. By means of thii: and other pcr- uasions I succeeded in quieting them. The next day ·Toledo arrived, whereupon their desires were fulfilled. The Council called the officers together to give their vote for Toledo, which they did, and the President immediately sent me an official letter which read as follows: '' In a general council held today in "'hich all officers and the greater part of the people were present, Senor Don Jo e Alvares de Toledo was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Republican Army of the north. I communicate this to your Excellency in order that you as com- mander of this army up to the present time, may make it h11own to the tl'Oops of the garrison; also that you may make a formal delivery of the archives and other branches of government; and that you may place Toledo in possession of the government with the proper formali- / ties and requisites. l\Iay God keep your Excellency many years. n. Fernando de Vexar, August 4, 1813, in the third year of, our Inde- pendence. · TOMAS DE AROCHA, President ad interim, MARIANO RODRIGUES, Secretary. Senor .Don Bernardo Gutierrez, Governor of the State. 11 A eopy of the official letter sent me by Toledo read as follows: "I have jufit. received an official letter from the Governing Council of the State of Texas whose contents are exactly as follows:· 'Under this date I transmit the enclosed official letter to efior Don Bernardo Gutierrez, that he may make you a formal surrender of the command which he has held, with all the necessary formalities. I 110tify you of this for your guidance in the matter. May God keep you many years. . San Fer11:ando de Bexar, August 4, 1813, in the third year of our Indepenqence. TOMAS AROCHA, President ad interim, !ARIANO RooRTGUES, Secretary. General-in-Chief, Don Jose Alvares de Toledo.' I communicate this to you, advising you that the critical circum- stances in which we find ourselves demand that said surrender be made as soon as possible, and that you should turn over to me all the plans, rules, and instructions enacted by said army, as well as a general report of the conditions of the war and the armament. fay God keep you many year . Bexar, August 4, 1813, in the third year of our Independence. Jose Alvarez de Toledo. Senor Bernardo Gutierrez." · ~fy only interest always bein"' tQ assure the good of the peoples,
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