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To. 300
1836 Jan. 19, J. \V. ROB! TSON. PROCLA IATIO 11
JExecutive Department, San Felipe l De Austin, January 19, 1836.
FREEME : OF TE..' S,-Yesterday an expre arrived from San Antonio de Bejar, bringing de patche from J. C. Neill, lieu- tenant-colonel commandant of that post, communicating the im- portant intelligence that a force of two thou and five hundred men were a short time since at Laredo, and that one thousand five hun- dred of them had advanced as far as the Rio Frio, eighty' miles from San Antonio, and that an immediate attack was expected; and also communicating the alarming fact, that only seventy-five men were in the Alamo under his command, and that provi ion were scarce. Under these circumstances they ask for your aid, to defend the fortress against the enemy. Will you go1 I regret to call upon you at thi time of the year, when your domestic affairs demand your care and attention; but I am constrained by the imminent danger that threatens your brethren in arms, and by the danger to which the frontier inhabitants would be exposed, by neglecting to defend them, and by the disgrace and ruin of the country, consequent upon delay. · Rally, then, my b[rav]e countrymen, to the standard of consti- [tution) al liberty, and join your united energie [ s an) d spread.. the mantle of your courage over your defenceless country. Your homes, your families, your country calls, and who can refuse to obey, Your home and your firesides are assailed; will you refuse to defend them f The unprotected orphan makes the silent, but irre i table appeal: the prattling child, uncon cious of its danger, makes its holy invocation: the tender mother, the kind ister, · and the beloved wife, cling to you with a fond hope and unshaken confidence in your patriotism and un. haken bravery. March, then, with the ble ings of your household Gods to the western frontier. where you will be organized for a short, hut glorious campaign. March, then, where victory aw.aits you, and the genius of freedom spread her banner, and will crown her ons with imperishahle laurel . Roll back the crim on stream of war to it source, and make the tyrant feel the fiery sun of blazing, burning, consuming war; and since he has driven you to take up ,arms in your defence, give him "war to the knife, and the knife to the hilt." Let him know how freemen can die, and how freemen will live-that one day of virtuou liberty i worth an eternity of slavery; that if there is ,a.boon, an offering held dear in heaven, " ''fi the Inst libation liberty draw , From the heart that break ind bleeds in its -cause." l\farch, then, united, and without delay, nnd you will erect a monument in the affections of your admiring countrymen, and of the world, that will stand aR firm a the pyramid. of Egypt 'mirl nr- "Broadside.
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