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:::thould the ouncil . ee fit to open the Land Offices please advi e me of it by Express and authorize me to do it it woulcl 'materially . trengthcn our [cause?)
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To his Excellency
,James -w Robinson the Acting Governor of Texa No.. 305 1836 Jan. 22, H. S.:'IIITH. "U URPATIOX A1'D ORRUPTI0~"~ 1 U URPATIO, A rn CORRUPTIO,r. FELLOW-CITIZENS,-Placed on the political watch-tower by your suffrage, I con ider it my duty to guard and protect your intere. ts. As the e>!ecntive officer of the government recently organized, pro- visionally, from necessity, a a fir t step from anarchy and confu ion, I, with diffidence and honest intentions, entered on the duties of my office. The government so or~anilled. it will be-found by a reference to the organic law, is circumi:;cribed, both in its powers and duties, I con- ider that the -coun<>il on tl1eir part, have performed all the duties con- templated by that law, and from their recent conduct, l1ave become a ---After Tato-- Ba1·11ey nuisance, and ,a. heavy tax to the public, withont producing any benefit. Circumstances have recently rendered it necessary for me to take a hold and decisive cour. e with the Council; ome of whom I considered l1ad amalgamated and united them. elves with the i;peculatQrs and . windlel's, whose .aim has ever been to trammel and ruin the tme intel'ei;1s ~f the eonntry. T fonnd thl' eonspirncy had hecome . trong, a11d that rxceptiofl. taken by me; aJthough it would screen me from public cen nrc, yet it wonld not protect the in- terests of the country. And the. e, with similar reason., impelled me to t11e cour. e I ]rnve pm-sned. The eommuufration from me to the Counril, of which thry complain, und<'r date of the '9th in t., was not a public corre pon<le11ce, nor was it intended for the public <'Y<': it wa. a pri,·ate corre pondenec ad<lr<' eel to n . eeret . cssion, and in- tended to n1·ous<' th<' hon<'sf to ·watch fnlne. s, an,l goncl the dishone t as thry desnvccl. They hnvl', how!)\'er, committl'd n hr<'a.ch of fnith, tor<' open the seals, a11Cl pnbli~cd to the wodd their own infnmy. Th<'v hav<' created offices which hav<' heen fiJ]('d hv them-selvr. a.nd thci;. minion., 1111til th<'Y hnvl' hecomc contemptible in m1mh('l'S and comluct. Tht'y IHH'<' made a pri"atc clocmn<'nt, which ennnot he well umlrrstood hy any hut the1m;eh·e., ni; it rrferi; to their own nets, whirh have not hcen m11de pnhlic. 'l'hry havr Milli' out witl1 a long, "'Handbill.
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