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I :hould exercise the powers delegated to me in the 4th section of the organic law; and I now call upon you, fellow-citizens, as the militia of the country, to a.id and assi t in carrying it into effeot. I only a k at your hands, as your executive officer, to see justice •administered to me and to yourselves. The speculating, intriguing con pirator , must be p'unished, or your' interests will be ruined. All offic r of th army and navy belonging to Texas, OT' marshalled within its limit' , are hereby notified that they will be held strictly amenable to the laws; and at all times, when circumstances re- quire it, to carry into effect the 4th ection of the organic law, in ('Onformit,v with its provisions. The proper officers of this gov. ernment will fit out expeditions whenever they deem it expedient to do so. But that this government will not be amenable, or counte- nance any predatory expedition calculated to embarrass its circum- stances or compr9mit its honor. HENRY SMITH, Governor. an Felipe de Austin, Jan1w1·y 22, 1836. [Endorsed] Gov. miths vi11dicatioh of his insulting Iessage Jany 22nd 1836
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1836 Ja11. 24, M. HAWKINS, [SAN A1 TO IO] TO J. W. ROBIN- SOr Bexar Jany. 24th. 1836 l\Iy dear and excellent Sir You will perceive by the express which leaves here to day, that we may in a short time expect stormy gales from Mexico; That Santa Anna.,bas proscribed evei·y individual, without distinction of a"'e or sex, from the Grande to the Sabine. He will be warmly re- ceived and nobly encountered, and find that to Conquer Iexicans is one thing,· but mericans another, if the latter only do their duty by preparing with energy. Let the toe in of war be only sounded in all the colonies between these two rivers, the menaces of the despot be proclaimed, and every man capable of bearing arms invited into the field, let a copy of the express of to day be published, and cireulated as far as practicable throughout the United States, and Sta. Anna will boast no more, Americans will be triumphant, and Texas FREE. Energy and action be the signal note of preparation. So far for our military politics. I understand with insufferable pain that our patriotic first magistrate is threatened with assassination. Accursed and withered be the unhallowed hand that at such a crisis dare be raised agt. him, or at any time. Should this be the case Texas is lost forever, and the blood of heroes has been shed in vain. I have been informed that the' speculative, disorganizing, tory party are as vigi- lant as Argus and as active as Cataline, to make their preparations for swaying the councils :of the nation in the next Convention. i\Ien and horses are going night and day to educe the people to their view . Can no measures be adopted to counteract these nefarious
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