P.\PERS OF MIR.\BE.\ 321 him, agreeably to the eleventh section of the organic la\,·, which were delivered to him, and to which h pleaded, and ummoned witnesses to appear, on the first day of Iarch next, at his trial before the gen- eral convention: by which last act alone, by all common and legal u age in republics, hi executive powers were suspended. Thu.s to every unprejudiced mind, i the inability of Henry Smith to act as governor, clearly proven: first by his own act, in attempting to dis- solve-the government, by interdicting communications between the executive and o-eneral council; econdly by ·the act of u pen ion on the part of the council ; and thirdly by his. own act, in taking is ue upon the charges proferred against him, appointing his time and place of trial, summoning witne!;ses. After all these facts, still does Henry Smith pretend to call hims If the governor of Texa ; and conscious of the baseness of bis own conduct, and the certainty that he cannot be ustained, where the truth of his conduct is known, he daily threatens to arrest the representatives of a free people, and remove them to a remote frontier garrison, to be tried by the rules of martial law, by inferior officers created by the general council itself. What auxiliaries are combined with him in this intention against the government, it is impos ible to ay, nor does it matter: for the fierce indignation of a free people will hnrl to destrnction all plotters of treason, whether headed by governor, comm~nding general, or other individuals of the community. The following papers, 88 emanating from Henry Smith, are given, without further comment. D. C. BARRET. Chairman BuoNAPARTE L .\M.\R No. 327 [1836 -Feb. 9, F. W. JOHNSON, SAN PATRICIO]. TO [J. W.] FA..~NIN, JR., [REF GIO :\!IS IO rpo '' Dear Fannin, It i of importa f nee t] hat you hould be aware of the actual state of l\'Iatemora more clearly than I can state in a public letter-- to avoid mens names being bandied about while they are till in the power of the enemy-If a force of 3 to 400 men is ent agst. l\:lata- mora , Vital Fernandez, who commands with 800 Tamaulipas troops, will immediately join you-And the wl10le of tbe frontier Towns will immediately follow-Lemas continues fine--& for the purpose of both acquiring essential, information, & not incurring suspicion he has gone for a few days to Saltillo to vi 't Santa Ana-He will be back to Monterey in this- Time is precious & not a moment hould be lost-Fear nothing for Bexar or Goliad or any point of Texas ..Appended to no. 328. J. D. CLE 1ENTS ALEX. THOl\IPSO G. A. PATTILLO JOH :McMULLIN
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