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PAPERS OF Urn,\BE.AU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
the day that it is certain his resignation as l\Iinister of Finance has been accepted. Third. Any act-which in any way tends to hinder this resolution will be considered contrary to the sovereign law of the State, an<l as such shall be)mnished by law. · Fourth. 'l'he person at present in char e of the Government shall take the proper measures to assure public tranquillity, for which purpose the necessary means will he allowed him, any failure being on his own strict responsibility. Fifth. This judgment shall be printed and circulated among aU the authorities of the State, and among the governors and legisla- tures of the other states.-Tlalpam October 15, 1829.-.illalo.- Villagran. Resolution.-Tlalpam October 15, 1829.-Thc above resolution having been read, it was discussed and approved.
TLALP AM, YEAR OF 1829.
Government printing, directed by Juan Matute y Gonzalez. 'otes written by Lamar on the margin of the printed document]. Whilst Zavala was Minister of Finance, he was at the same time Gov. of Mexico, and had been permitted leave of absence by the Legislature, for the J)l1rpose of allowing him to fill the former station without resigning the latter. The Legislature afterwards wishing to get him out depart. of Finance, revoked his leave of absence as informal. When Zavala was satisfied by the Legislature that his leave of absence was revoked, be addressed a Jetter of resignation of his office of Finance, to the President. But he was not per- mitted to _resume his office of Govr. for the Legislature, to deprive him of it. passed this written decree 15 Octr. 1829. Thus was he unlawfully ousted out of office; and by consequence of this lllegal proceeding he immediately on the same day w1·ote a letter to the Seer. State of Bocanegra, sending him a copy of this decree and requesting him to show it to the president, as an incipient movement against Constitutional Goverd. On his return from his M.lssion to Yucatan he applied to Guerrero, to be reinstated in his office of Govr. to be restored to the ofll.ce of Govr. [sic] not that he wanted the station, but to preserve the Constitution against such arbitrary measures; for If the Legislature can without any act of the GoVT. or any charge against him, dismiss him so unceremoniously, the example might be fatal alike to the Executive of the ation, for Congress might be induced in a similar way to get rid of the President. The President replied that it was a matter that did not come within the ,province of the General Govd. o. 82 182[9?1 Oct. 29, fSTEPHEN] FfULLER] AUSTIN, VILLA DE AUSTIN [SAN FELIPE, TEXAS} TO [JO]SE A[ JTONIO ITAJVARRO, [SAL ·TONIO DE BEXAR, TEXAS]7° His own recent illness and his brother [J. E. B. Austin's] death; an nnanswered paragraph in a letter of avarro 's; his own plans fo1· the advancement of Texas, specially his scheme to translate federal and state constitutions and legislative decrees; general ignorance of . :Mexican law; land. A. L. S. 4 p. Spanish. "'To be printed in the Austin Papers.
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