(3773] [ALLEN to FELLOW CITIZENS]
Head Quarters Texian Army, Victoria, July 23d, 1836.
To my fell ow citizens in arms and the
Volunteers from the United States. Gentlemen,- It is with much delicacy I address you on a subject, touching the deepest intere:sts of our country, but my feelings are such, I cannot forego making a few brief remarks, and call your attention to a consideration of them, and hope you will grant me that indulgence-I have learned that this Army have resolved to bring General Santa Anna here, and try him by a Court Martial for his life, for the savage and murderous deeds he has committed. That he deserves death no one can doubt; but is that the true policy for us to pursue at the present? I cannot think it is, and it appears lo me you could not have been acquainted with all the circumstances relative to a negotiation with General Santa Anna, or you would not have taken the course you are about to pursue. You are no doubt aware that a treaty has been made with the President, General Santa Anna, by this government, which was commenced (as I have been informed) by your Commander-in-Chief, General Samuel Houston, for the cessation of hostilities. There has also been a private treaty made, the object of which is to make a permanent and amicable settlement of all our difficulties between this Government and Mexico. There has also been an application for mediation by General Santa Anna and this Government to the Government of the United States. General Austin has also written to the President of the United States on the subject, giving him a full statement of all the facts and circumstances, attending the negotiation with General Santa Anna, from the commencement up lo the time he wrote. These I know to be facts as I copied the documents. General Santa Anna in his letter to President Jackson and his conversations with General Austin, gives clear, lucid, and cogent reasons, why it is to the interest of Mexico to acknowledge the independence of Texas and thus bring the war to a final close; and he urges the President of the United States in the strongest terms, to mediate between Texas and ~lexico, by which our difficullies may he fairly sellled. Some may urge that we cannot treat with General Santa Anna,
IO
Powered by FlippingBook