the Alamo, and the massacre of its gallant defenders. His whole address was characterized by a fervid and manly eloquence, well wprthy of the glorious revolution in which he is a participator. After Mr. Childress concluded, Wm. Vannerson, Esq. offer- ed the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. 1st. Resolved, That the proud dictator, Santa Anna, like the fort Alamo, must fall. And the purple current of valiant gore that has moistened the plain in the cause of liberty and glory, must be avenged. 2d. Resolved, That a committe be appointed to obtain subscriptions in aid of the Texians, to be appropriated to the benefit of the volunteers in the cause from the State of Mississippi. Whereupon, the chairman appointed, Me_ssrs. Jno. .M. Ross, Wm. Parker, Wm. Vannerson, Richard W. Abbey, Richard Stock- man, W. P. Mellen, Geo. R. Girault, Wm. B. Duke, A. I. Coffin, and A. L. Gaines, on said committee. On motion of Jno. M. Ross, Esq. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the newspapers of this city. [December 11, 1835) Jno. A. Quitman, Ch'm. Felix Huston, Sec'y. (14521 [ROBINSON ADDRESS] The General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas to the Mexican People. 1. The people of Texas have taken up arms in defence of their rights and liberties, menaced by the attacks of military despotism, and to sustain the Republican Principles of the Constitution of 1824. The l\'lexican Nation ought to be fully informed on this subject, in order to correct the falsehoods circulated by the Centralists who have attempted to calumuiate the Texians, by giving to the Revolution here, a character very different from the true one, and painting it in the blackest colors. 2. Texas has solemnly declared her principles in the declaration of 7th November last, made by its Representatives, and has called God to witness the sincerity and purity of her intentions. The people of Texas could not have acted in any other manner, and every freeman would have done the same who appreciates his own dignity and was able to resist slavery.
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