Since our army has been in the field, a consultation of the poeple, by their representatives, has met, and established a provisional government. This course has grown out of the emergencies of the country; the army has claimed its peculiar care. We were without law. and without a constitutional head. The Provisional Executive and the General Council of Texas, are earnestly engaged in their respective duties, preparing for every exigency of the country; and I am satisfied from their zeal, ability,· and patriotism, that Texas will have everything Lo hope from their exertions in behalf of the principles which we have avowed. A regu Iar army has been created, and liberal encouragement has been given by the government. To all who will enlist for lwo years, or during the war, a bounty of twenty-four dollars and eight hundred acres of land will be given. Provision has also been made for raising an auxiliary volunteer corps, to constitute parl of the army of Texas, which will be placed under the command, and subject to the orders of the commander-in-Chief. The field for promolion will be open. The terms of service will be various: lo those who choose lo Lender their services for or during the war, will be given a bounty of six hundred and forty acres of land; an equal bounty will be given to those who volunteer their services for two years; if for one year, a bounty of three hundred and twenty acres; and those who volunteer for a shorter period, no bounty of land will be given but the same liberal pay, rations, &c., will be allowed them as other members of the army. The rights of citizenship are extended to all who will unite with us in defending the republican principles of the Constitution of 1824. Citizens of Texas, your rights must be defended. The oppressors must be driven from our soil. Submission to the laws, and union among ourselves will render us invincible; subordination and discipline in our army will guarantee to us victory and renown. Our invader has sworn lo exlinguish us, or sweep us from the soil. He is vigilant in his work of oppression, and has ordered to Texas ten thousand men lo enforce the unhallowed purposes of his ambition. His lellers to his subalterns in Texas have been intercepted, and his plans for our destruction have been disclosed. Departing from the chivalric principles of warfare, he has ordered arms lo be distributed lo a portion of our population for the purpose of creating in the midst of us a servile war. The hopes of
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