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its members as false and unfounded in every part, and condemn the style and language as low, blackguardly, and vindictive, and in every way unworthy of and disgraceful to the officer whence it emanated, and as an outrageous libel on the body to whom it was addressed; and therefore advise the return of the paper, accom- panied by the following resolutions: - 1st. Resolved, that the members of the General Council are the immediate representatives of the sovereign people and are charged with the safety of the country and amenable only to the people for the faithful discharge of their duties. 2nd. Resolved, that each member individually and as a body collectively will sustain, at all hazards, the dignity of this Government, and the rights of the good citizens of Texas whom they have the honor to represent. 3rd. Resolved, That Henry Smith, Governor of the Provisional Government of Texas, be ordered, forthwith,,to cease all the functions of his office, and be held to answer to the General Council upon certain charges and specifications _preferred against him, agreeably to the provisions of the 4th section of the Organic Law of the Provisional Government of Texas, as adopted in Convention on the 13th of November, A. D., 1835, and that a copy of said charges and specifications be furnished to the Governor, Henry Smith, within twenty-four hours from this time. 4th. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Executive be forthwith notified of these resolutions and that he be held responsible to the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas for every and all records, documents, and archives of his office. 5th. Resolved, That the Treasurer, Commanding General, foreign agents, and all other officers of this Government, be notified of the suspension of Henry Smith of the powers and functions of Governor by the representatives of the people of Texas in General Council assembled, and that they and every one of them hold themselves respectively subject to the orders and directions of the Lieutenant Governor as acting Governor and to the General Council aforesaid. 6th. Resolved, That a committee be app~inted to draft an address to the people of Texas, setting forth the circumstances and
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