suspend Henry Smith Esqr late Governor of Texas-and according to our organic law & the provisions of the Constitution of 1824 of i\lexico, & of the State of Cohuela & Texas, as Lieut. Governor, I was called upon lo act as Governor. & am now in the discharge of that duty. Mr. Smith was suspended from office & charges and specifications, for high misdemeanor in office have been prefer by the General Council, and in order lo give him a fair & impartial trial, they gave him his choice either to be tried by them, the constihtlional triers, or the next convention, & he choose the latter-since which time his acts, in openly & violently attempting to dissolve the Legislative Council, and ordering the Arrest of its members, by a military force, & the transportation lo the most frontier post (San Antonio) lo be tried by martial law: is Treason and the said Smith has been served with a copy of charges and specifications of Treason-, The course that Mr. Smith has pursued meets a just rebuke from an indignant & enlightened people, and can do us no serious injury, here or abroad-but lest you should be abused by false reports on the subject, I have thought proper to assure you that the course of Texas is onward & that these clouds that hang upon the morn of her revolution will not, cannot retard her march to freedom & independence. Allow me to embrace this opportunity lo Tender you, the liberal and patriotic freemen of the City of New Orleans, for their Kind & Generous Rememberance of their brethren in Texas-who are "bone of their bone & flesh of their flesh." But words- languagc, is inadequate to picture, the emotions of gratitude that we feel for your kindness, no, the vivid fancy of the poet, painter or sculptor, far lags behind, in attempting lo describe the deep emotions of the heart that swells almost to breaking as memory recalls, our former country & home, to mind, and the hospitality, for which she is proverbial. Great Republic of the North, how happy are thy sons, blessd among the Nations of the Earth, a light and lamp to all who wish lo be free-Accept again in the name of the people of Texas, my thinks for your aid and support, & I trust that you, will never regret the bounty thus early and profusely bestowed. I am with sentements of great respect your most obligd friend James W. Robinson Acting Governor
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