force is found in the ohjection I am not disposed to attribute to them any other motives than an anxious desire to see the Government established on a clear and undisputed basis, and a disposition to resist any exercise of power by the people's agents not clearly delegated. But although such may be the fact, and aJlhough this sort of objection at first, may have been not altogether unauthorized; at the present period it is undoubtly so. We have proceeded too far to retrace our steps. The Consultation, whether cloathed with authority or not, did establish the present form of government. It has been in operation for three months. The various Judicial and political officers throughout Texas have been appointed by this Government, and we have to sustain it from necessity. Destroy this Government, and what is the consequence? Anarchy, worse than despotism will reign and rule and govern with desoluting vengeance. Ambition will prompt the daring and unprincipled to seize upon the disorder of the times, and a Robispierre may arise among you, ruling with his friends the destinies of the people. With no political guardians who shall watch, and counteract the secret machinations of the lTaitor? who warn you of the danger? and who deliver you? With no Judiciary, murder, robbery and every grade of crime will be committed and go unpunished. The honest and induslrous will be exposed to pillage and insult, and the lawless and unprincipled will riot and revel in the plunder, and burning and murder of the people of Texas. Such, Fellow-Citizens, will be your horrid condition, should the present government be broken up. Break down this government, miserable as it may be, disorganized as it is, inefficient as it seems, and where will you find authority? Your secession from Coahuila must be eternal, and with that before you, no alternative presents itself but anarchy or dispolism, on the one hand, and your present form on the other. Break clown this Government, and to whom can you look for authority in any one of your acts? Who shall re~eive the volunteers from the United States? Who attend to the numerous & pressing demands made on the country? Who provide for meeting the enemy now on the march against you? Who in fine will attempt the providing of the ways and means to prevent the slaughter of our wives and children by Mexican and Indian foes? Who direct your energies lo resist that force now directed against your country, avowing as their rule of warfare an indiscriminate murder of all ages sexes and conditions? Thal the present Government is badly organized, that many imprudent measures have been adopted, that much cause for dissatisfaction has been given, cannot be denied; out these things present no sufficient reason why you should hesitate lo
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