sacrificed at Anahuac, Goliad and Bejar; and you arc the men chosen lo chastise the assassins. My friends!-We will march lo the spot whither we are called by the interest of the nalion in whose services we arc engaged. The candidates for "acres" of land in Texas will learn to their sorrow that their auxiliaries from New Orleans Mobile , ' Boston, New York and other northern ports, from whence no aid ought to proceed, arc insignificant, and that .Mexicans, though naturally generous, will not suffer outrages with impunity-injurious and dishonorable to their country-let the perpetrators be whom they may. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Camp on the river Nueces, Feb. J 7,.1836.
(2123] [SMITH to FERNANDEZ]
Consulate of the U.S.A., Matamoras, February 17, 1836. Sir: This morning a p,:irty of armed soldiers, during my absence from home, broke into the enclosure of my yard, and forcibly took therefrom an American mare and two mules, being my private property. My house was immediately surrounded by a party of armed soldiers, who not only prohibited all communication therewith, but forcibly searched every room in my dwelling, and grossly insulted the females of my family, in open violation of the rights and immunities which belong to my official character. I have, therefore, to request that you inquire into the cause of this outrage, and punish the delinquents according to the circumstances of their guilt. I have the honor to be, with grcal respect, sir, your most obedient servant.
D. W. Smith.
To Francisco Vila) Fernandez, Commandant General, and Inspector of the Department of Tamaulipas and New Leon.
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