Dios y Libertad Matamoros Febrero 27 de 1836.
Franco. Fernandes Escmo. Sr. Secreto. de Estado y del Despacho de Guerra y Marina. ([In Margin:] Participa haber salido de esta plaza y regresado a ella en el mismo dia. [2186] [SAN FELIPE COMMITTEE to the PUBLIC]
[February 27, 1836]
To our Fellow-Citizens.
The undersigned a committee appointed by a meeting held in the town of San Felipe, on this day, present you with the accompanying letter from the commandant of Bejar. You must read and act in the same moment, or Texas is lost. You must rise from your lethargy, and march without a moments delay to the field of war, or the next western breeze that sweeps out your habitations, will bring with it the shrieks and wailings of the wo- men and children of Guadaloupe and Colorado; and the last ago- nized shriek of liberty will follow. Citizens of the Colorado and Brazos, your country is invaded-your homes are about to be pil- laged, your families destroyed, yourselves to be enslaved; and you must, one and all, repair to the field of war, or prepare to abandon your country. Ere this information shall be generally circulated, the blood of many of our citizens will have crimsoned the soil; and the soul of many a devoted patriot flown to Heaven. Inhabitants of the east, your fellow citizens of the west are in danger. Of themselves, they cannot resist the foe; we appeal to your magnanimity; we implore you for succor; and we earnestly entreat that your succor might be speedy. Unless it is, Texas, and her citizens, and her liberties, and her hopes, are forever gone. For ourselves, we will abandon the contest only with our lives, and then earnestly appeal to all, every one to do his duty to his country, and leave the consequences to God. Mosely Baker F. J. Starr J. A. Wharton J. R. Jones W.R. Hersley Alex Ewing P. B. Dexter A. Somerville J. Fletcher J H. Money J Cochrane Thos Gay
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