DANIEL PARKER, JOSEPH BRYAN, HUGH B. JOHNSON, PETER J. MENARD,
Liberty
A. 8. HARDIN. J.B. WOODS, WM. PETIUS,
Austin.
IS'C BATTERSON, JACOB GARRETT,
Harrisburg.
San Augustin.
A. HOUSTON,
J. G. W. PIERSON,
Secretary. San Felipe de Austin, October 18, 1835. · The Committee, to whom was referred the communication
from the chair on the subject of an address to the people of Texas generally, have had the subject under consideration, and beg leave to report that, on the 16th inst. they arrived in San Felipe, as representatives to the general Counsullation of all Texas, that on the evening of the same day they went into a committee of the whole number present, being thirty-one; that information had been previously received at San Felipe, which was laid before said committee, that the Mexicans had entered our territory in hostile array; that on the receipt of said information, a majority of said members, had proceeded lo the field of battle, and there, together with the officers and soldiers of the army, requested that said Consultation be postponed until the first of November next, which was agreed lo by the committee then present. Owing to the emergency of the case, and tExas being without a head, a council had been previously formed, termed the general council of Texas, each municipality being requested lo send a representative, and on the meeting aforesaid, it was resolved that the delegates to the general Counsultation, who were not prepared lo join the army, should be attached to the general council, which was accordingly done, who proceeded forthwith to business, and whose powers will cease on the meeting of the general Consultation. Thus far, fellow-citizens, have we gone, lo show you the authority by which we now act. Texas is without a head; this council has been formed to act as one until the general Consultation can he held. War is now upon us; the enemy is already upon us. Yes, fellow-citizens, the enemies of our freedom
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