Cherishing the hope that you will grant Lhis rcqu<'sl, and advise me accordingly, as speedily as possible, permit me lo subscribe myself, with senlimenls of Lhe highest co11siclcralion and Esteem, . P. Dimmit Comclg P. S. Yours of Lhe same date as thal above acknowledged, but, we are informed, previously wrillen, and forwarded by Volunteer Baylor, was also recd. at the same Lime last evening. I infer from Lhe lenor of lhe one last penned, that, the implied proposal "lo fall back," as stated in the firsl, was ullimately withdrawn, or overruled. Nothing could have been more gralefying than this implied informalion-as, on the other hand, nothing could have been more unwelcome than even the suggeslion Lhat such a step was among possible expedients. The adoption of a retrograde movement, al the present moment, unless coerced by imperious necessity, would, il appears lo me, with all due respect for the wisdom of your Council, prove little less than falal. To develop, at lenglh, all the evils, direct and consequenlial, mediate and immediate, of such a movement, in our first essay, wilh the legions to the easl, at our backs, cl1ceri11g and sustaining us, would require pages, whereas it is allowed me to say but litlle, and that little in few words. Savriego, I am assured, is below, endeavouring lo reorgan- ize-. If I take him again, which I shall lry to do, he will hardly be permitted, by me, to rally a second Lime. P. Dimitl Comclg [Addressed:] To Gen. Stephen F. Auslin Corn. in Ch. of the Army of the People, Head Q.uarlers [ 1104] [FANNlN to PRESIDENT]
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Head quarters of the Army of Texas, 2 miles above Bexar, 6Lh Nov. 1835
To the Prest. of the Convention of Texas, -
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San· Felipe
My dear sir I herewith inclose for the use of your body a letter from my friend Col. F. S. Belton of the U states Artillery, and now in command at Ft. Morgan Mobile point Ala. It is only necessary for me lo say, Lhat 1 addressed him on
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