Salado. Promptness and energy in the Consultation is all important, all depends upon it. Yours respectfully Genl. Sam Houston S. F. Austin [Addressed:) Genl. Sam Houston San Felipe de Austin [ 1183] [DIMITT to AUSTIN]
Fort of Goliad, Nov. 14th 1835
To Gen. S. F. Austin, Com. in Ch. of the Army of the People,
Dear Sir, The facts communicated by Dr. Grant, and others, who accompanied Citizen Viesca lo this place, relative to the present state of affairs in the interior of the Country, presents an unexpected, and highly interesting prospect to the people of Texas. From all that I have been able to learn from these Gentlemen, it seems to be expected by our friends beyond the Rio Grande, that Texas should not only sustain herself against the spread of Centralism, but it is also expected that she will send a force to the interior, and give an impulse to a reaction there. But a small a very small portion, of what is called the liberal party, are either under arms, or even making an effort to resist the strides of the usurper. They do not appear from what I can learn, to be in a state of readiness to receive or to be actuated by a temper to invite, our interference with an armed force, even were it convenient for Texas to take such a step. An apparently studious, and a prolonged silence of the professed enemies of the military system, concerning the course which Texas ought to take; their forbearance to encourage her, even on paper, in the prosecution of the one she has so nobly, and so fearlessly adopted; their failure to strike there, whilst the enemy is thrilled with dismay here, are symptoms, portending a violent, perhaps a fearful c~isis. If no effort is made ~?ng the Rio Grande to revive the republic, can we hope for opposition there to the movement of troops from the interior, to reinforce Cos, and recapture Goliad?.The populatio? of Texas_ is mostly of foreign origin. The inhabitants are considered foreigner~. ~ay not, and will not this be used as an argument, (and will 1t not be all
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