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I VALDEZ lo NAVARRO} [Jo~c Maria Valdez, Goliad, to Angel Navarro, Bexar, !\·lay 10, 1835. reporting the imprisonmcnl of several citi1.ens for spreading conspiracy ._j
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[Marlin Perfecto de Cos, ~lalamoros, lo Domingo de Ugarlcchca, Bexar, ~lay lJ, 1835, explaining the posi lion of the central government in the trouble between the authorities at Monclova and those at Saltillo, and forbidding the march of any militia from Texas lo aid Monclova. j
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Brigadier General Marlin Perfecto de Cos, Commanding General and Inspector of the Eastern Internal States-to their Inhabitants. Fcllow-Citizens- The Republic was scarcely beginning to enjoy, under the protection of a just and paternal Government, a peace to long wished for 1,y the good Mexicans, when the flag of insurrection was once more raised in a remote corner of the South, and Don Juan Alvarez proclaimed such subversive principles, as to be disowned by ,~very calm and moderate man. · The Supreme Government knew well that the clements of discord were eoncc11lratcd al Zaealecas and fixed its ey1·:s on that spot. Few days elapsed before its apprehensions were realized. The Authorities of that State, under fallacious pretences, have broken the l,oll(ls of their plcd~ed obedience, and declared themselves Sup<:rior to the General Powers of the Republic. . Under tlwse circumstances, the Comman<hng General of
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