these Slates, had the murlil'icalio11 lo learn that. in Lite Capital of Coal111ila and Texas, cum huslihlc materials were heing gal hercd, lo be used agninst the Supreme Govcrnmcnl, under the same pre- tenses, ,md appari~nlly fur the same purposes as in Zacalccas. Tlw same person who influenced the Legislalur«~ for ohlaining the m(:mora hie Decrees of I 8:3:t has been called lo the head of lite Gov1:mme11t; the Hon Congress enact.eel a law for the alienation of 400 leag1ws ut' I.ind in Texas, without complying with the general laws, and pruhahly, with an intention to please tlw colonists, and secure their assistance i11 the contemplated 011thrcak; an insult has hecn committed against our national honor, in allc111pling, although. in vnin, lo prevent the troops of the Union from laking up their quarlcrs al Manclova; prohably because tl1esc watchful sentinels over the conduct of cerlain persons were ohnoxious: they affected their disrei•ard for the law of Mnrch ;31st, lnsl, lo reduce Militia, hy ~ . arming the greatest number possible of men, thus depriving this growin~ agricultural country from its indispensable arms. Senor Gomez found a sheltering place al Monclova, 011 his t'Scape from the R(~puhlic; a threatening manifesto was published against the local Militia; other attempts were made, and finally, the aulhorilics of Coahuila & Texas believing that the time has come lo fix the allcntio11 of the Supreme Government, have ordered the militia conccnlraled at Monclova to take the field, on prclc11cc of pacifyi11~ the Department of Saltillo. For shame to the Coahil-Texans, two or three designing and naturally turbulent foreigners, somewhat crafty i11 their machina- tions, have set the Stale in combuslio11, and consider as possihle the realization of their plots, as tortuous as th('y are of a difficult execution, and pn~sumc lo cnvolvc in their iksi~ns the honest Colonists of Texas who, from inclinalion as w,~11 as inlcrest, have always remained faithful to the Supreme Government. To seduce the new set tiers, they have cxag:cralcd their si-luation, and would make them believe that the Nation has 1101 power enough lo crush them in case of a11 oullircak. How mislakt~ll Llwy arc! The Commanding General observing llw peculiar diaracler of lhc revolution in Coahuila, which envolv,~s new id,•a::; oh11oxi11us to every Mexican, has endt~avorcd, since the bq~innin~, to avl'rl it-. conseq11c11ccs through pn~caulionary mcasun·s whil'h. for a mo- nwnt, disconc,~rtcd lhc pro1110krs of the 111ov1·11wnl. I have already su~cstcd lo llis E.w, llw Gov1·rnor :-onw me.istm~s whereby lhc evib Ihat Lhrcalc11 tilt' Stah· may lw n·mov(•d. IHtl it', unfurt1111atcly, the voice of r,·ason is not· lwt'dl'd. and
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