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[Dear Sir:]
\Ve feel confident thal all the power of ~lexico could not oblige a i-in~le North American to pay a cenl of duly, or l.o leave the country or prevent others from coming in. The truth is, and they know it, that we can in one month after the landing in Texas of 5,000 troops, extinguish the whole of them, and think it only a pleasant and agreeable shooting excursion. The ,~xcilement on acco1111t of the late outrages, is very strong among the people, and the spirit of the country is up and stirring. Resolutions have been entered into by the eiti:1,ens of Anahaue, under the very nose of the governor, not to pay any duty, except tonnage, on any article imnorled. The collector was so fric•htened that he left the country r o . for Mexico, and he says if ever he comes hack as collector, it mus! he with a regiment of ~'h:xican soldiers and a sloop of war, to enable him to collect the duties.
[Unsigned J
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[ARREOLA to COS]
[ Vicente Arreola, Monclova, to Martin Perfecto de Cos, Matamoros, June 1, 1835, reporting that the governor and some Americans are enroule to Austin's Colony lo raise re\'olution against the governmen l.
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[A YUNTAi\lIENTO to PUBLIC]
June ht, lU35.
Department of Nacogdoches Jurisdiction of Liberty.-
The Ayuntamiento of Liberty, having Leen informed of the difficulties existing between some of the mer«'hanls and the Collector of the marili 1111~ Custom house of Galveston, in relation
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