[3171 [RAGUET to ANAI-IUAC CITlZENSJ
[H. S. Raguel, Nacogdoches, lo the citizens of Anahuac, July 3, 1835, calling for the election of officers and the organizing of a militia. J
[3181 [RUEG lo AYUNTAMlENTOJ
Chieftancy of the Department of Nacogdoches
Fellow Cilizens On my return a few clays since lo the discharge of my duties as Chief of Department I find the aspect of our political affairs such as to render il my duly lo adopt lhis method to communicate with my fellow citizens of the Department. In consenting to accepl the responsible office which I hold I did it with great diffidence and with the strongest desire to discharge the duties appurlaining lo il to the greatest possible advantage for the country. The good of the country of our adoption has been the ruling principle of my official conduct and believing as I now do that we have great reason to apprehend clangers of a serious nature I feel it my duty to communicate to the people a short and plain statement of facts as they are before me; and here l find much difficulty as the most of the information I have is nol official but derived from rumour. It seems from all I can hear that rapid changes are being effected in the form & principles of our General Government, and lhal means of a hostile and violent character have been resorlecl lo for the purpose of exacting obediance lo these changes Large boclies of troops of whose intentions we arc not salisfactorily informed arc wilhin the limils of our State; the Governor of our Stale wilh some of the Representatives in Congress arc seasccl and imprisoned under the direction of Military Commanders; our mails are sloppccl or what amounts lo the same thing we do not receive one word of official news from the Interior. This stale of thin~ must create in the minds of every citizen of Texas great anxiety and suspense and we do nol know how many clangers of the most :wrious nature arc approaching us.
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