consequent on Lhe arrest of the land speculators & cor:·upt officers of tho slate government. Mr. G. has also with him the latest Mexican papers, all of which express a decidedly friendly disposition towards the people of Texas; from these your secretary, i\lr. Bunton, has made copious ex tracts, which precludes the necessity of our entering into a detail of their contents, he has also copies of letters received lately from Judge Chambers, and Mr. Smith of Bexar, which will give you all the information that this commillee are possessed of. 111 the present attitude of affairs when the community is agitated hy a thousand contradictory reports, & Demagogues are busily engaged in circulating reports calculated lo mislead the people, and hurry them into rash and precipiale measures, it appears lo this commillee lo be a mailer of vital importance that a CONVENTION be immediately called, so that the feeling of the people may be known on the subjects that now engross and agitate the minds of all men and that by a formal investigation of circumstances, the hur then may be laid on the shoulders of those who have been the ORIGINATORS of the disturbances. The committee arc of opinion that it is most expedient that the call for a Convention should be made by the municipality of i\lina; and it is the opinion of this committee that by despatching rnnners lo the different municipalities a convention might be called together in 15 or 20 days;- should you think it expedient lo go into this measure, and the commillee doubt not that its importance will strike you al once, you may depend upon the hearty co-operation of this municipality. It is also the opinion of this committee that the place appointed or the meeting of the CONVENTION should be without the bounds of the San Felipe Junlo. In relation lo the expedition to the Indian village, we can only say that you may depend on our hearty concurrence.
Respect f u II y, Wm. J. Fisher, Pres. Com. Safety.
To the com. of safety for Mina. The above a true copy. J.W.B.
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