proceedings of that 11\eeting, generally & that this resolution, be appendccl lo the circular adopted lo the different municipalities. 13y order of the Committee D. C. 13arrell Prest.
f329l [WILLIAi\lSON ADDRESS.I
Address of R. M. Williamson, Chairnrn11 of the 11\eeting at San Felipe, June 22, 1835.
To the People of Texas: "Uniteel we stand, divided we fall."
The undersigned as Chairman of the i\ileeling of San Felipe, helcl on the 22nd ult. lo consider of Lhe situation of Texas, and the means lo be acloplcd for the public safely, has been instructed lo address you in explanation of the views of Lhat meeting, and of Lhe situation in which they consider the country Lo be now placed. For my own part, 1 have no desire to appear before you, expressing my individual opinions, and I speak Lo you, not only of my own senlilllenls and feelings, but those of a meeting respectable alike for ils numbers, and Lhe individuals composing it. Whal I shall say, 1 religiously believe, and what that meeting did was induced solely from disinterested and patriotic motives. I have been your fellow citizen for years, and you cannot believe that I am influenced by speculation. On the Honor of a man I assure you that I have all to lose, and nothing to gain by the disturbances of our country; and I am in no way connected wither with the speculation or the speculators. Fellow-Citizens-you are in the midst of a revolution, that threatens your deslruclion and without knowing il, you stand on a precipice that crumbles beneath you and which every moment threatens Lo precilipale you in the abiss below.- You arc lullccl lo sleep in Lhe belief that speculation alone has crcatecl the present excitement. But be entreated no longer lo indulge in this dangerous l,dief, liul lo examine for yourselves the true situation of affairs.- Examine for yourselves the late movements of the General Government. Look into their ulterior
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