have Lo call upon you lo furnish me a horse and rigers, as I know that you have 11 good horse-you will send me an answer so soon as possible if you have not an opcrlunily sooner come over on Saturday next yourself where you will sec the people and here the conclusions. I would also wish you lo make the thing as public as possible in your neighbourhood and request there your friends and acquaintances lo come Lo Mr. Walkers on salurday next. I think it actually necessary that we should turn out as our frontiers is doubllcss in extreme dang1:r.
With Respect Your Friend & wellwishcr I. 0. Lynch
[Addressed: l Mr. Elexander Brown Esqr. i\'lill Creek al Home
I 411 J [WILLIAMS to PUBLlCj
To Lhe People of Texas.
In appearing before the public al this Lime, I am stimulated by a desire lo remove unfounded impressions, and lo endeavor by a brief statement of facts to convince the people of Tcxa:s, that no wish or intention of mine has ever Leen lo war with their best interests, or with the best interests of the country as has been surmised, on account of my becoming a purchaser of a part of the 400 leagues of land which the Government of the Stale was authorised Lo dispose of by the decree of the legislat11re of the 14th of March last past; and also lo deny my having agency directly or indirectly in the passage of the law. 1 was an entire stranger to every member of the Legi~lature al the lime of my arrival in Monclova (only 2 wet'ks anterior lo Lhc lime the law was passed) with the exception of ~Ir. Carabajal' who did nol arrive al lhal place, until about tlw 10th uf the month, lhre1! of four clays previous to lht> pa&:al!l' of lht· law. the mcmhcrs from l.h<~ difforcnl Departments of tlw Stale were mo:-tly strnngcrs lo orw anotlwr: th1! hody was compo:-ed uf new nwmht•~:,:
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