de mi predileccion y amor hacia los Mejicanos.
Sirvase U admitir la protcsta de mi sincera y verdadera
amistad.
T. Jefferson Chambers
[512] [COLUl\'IBIA MEETING]
Meeting (Of August 15, 1835.) Al an adjourned meeting of the citizens of Columbia held in the town of Columbia, on Saturday the 15th clay of August, Wm. H. Wharton, Esq. was called lo the chair, and Wm. T. Austin appointed Secretary, when the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That a Consultation of all Texas, through her representatives is indispensable. Resolved, That a commillee composed of fifteen persons, to be called a Committee of safety and correspondence for the Jurisdiction of Columbia be elected and that they be instructed lo prepare an address to all the Jurisdiction of Texas requesting them to co-operate with us in the call of a consultation of all Texas. Resolved, That the Committee communicate with all Texas in the most prompt manner by sending confidential agents to each jurisdiction and that said committee keep the people correctly advised of all political intelligence of general interest and that they continue to act until displaced by the people or the consultation. Resolved, Thal we hold ourselves bound to pay our proportion of all expenses incurred by said Committee in sending expresses printing, &c. Resolved, That we invest the committee of safety and correspondence as our agents with full powers lo represent the Jurisdiction of Columbia, to use the most efficient means to call the consultation and to use all means in their power lo secure peace and watch over our rights. Resolved, Thal we will nol give up any individual lo the Miii Lary au Lhori lies. In compliance with the second resolution the following gentlemen were elected a cornmillee of safety and correspondence
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