~'\,·.-\Yt' eonfr:::: ii lo rn11. ~ir. wilhoul hlu::hi112:, thal we du nol . . 1·0111prl'lwnd lhc trut' meaning of lhosr phrases, nor how lhey l'011ld ht' applit•1l lo our h11111ble prod11el ions. Y 011, sir, who peruse all our papl'r::. will have J)l'tTrived Lhat Lhcy conlain iclcas upon g1•1wral nrnllt'r::, whil'l1 nt'ver can be clwraclcrised, juslly, as Ihose ,·it't':: you ha,·t' clr::ignalecl. 4. The public peace having bern disturbed by Vital Fernandrz. and Lojero. ha:: ~riven us cause lo express, wilh energy, our indignation for lhe aLrrralions and iniquity of those men, who allemplcd lo recluee the people of this stale to a horde of slaves. We could 1101 ha\'e omilted doing so wiLhoul degrading our dignily a:: men, and withoul ,·iolaling our duty as public wrilers, and prompted by both of those principles, we are determined not Lo n:erde a slep in Lhc career we have commenced. IL Lhis Lhen, General, i:: what you include in what you are pleased lo call, '·odious questions;· it is indispensable Lo continue them,-calling the attention of the Government Lowarcls Lhem, until the remedy is oblained. In such circumstances as Lhose, in which Tamaulipas is placed, being only a subject Lo Lhe insolence of a Tyrant, there are but Lwo ways left for her to pursue. * * * * *,You know Lhem both, and you see. thaL Lhe worsl one against tyranny has not been adopted: a remonstrance has been made Lo Lhe Governmenl, and as yet the people have nol resorled Lo extremity. 5. This stale, without conlradietion, is content wiLh a moderate liberty, ancl has neither a said, nol wanted, any thing more: iL respects the laws and Lhe [ illegible l aulhorilies, hut al this lime iL is not known where Lhe one or Lhe olher exisls. The f11ncitionary who breaks Lhe law, deslroys the titles to his authority, and wherewithal does he prelend lo continue it'? The act!' of Don Vital Fernandez-Lhose of the Legislature diclaled by him-those of so many olhcr magistrales, who are acting in conc<·rn with the one calling himself Governor, and the resolutions of Lhc Legislative cl11li-can lhey l,c called and considered as acls of the Laws? and, nolwiLhsLanding all Lhis, do the people of Tamaulipas not obey lhcm't conlenling themselves Lo remonstrate to Lhe General Governmcnl, in a manner which proves thaL this people, tlw mosl milrl upon the face of Lhe earth, nol only clesire a mod1:ralc lilwrLy, but have cv,~11 the palicncc Lo Loleralc Lhe mosl orwrous Lyranny cnlhroncd in Lhcir very bosom. 6. In order nol Lo divcrl you from your imporlanl
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