d1arad1•1-. I 1·onl'l11dccl I would give you :-u111cthi11g lo du in a h·i::ur1• mumt•nt- God spt·t·d you in your labours- Tell tlw boys howd1·, hup1· lo bt' with you all soon.- F. \V. Johnson C. Bordl'n Jnr. Esqr. 1.-\cldressed: J Gail Borden Jnr. Esqr. Sanfelepc de Austin
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The Constitutional Governor of the Stale of Coahuila and Texas to its Inhabitants
Gr.11ero11s Fr.How Citizens.
~othing is more reasonable than that I should address you al the moment in which by your suffrages i am placed al Lhe head of the Administration of the Stale. I am about tu consummate the sacrifice which I have made to you of my incli11alions, of my desires, and of my private comfort. Under circumstances less -peculiar nothing would have been sufficient Lo have drawn me from the peaceful retirement in which I enjoyed the tranquility and pleasures afforded by an innocent family whose education and well-being exclusively occupied my time: but your will designated me as the depositary of your most precious interests. You strnggled in your might against power, overcome perils, and obtained your desires. The heroism, the generosity and Lhe firmness of your character will in their Lime occupy a brilliant page in the national history, and so much virtue and so much merit should not be answered by me with an ungrateful renunciation which would paralize your exertions. Now you have me in the capital, obedient to your call, already I find myself under the necessity of manifesting lo you what are to be the go\'crning principles and rule_s of my aclministralio11. ~cvrr did a governor find himself hound lo tlw governed by slrong1!r li1~s than those which unite me with you, hcsidt!S those which an! 1;0111111011, gratiudc excited and so specially compromised impo~1:s on me the most sacred duties, and oblig1'.s me nol lo reserve what I ccd1~ on your account, even though amongst the
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