compoi,;e Lhat Gowrnmenl an~ Lhe sinc(:rc friends of T(:jas an<l their gn'.akst glory will consist in rcnd«·ring you th(~ first SLale in the Union. Fellow citizens of Tcjas! J again repeal arouse yourselves, galhc~r round your Governor-sustain him against every effort of Despotism and oprcssion, and calculate with certainty on all the happiness thaL can be insured by liberal institutions an<l a liberal administralion. Many powerful States of the Union are with you-The mass of the nation is galling under the yoke of aristocratic and fanatic Lyranny, and the problem must not be solved whiLher we an~ to live as freemen or co11Li11ue Lo exist as Slaves, under military despotism.
Coahuiltexanus
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[BODINE to RUEG]
[John Bodine, Alcalde, San Augustine, lo Henry Rueg, Political Chief, Nacogdoches, April l 6, 1835, reporting a rumor of impending Indian hostilities.]
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[LIBERTY RESOLUTIONS]
Department of Nacogdoches J misdiction of Liberty. We the members of the Ayunlamiento of Liberty having been informed of the difficulties existing between some merchants and the Collector of the Maritime, Custom House at Galveston in relation to the collection of duties imposed on foreign wares, goods and merchandise, and being desirous to put a speedy period lo these dissensions, we have therefore in conformity to the 156th article of the State Constitution thought proper to issue this manifesto, indicating to all the good people of this jurisdiction that a proper obedience lo the laws is the first duty of a good citizen, that every nation enjoys the undoubted right to establish its own system of revenue, that the revenue laws like all other political laws are to be respected by those who come within the legitimate scope of their action, and although these laws may be unwise yet to rt!Sist them by
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