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the object of the meeting by the chair on motion of Geo W Fulton a committee of five was appointed to draft and report a series of reso- lutions expressive of the sense of this meeting where upon Col James Power Geo W Fulton Edward 'Fits Gerald Joel T. Case and R C Jackson were appointed said committee and on motion of Col J Power Co,l H L Kinney was added to said committee. The meeting was then ably addressed by several gentlemen after which on motion of Joel T. Case Esq the meeting adjourned to meet on Monday Evening the 17 Jun [e] inst at 8 O'clock- At 8 Oclock on l\Ionday Evening the l\Ieeting met pursuant to ad- journment when Joel T Case Esqr from the Committee reported the following preamble and resolutions which 'were unanimously adopted Whereas the Custom House for the Entry of Goods in the Bay of Aransas has been recently removed as it is understood by the authority of the present Executive from the City of Aransas on Live Oak Point, to a place opposite called Lamar, a place unapproachable by Vessels drawing seven feet water within three quarters of a mile of the shore, and moreover affording an insecure anchorage to vessels during a stress of weather from any point of compass except the North to a place located on land previously titled to another person and entirely aside from the Natural channel of trade now about to be open~d with the Mexicans and setlers in the county and whereas for the last twelv!l,. months the City of Aransas on Live Oak Point has been known and acknowledged as the port of entry on this Bay and as such many of us the oldest citizens and the Earliest setters of Texas have stood ready in times of threatened danger to defend it and the revenus of the of the [sic] country with our lives and our humble fortunes in our hands- And whereas this point has the advantage of an Excel- ent Harbour and ancporage sheltered from the force of the winds in Every direction. with seven feet water within one hundred yards of shore and the place having a direct communication with the western portion of Texas and the · Mexican frontier without the interposition of impassable streams. and comparatively secure from l\Iolestation by the hostile Indians that range through the region of country between this Bay and the mountains- The place seeming to be destined by a natural train of events up to this time to become at no distant period the great commercial Emporium of western Texas without having re- course to the miserable shifts of modern puffing and without calling to its aid the affiliation of dignataries or a lengthened vocabulary of agencies in foreign lands therefor-Resolved that in our opinion the removal of the Custom House as aforesaid is in direst opposition to the wishes and interests of the country at large and to those the citi- zens of Refugio County in particular and is an arbitrary streach [stretch?] of power and favoritism not to be borne tamely by the citi- zens of a free Republick Resolved that we deem it a duty we owe ourselves our fellow citizens and the country of our adoption to set this matter forth publickly in its true light that it may be seen to what a pass rulers miiy be brought
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