the public welfare rendered it indispensable, proceeded to choose and establish certain regulations, termed Organic Laws, to be a guide in the administration of a provisional government, to be committed to a Governor, Lieut. Governor, and a Council, composed of one member from each municipal dish·ict. Gen. Houston was made commander in chief of all the Texian forces. The duties of the government con- sisted principally in organizing an army, and its authority was limited to the time when a new Con- ven~ion should be held, to sit the l\Iarch following. Unfortunately for Texas, the Council was composed of men, some of whom had been in the country too short a time to have become acquainted with its true inter- ests, and who, even after their number was reduced, by the absence of members, to less than a quorum, planned and attempted to carry into execution, enter- prises and expeditions against the enemy; one, in particular, against :Matamoras. The Governor, believing that no good could result to the country from the acts of a Council whom he believed corrupt, and over whom he had no control by his right of veto, gave them notice that he should no longer hold official correspondence with them. They, in their turn, deposed the Governor, and caused him to be arrested for a libel, induced the Lieut.. Governor
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