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accepted, and that he be requested to repair immediately to Velasco or any other point, and wait upon General Mexia with a copy of the Resolutions passed this day, requesting General Mexia to proceed to Bexar and accompany the expe- dition, and extend all the aid in his power, with authority to draw on this Government for any amount of money neces- sary in forwarding the objects of said Resolutions. Passed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 10, 1835.
JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C.
E. M. PEA.BE,
Sec'y of Gen. Council. Approved, December 12, 1835.
HENRY SMITH,
Governor.
A Resolutionfor calling a Convention. · By the laws of Creation and Nature, all men are free ancJ, equal, and of these natural rights no man can be forcibly de- prived of the principles of immutable justice: a desire for domination and power in man over his fellow man, subjects the weak and unambitious to the machinations of the more subtle ann strong-to avoid such evils social compacts or Gov- ernments are formed for i:µutual and individual protection;- to this end each member of a community su_rrenders certain of his natural rights for common security;-thus, of neces- sity, all the legitimate powers of any Government are im- mediately derived from the governed. The people are so,- ereign, and all the officers designated for the execution of their civil compact are agents and accountable for their fidelity:-when such agents assume the · character of prin- cipals or dictators, and attempt of their own will to subvert the form and true principles of the Governmental Compact and substitute another without the consent of the par- ties whose agents they are, resistance from the people is necessary and a virtue: in this situation are the citizens of Texas and a considerable portion of the Mexican Re- public, of which Texas is a part-resistance is, therefore,
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