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commit hostilities against the citizens of the United States of America, in any manner whatsoever." This thirty-third article also contained a reciprocal extradition clause. William Malloy (compiler), T1·eatise, Conventions, International Acts, etc., B6tween the United States and Othe1· Powers, Senate Doc. No. 357, 61st Cong., 2d Sess., pp. 1095-1096. To IsAAc PARKER l San Augustine, Texas, 5th Oct, 1835. Dear Sir- At your request I hand you a memorandum, that you may be informed of our situation. War in defence of our rights, our oaths, and ou1· constitutions is inevitable, in Texas! If voliinteers from the United States will join their brethren in this section, they will receive liberal bounties of land. We have millions of acres of our best lands unchosen and unap- propriated. Let each man come with a good rifle, and one hundred rounds of ammunition, and to come soon. Our war-cry is "Liberty or death." Our principles are to support the constitution, and down with the Usurper ! ! ! Your friend Sam Houston To Isaac Parker/ Esq. present. [P. S.] We have no time to make any comments. The people of the United States will respond to the call of their brethren in Texas! 1 Arkansas Gazette, October 27, 1835. Lexington Observer and Kentucky Repo1·te1·, November 4, 1835. The Commonwealth, November 7, 1835. The following paragraphs prefaced this letter in the Arkansas Gazette: "Front the Red River Herald Extra--Oct. 7. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS!!!! WAR IN TEXAS-General Cos landed near the Mouth of the Brasos with 400 Men. "Isaac Parker has just arrived from Texas, bringing the intelligence that Gen. Cos has landed near the mouth of the Brasos with 400 men, with the intention of joining the 700 Federal troops stationed at San Antonio de Bexar, and marching upon the people of Texas. He has issued his procla- mation 'declaring that he will collect 1·evenue, disarm the citizens, establish a military government, and confiscate the property of the rebellious.' Messrs. Johnson and Baker bore the express from San Felipe to Nacogdochcs. Stephen F. Austin has written to several citizens of Nacogdoches that a resort to arms is inevitable.