[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834] Page: 3 of 5
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e.n.titutional me..ur.a .htuld be sd.pt.d for the parp... .b.
taining it,
la thl. d.ci.i.n we .re flraly fi*.d, aad w. f.ndly fi.tt.r
*nr*.lv.., th.t an everwhalaing ^j.rlty of th* people .y ?.**,
will *u*t*ln M. The pl*n of .rgtnialng, a. ree.mnend.d by th*
.hlof, to *. to he fraught with May *vH,. It ^ataia. pria-
.ipl*. *f a rewolutieaary character, and *.uld be ..rtain t. ^*da*.
K*w!iKiSwt*b^.Se d*Prlo*t... it
in * MMm** contrary t* the latter and .pint of the .tat. and fhd-*
.r*l ..n.titution., it would produee anarchy aad c.nfu.i.n, by Mng-
iag u. ia dire.t Mlli.ie. with the .t.t. and federal g.,em=.nt.,
*ad la . *hert time we .hould have a. government .t .11. if th...
f..t. be true, allow u. t* you a. ..a, a. hu.b*ad., .. f.tt***,
t? yen .r. prepared heedlea.ly t*ra.h forward ia . .our*., the tor-
ala*ti.n .f which My involve year country .? adoption, in .11 the
harmr. ef a eiwil war? Are you propar d te plunge y*u*.elv.. Md
aountry late revolution, to imbue you hand, ia the bleed *f yw
brethren, *ad fia.lly to be expelled from the land to .hioh we or.
.11 .tt..hed by <u.h^t^ng*-*M tl..t if y.u .re, the* adopt the
pl*a tuggo.ted, .ad *w havetoo much rea.on to fear that our <tatiei-
p.ti.a. *111 be realized.
But from the information which wo havyad which eaa be relied
*a with confidence, we a*.ure you that the feeling, of the feder-
al government, particularly tho.o of th* Fre.ideat, are of th* *e*
favourable character toward. Tex... *. .re a.wured ef thi. f..t
by our representative (<h. Au.tia) .ad the advice .Meh ha „.t
..rne.tly pre..e. upon ua, to be peaceful and quiet, and te adept
M war motto, 'the constitution and l.wa, .)n)u am)
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[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834], text, October 28, 1834; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217630/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.