[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834] Page: 4 of 5
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ywa to the repeal of the law of the 6th April, 1830.
?*** the .t.to gov.^e.t tee, *. h-y. .urolv received
.f the -ne.t liberal character. It he. e.tebli.hed the trial by
Jury, It he* ergani.ed a .ourt .p..telly for Bex*., and if it **,
^t a we, the do.ired end, it i. net the fault ef the legi.latu...
But, f.llo-.itl.en., there are ether l^pert^t and intoro.ti^
pent, ef vie* in .hi.h *. ^.h te preeent thi. .ubje.t, St*ph*.
P. Auetia ... di.pat.hed by the eenventien e. an agent te the gen.
***1 gevemment, fer the pmp... .f procuring . State Oevenment
f.r Te*.,. He he. di.eharged hi. dutie. aealeu.ly, faithfully,
fearlee.ly. Thi. feet i. hne*n t* _
***** ** ****? Per three month.
.le.ely o^finod, in the damp, of . mi.erably filthy dung^n, do.
privod ef the ...i.ty ef hi. friend., and d^ied the ef
th- light ef Heaven. Hi. health ha. been much i-parod, end . .p^dy
rel...e i. abMlately neee...ry, in .11 h*man probability, te
preserve hi. life.
It *. the duty of the .genUe .erve hi. constituent, with
.eel end fidelity. It i. equally the duty ef the .en.tltuent. te
M.t*in, -uppe*t and protect their .gent. The.o .sex*, dutie.,
.e believe, have 3b.on thu. far reciprocally di.eharged, end oJr
agent ha. a fair pro.poet to be ep-oedily roloa.ed. Wo eannot then
believe that the people ef Te**. .an bo .o ungrateful, that they
e*n .o tar forget their dutie. te thea.olve., and to Au.tin a. t+
invite diffieultie., which mu.t prove fatal to hi. liberty, per.
hap. hi. life.
But *6*in, whan a country i. in a pro.p.rou., flourishing cn-
dition-when the people are ...tented and happy...hen ail .re in-
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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/m1/4/?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.