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Meeting in Texas.
At meeting of the citizens of Matagorda
county, held at the Lafayette Academy, in the
city of Matagorda, on the LIST day of July, A. D.
1850, on motion of the Hon. M. TALBOT, Cap,air
JonN RUGELEY, called to the chair, and
HENRY THoRr, esqs., appointed Secretary
The objects Of the meeting were explained by
the Chairman in few neat and appropriate re
marks.
On motion Of Hon. M. TALBOT, the Chairman
appointed James C. Wilson, esq. Hon. M Tai
hot, Col. John l.. Thorp General John w. Cor
don, and Col. Henry Jones, committee to draw
up series Of resolutions expressive Of the senti
ments of the citizens of Matagorda county, on the
interference Of the General Government in the or.
ganization Of the county of Santa Fe, by the
Commissioner of the State of Texas
The following Preamble and Resolutions were
then reported by their Chairman, James C. Will
son, esq, and unanimously adopted.
PREAMBLE.
Whereas, We hold that the rights of Texas to
the whole territory contained within those limits
claimed and established by her during her exist
ence as an independent nation, and recognized and
acknowledged by the United States in the Articles
of Annexation, is clear and unquestionable
find Whereas, The county Of Santa Fe, being
part and parcel of the said territory, is now occu
pied by military force, claiming to hold the same
adverse to the State of Texas, and protesting to
exercise exclusive civil and military jurisdiction
and government over the same. Therefore,
BE It Resolved LIST. By the citizens of Matagorda
county, In primary meeting assembled, that we
look upon the adverse occupation of the county of
Santa Fe by military force, and their resistance
OF the authorities of the State of Texas as an
oppressive usurpation; and that having once
striven even unto blood for the establishment Of
our liberties and sovereign independence, we will
not now tamely submit to military misrule or
usurpaton, or to palpable injustice, oppression,
and disgrace, in any form or from any source, but
will, by every means within our power, resist the
same to the best Of our ability
RESOLVED 2,d That when Texas, by the Articles
of Annexation, coded to the General Government
her national revenues, her national defences, and
even her independent national existence, she did
not grant to the United States-much less to the
President and his Cabinet-any power to dspOs-
sess her of her domain, but entered the Coincide
racy with her limits well defined and guaranteed
and with all the rights and privileges Of a sover-
elgn State; and that any act of the General Gov
eminent, by which she is Invested of the soyer-
eighty of any portion Of her domain, can only be
regarded as hostile invasion and ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Resolped 3D.. That while we have every conf
dence in the honor and justice of our sister States
and cheerfuly acquit them Of any design to in
suit our weakness, destroy our sovereignty, or
dismember our State, we hold the acts of the
United States military officers in Santa Fe, in re-
slsting the attempts of our State authorities to
extend our laws and resume our jurisdiction over
that county, and especially the driving off our
Commissioner with threats of imprisonment if he
proceeded to assert the sovereignty of the State Of
Texas over said county, and their convocation of
Convention at the town of Santa Fe, within our
State for the formation ola Constitution for State
to be composed in part of our said county Of Santa
Fe, to be insulting oppressive, and tyrannica sub
Verslve OF our rights, derogatory to the honor,
and destructive to the sovereignty of our State
That no alternative is left us but to Roreso all
claim to the character of freemen or resist; that
we cannot submit to insult, oppression, and tyr
amy, under any, or in any shape, but will resist
the same to every extremity, and by every means
which God has placed within our reach
Resolved 4th. That if the said military officers
have acted under any instructions from any of the
departments Of the General Government, we hold
the same to be illegal, unconstitutional, null and
void, and by no means the acts Of the Government
OF the United States, but simply the illegal, unau-
ihorized, and oppressive doings of the individuals
from whom they emanated, and, therefore, SO far
as they conflict with the reserved rights Of the
State of Texas, to be resisted.
Resolved 5fh. That il is the sense of this meet
ing that such Of the citizens of the State Of Texas
resident IN the county Of Santa Fe, az may have
resisted, or may hereafter resist the lawful au-
thorities of the said State, are in State of rebel
hon against the said State, and subject to the pains
and penalties attached TO that Offences and that all
persons, civil or military, within said county Of
Santa Fe, not citizens Of the State of Texas who
have resisted, or may resist, the sovereign power
of said State over said county, are alien enemies
of the State of Texas.
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this meeting, it is the duty of the Government to
exercise without delay, the power in him vested
by the Constitution, to suppress rebellion in the
county Of Santa Fe, and to put down all seditious
opposition to the sovereignty of the State over
that portion Of her territory; and we hereby
pledge ourselves to sustain him therein to the eX-
tent of our power.
RESOLVED 18th. That we would respectfully sug-
gest to the people of every county i'm the State |
mot in rebellion against the State Government to
convene primary meetings to consider of the crisis
that has come upon us, and take such action as
their wisdom and patriotism may suggest, and the
pressing exigences of the times may require.
Resolved 9Th. That the Hon. Voney Z. How
ard, our Representative in Congress, be requested
to use all means TO ascertain what instructions the
Executive of the United States has given to the
military governor of Santa Fe in reference to the
formation Of Territorial Government adverse
tn the claims and sovereignty Of the State Of
Texas. T.
Resolved 9th. That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Colorado Tribune, and
that every paper in Texas, true to the best inter-
ests of the State, be requested to copy the same,
and that copies be forwarded to his Excellency,
the Governor of the State Of Texas, and to our
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
JOHN RUGELEY, Chairman.
HENRY THoRP, Secretary.
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