The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-03
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
on Isdiss Fighters Called to Aees
% October.
PEsuAr Of s0AE TEXAS history
xstes sf the D~partseats-Tsx Rolls
vs,ex.-Chsrsers Issses-Poiiti-
cal GsssIp-Notss.

AwH1. Texas. rfyifnnurh
~ circular 10 seHexrsanasorT;
re xouzr,sstse 10 whom was REFERRED W.
nav a. addressing The osi estIes.s o.
%x.s. Who performed duty sgasrst 'H@
iatans ana oshsrs. rcpors as fc.soEH
.Tns territory Of TEXAS, Ia early 's'1e
MS .he starapsng grounds Of large eoalts
rndssns They wsre 5ora poSssoSs A1fA
bs tsvsIlress settlers Who bad ezfi ING"
~ in the country. TbsY were Hnirses1'y 70
,he whites. Having zgcassed 10 s1fso-A
seeslonA Of Texas. sheT detinsd ssaef Do'n :
dArsen. Originally the C0s1sasssa are re-
ported to have elalned shss side o. sse $50
Grzrae 20 a certain eKtent- ia 1888 The
writer sasx CoznAacbes IN san Augustine
Eastern Texas ThsT rere trading ihe
sea ss,as. u Texas was snsesisd ~ tne
KaranxEes. |. bspo5tniEsty ;gise. but 10
most t1gruIsssse b&nd wsFs the Cicero
kcesz and their ecnfsteraiex. T1ey settled
IL Ezsterr Texas. nsar Naeogaoenes. and
taey og,sained permission fs0En ihs govern
rae1t e Mexico 10 occupy he land, ssi
title 10 fhe sAass mas refused. They acre
usereIy tenants at viii. IL 1884, Eaen
Texas Declared hsf ladep@adenee Of Mex
ico. the Consultation" IL Texas Feat cen-
erzl Houston and Co!oaei fG6es 30 las
Chesukeea 10 secure ,le!r neutrality q tae
war between Mexico and Teyas nrf itey
made trea,v sisA these iH1,sls Gss. siat-
lax their ownership 10 a certain seose 81
TERRITORY.
The convention Of Texas met al Wzsa-
ingcoa On the lsTzIoE March !, is55. Lut
They failed 10 rai.EY the Chsfosee Us9iyi
the conxresS 0. tbs republic Of Te1As n5fer
aa,cEoFe1 a. The Cafio&sea sgis frsca
20 have applied tho ion.4aaNE TO soB1er.
and children and dGFsng the yesg lsSs
they were beaten and Driven rom Ierss.
Their teaancr a. Will ceased and j gz-ijori
a them seen=ned 10 ths Indian Territory,
where they properly belonged
TIE cofsaac1es were formerly friends 10
the people NJ Texas. bat they we're found
10 b. treAeheruaS aaa unsricndiy- They
committed degTeda,i0as and made DFison-
ira o. TEXAS efsslarsp. In 1850 they inel
The Texas authorities ~ San Antonio aud
psosmlae1 10 hrsag Ia ard deliver all thsir
white pr.ssEses2. They Dropghg &ssS Ma
tilda Lockha.t ard asserted positively TIA:
she vas The only pTa9o1eg 81 tbeir iNRses-
sio3- MiKs Lockbsri declared tsiia false
erd asserted that there we're Others Ia tie
cafuss The c1ietE engaged Ia Tue talk
we're tod they would b. held uaill ,hc
other uFikoners IN their camps eefe
brought 10 Saa Antonio and delivered 10
the Tsxaua This declaration caused Al
instant fgbs. III Hkipa ths comarchss leA'
th5rtY-seyeu. and The Texans eight Ths
ofacsrs os Texas hoiding tnss conferences
were General Meisod and oshtgs,
Some davx thereafter several Texas frt1.
ooarx we're brouEh. into San Anlonio b,
al Faxu...i
long and bloody par The citizens ca kes
river Nera frequently % the aHrpAih Thcl
Furnished sssne potable leaders. lat wSG
OF Eozee prevents tho RAINING OF thsS3 si
fieicnt aud pAtE.o,ic rlefa-
The people Of TeIkS were made sufferer
Ia there warn uaiil nc2r l.so. They iir0a'
os,t o. an occasions left their families ex
Josed TO dangers and frequently 10 hard
Ksssns T'aey Furnished themselves, the,
performed their duty fully and ably {
fhesr fellow citizens. and their country
Frequently they received no pay and ask,
mona They knew safety 10 themselYc
and lheiF families consisted IN going
the front and engaging ihs savage war
Ilorz ~ho lowered around the settlement
10 Kill men and carry women and chlidre
into captivity more horrible than death
These Texans w.so me; all the require
ments Of citizens and soldiers who yea liy
are requested 80 meet in Austin GA the II
day OF October. 1897. to exchange sroetiGl
with men who. like them. stood Mp 40
fought fer Texas In the dark hours
her infancy when danger and death luits
covertiy at every mans door.
Come. Il may be our last nesting
earth.
win Lambert. ] s. Ford, r. v. Lul
book. ". NJ. Kenney, J. w. B!ccke
Julius Schuetzc. committee.
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