The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 226
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226 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
After the taking of Nacogdo'ches the town becaome the headquar-
ters of the invaders. There the firal organization was completed;
Lieutenant Mlagee, who had resigned his commission in the United
States 'army, ,was elected colonel with the chief command, though
Gutierrez, for palpable reasons, bo-re the title of general.1 While
provisions were being collected 'and recruits mustered, the leaders
prepared alt least three ,distinct forms of proclamations which were
supposed to set forth their designs. They were in bad Spanish and
written, which probably makes a fiotion of the earlier report that
the insurrectioni;sts were possessed of a printing press. These inter-
esting papers bore the date of September 1, 1812, "the second year
of our independencee" and were issued from the "quarters of General
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez, colonel in the 'armies oaf the Republic of
Mexico, and repres-entiative to the government ,of the United States
of America, land commander-in-chief of the Army of the North."
One of the proclamations was issued speciallly to the soldiers and
citizens of San Antonio. It ran as follows :2
"Soldiers and citizens of San Antonio ,de Bexar: It is more than
a year since I left my country, during which time I have labored
indefatiguably for our good. I have o-vercame many difficulties,
have made friends and have obtained means to aid us in throwing
off the insulting yoke 'of the insolent delspotisim. Rise en masse,
soldiers and citizens; unite in the holly cause of our country ! Many
of our friends and countrymen have been unjustly slain by the sword
of the tyrant ! Their blosold cries aloud from the grave for venge-
ance! Their souls are before the throne of Gold, praying for revenge
and for our victories.
"I lam now marching to your succor with a respectable force of
American volunteers who have left their homes and families to take
up our cause, to fight for our 'liberty. They are the free 'descendants
'of the men who fought for the indep-endence of the United States;
they feel the force 'and worth of ,liberty as did their fathers in
the 'war with Great Britain; ,and as brothers and inhabitants of 'he
same continent they have drawn their swords wit h 'a hearty good
will in the defense of the cause of humanity, and in order to drive
the tyrannous Europe'ans beyond the Atlantic.
"Awake! Awake! IThink no mo-re of these tyrants who pretend
'Yoakum, I. 162.
2Proclamation, September 1, 1812; MS. Operaciones de Guerra (Man-
uel de ,Salcedo) 1. f. 203; IMexican Archives.
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