[Transcript of Address to the the People of Texas by the Central Committee, October 28, 1834] Page: 1 of 5
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V
TO THE PUBLIC
At e Netting ef the Cent*** Committee held In the Town ef Sen
Felipe da Auttin en the 88th. Oeteber 1934.
MEMBERS PRESENT!
JAMBS B. MILL R, . WYLY MARTIN,
ROBERT PEBBLES, WILLIAM PBTTUS,
TRAVIS, WILLIAM H. JACK,
FRANCIS We JOHNSON*
The fallowing eddreet te the people ef Texte *** untnlaoualy
(tdoptedt***-
FELLOW CITIZENS:—
It la due to you and to ourselves, te declare, that at
this time* wo should not have convened or addressed you, but that
a call from the ^olttloal Chief of this department has boon made
in such a manner that we oannot do otherwise than answer it**-
The Central Committee was raised by the Convention for the
puppose of guarding the people of Texas from any impending danger
and we would be the most troche reus sentinels indeed, if we did
not wam you of the consequent ruiA, whioh would result, by follow*
ing the weak eousels of some, or adopting the violent, reckless,
ambitious views of ethers.
The people has boon oallod upon by the Political Chief of
the Department ef Brazos, to adept a government ef their own* And
what hind ef Government doea he prep$§w? and what would be the a**
consequence resulting from it*
we ask you te read carefully his adress of the 80th. October
1834, and your own good sense will suggest the answer. This plan
la surely well calculated to produce disunion among ourselves, to
arouse the dormant jealousies of the Government, and to convict
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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/m1/1/: 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.