Summary: Bastrop elected to represent the colony in State Congress. Has received the acta constitutiva.
San Felipe de AustinApril 20, 1824.
I received only yesterday your communication of the 18th of
March last, in which amongst other things, you instruct me to send
a certified power of the people of this Colony, appointing an elector
to proceed to the electoral meeting for electing a Representative in
the Legislature of the State, I lost no time in sending expresses in
every direction to obtain the votes of the Colonists, and I am
authorized by over one half of them to say to you that they have elected
the Baron de Bastrop, our Representative in the Most Excellent
Deputation, to be our elector for the above mentioned object. As
soon as I receive the votes of the others, I shall forward them to
the Government, for due authenticity. In the meanwhile, and at
the request of those who have already voted, I send to you the
inclosed power certified by the Alcalde of this District of San Felipe,
that of the Colorado, and myself, for the truthfulness of which we
are personally responsible. We can also assure you that the Baron
de Bastrop will be unanimously elected by the people of this
Colony. Time has not allowed me to do anything else because, is
I have already said, your communication was received yesterday
only; and I have thought advisable to avail myself of an occasion
offering to day for La Bahia, to report the subject to you, I have
received the Constitutive Act and the Law creating the Legislature
of this State; in Compliance with your order, I have appointed the
1st of May next for proclaiming and swearing to said Constitutive
Act with all the solemnity and enthusiasm required by that
important, and glorious subject, of which I shall give you a
circumstantial account by next occasion. There has been nothing new in
the Colony, since the encounter of a party of Karankauases some
time since, by some inhabitants of this Colony, which incident I
have reported to the Military Commander. It has not been possible
as yet to sell the corn contributed by these people for the
Representative in Congress
I pray you to excuse my erasures and bad Spanish; but the
person who will take this letter is about to leave, and will not wait until
I can have a clean copy made