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Things to do ranked using Tripadvisor data including reviews, ratings, photos, and popularity. All things to do. Category types. Types of Attractions. Traveler rating. Good for. Free Entry. Good for a Rainy Day. Good for Kids. Francisco Castaneda with over a hundred men to demand the cannon and arrest the alcalde and any others who resisted, though he did direct them to avoid a confrontation if possible. As he neared Gonzales, Lt. When he arrived on the west bank of the rain-swollen Guadalupe River on September 30, Casteneda again requested a meeting with the alcalde.
Sometime after 4 pm, Casteneda was informed that the alcalde was still unavailable, but the colonists allowed one Mexican messenger to swim across the river as a messenger. Joseph Clements, acting on behalf of Alcalde Ponton and the colonial citizens who had met earlier in the day, sent him back with this message:. Owing to the absence of the alcalde the duty has devolved upon me of answering the communication directed to the Alcalde of this Town demanding agin the cannon which is in this Town as well as in answer to your note wishing to open negociation on the subject.
In answer to the first demand made for the sd cannon The Alcalde espressed his coubts of what was strictly his duty in the matter, and wished to consult the Political chief of this Department before he decided possitively in the case and fanally—This rigor Priveledg of consulting our chief seems is denied us the only answer I can therefore give you is that I cannot now will not deliver to you the cannon agreeable to my notions of peopriety—And these are also the sentiments of all the members of this Ayuntamiento who are now present.
The sd cannon is now in this Town and if force it from us we must submit—We are weak and few in numbers but will nevertheless contend for what we believe to be just principles.
Archaic spelling and punctuation aside, I can easily imagine the intensifying confrontation shown in these letters! More likely he was very much aware of developments and simply stalling, hoping that smooth words might give both sides time to address the situation coolly or, if not, giving the citizens of Gonzales an opportunity to prepare their defense against tyranny.
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