The convention specified the boundary of the new republic as including all of Tamaulipas and Coahuila as far north as the Nueces and Medina rivers, respectively, and extending south to the Sierra Madre, including also Nuevo León, Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua, and Nuevo Mexico.[10]  On January 23, 1840, the provisional government, described as "elected by the People," issued a decree known as the "Organic Law of the Republic," declaring it did not represent any legitimate authority belonging to the present Mexican government against which it intended to war until overthrown. It called for the convening of a convention of delegates of all the states of the new Mexican Republic on May 28, or sooner, to provide a permanent government.[11]  The convention finished its work on January 28 and the President, council, and army proceeded to the city of Guerrero, where the President-elect and Vice President-elect were joyfully inaugurated the next day, January 29,[12]  amid whatever pomp and ceremony the little river town of adobe and rock houses, willow-edged acequias, and jacals of brush and wattles, could furnish. Canales had taken care to supply his troops with ample rations and mescal before crossing the river, and by the time they had reached Guerrero to unite with Zapata's troops they were in the proper mood for a grand, if simple, celebration. A federal flag was planted in the center of the plaza and the "soldiers . . . marched under it,[13]  kissing it as they passed; which was considered an oath of allegiance to the new Govt. A great Ball was given at the House of Zapata, and all were welcome who chose to attend; many, however, were unable to go for want of suitable clothes; they were literally naked. After the party each soldier rec[eive]d $2.00 in part pay[men]t for past service."[14]  So far the adventure had not netted the Texans much in the way of remuneration. Those who still remained