THE AUSTIN PAPERS 1037 for any one, who occupies any space in Society, to Keep clear o-f extanglements of some kind. I have been arrested by an Order from the :Minister of War, on an accusation made by the State Govern- ment, and I leave to morrow, I presume for 1'.fexico. . All I can be accused of is that I have labored diligently and faith- fully and with pure intentions to cover the wilderness of Texas with an agricnltural and usefull population and to make it a State of the Mexicnn Republic, separate from Coahuila.. This is no crime,-it is quite the reverse. I have sent some claims in that Oomisa1ia, to D. W. Smith, to col- lect, and as you are the Oomisario I recommend them for p1·onto ¢espaclw. I am much pleased with the new Comandante General, Don Pedro Lemus, and I recommend him as a man of high honor and liberal principles and a Gentleman. The letters I wrote to Texas from Matamoros in your favor caused a great excitement there, in many, against me-if you go there you must be very prudent and accommodating as to Custom House matters,-the best way is to let the Custom House alone for a year more, and then go there,-or before as an Individual and remove old jmpressions. I am getting tired of the whole matter of Colonizing-all work and trouble and no profit or credit, for many of them, that are benefitted by me, -abuse me. The Basis of the policy which the State of Tamaulipas ought to adopt should be-the Country needs population, and all their laws should tend to encourage immio-ration to that State, from the interior ~ t:, s. F. AUSTIN. A true copy of the original in my possession, which I certify GEO. FISHER. and foreign countries, especially the latter. I received one letter from you in l\1exico.
Aus·tIN TO JAMES F. PERRY
Monterrey Jany 16 1834
nn BROTHER
. I wrote on the 14 by mail and sent some seeds of the l\Iexican ~ipres pronounced seepres. I now send some more. Sow them m a bed like red pepper seed-raise it so that the water will not - lay on it. "\Yater it in dry weather. Take ca.re of the plunts. they will do to transplant in t,vo years. The last year has been one of calamities for Texas, overflow pestilence and conventions. I hope this year may be more favou~··
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