THE AUSTIN PAPERS 493 interesado en el bien y prosperidad de la Republica, y particulnr- mente de ese Departamento, y espero qe. los individuos de el no tendr6.n qe. anepentirse de baber hecho esta eleccion ques [que 1] V. teme estar en el Saltillo en una situacion ambarazosa, no lo juzgo yo nsf, pues a mas de qe. el buen concepto qe. V. justamente disfruta le dnr6. el credito de imparcial a qe. se ha hecho acreedor, las buenas intenciones con qe. V. obre lo pondran 6. cubierto delos tiros dela mnledicencia. A esto se agrega, qe. cl espiritu de partido se balla enla actualidad muy mitigado y no hay que temer las fatales con- secuencias qe. recela sobrevengan: esto sin duda seria una fatalidad pues estorvaria se lograscn los buenos deseos de V. en favor de ese interesante pais. En lo sucesivo contare con el influjo qe. V. me ofrece y del cual me prometo grnndes beneficios y ventajas para Tejas; y entretanto me repito a la disposicion de V. como su afmo. amigo y servidor qe. atento b. s. m. MANUAL DE Mum Y TERAN [Rubric]
AUSTIN TO JAM.ES F. PElmY
San Felipe de Austin Sept 22 1830
DR BROTHER
I have just got your letter of July 18 and am truly glad that you had so quick a trip home and found all well with the addition of another son- I was surprised that you thought me silent and re- served-it was ·what I neve1· dreamed of- I told you the ~rant was in your nncl Emilys name jointly- however I hope it is enough for me to say that if I appear reserved exteriourly I was not so in heart, and I will here apprise you and Emily of a change which time care and something like disgust towards the world and human affairs, h~s wrought upon my aisposition I find from your letter that I ought to have done it the first day we met- I have for the last few years been gradually loosing my taste for society, or for • conversation- I am getting tactiturn, or what may be called absent minded- Silence is more agreeable to me than talking or noise- this thing is becoming habitual and in•spite of myself it is growing upon me very rapidly- I therefore ·apprise you both that if you move here, you must not expect to find me the cheerful companion 1 once was,- if you wish to know any thing from me, you must ask the question direct, if I answer, yes, or no, and say no more, which may often be the case, you must not think that it proceeds from coolness on my part . • I expect Henry Austin .here tomorrow, he has arrived in the Brasos with his boat, and on the first interview with him I shall
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