THE AUSTIN PAPERS 753 If you want more Corn get it of Yeamans and tell him I will pay him the Cash when I return- If possible which I expect I can do Forward the Crop, all you can, and take care the pigs- perhaps we shall conclude to Start for N. York via. Tampico as Marias letter [suggests?] of that more when I come home, If Cayce got the oxen all will be well. with Grassmeyer and other matters I can get along with I hope Remember not to burn till a heavy rains falls on the fallow and then a dry time with brisk south wind about 10 c. when the sun is hot and plant immediately. after- plant out more pota- toes, as soon as may be tell Griffith I want him to forward his ploughing so as I can have the oxen when I come home O. take care of the potatoes at G's and asort .them, burying the good ones again Saturday San Felipe 18th Feby 1832 Mrs Mary ['\Vightman ?] ER WIGHTl\IAN Tell Alvin If he will go to Leagues and get a Colt I have bought-- Finally he has no order for him wait till I come ERW
AusTIN TO :MAnY AusTIN HoLLEY 1
Austin Feb: 19, 1832 I was made happy to clay by the receipt of yours of 5th and 6th Ultimo. I had before heard of the arrival of the Spica, and pre- sumed you were well, but wished for the assurance from yourself before I leave. It was like a gleam of sunshine after clays of clouds. How cautious ought we to be, in all stations of life, but especially in places where our opinions and expressions are liable to be misun- derstood or perverted for evil purposes, never to deviate, even in appearance from permanent rules of action. You Imow that my motto is fidelity to il1 exico. I never departed from it, and never intend to depart from it. The most unfortunate, and furious excite- ment, a part of which you saw·at Brazoria, placed me in a peculiar situation. To control that excitement and keep it within bounds I had but one course left, which was to fl.oat along with it for the moinent so as to temper it down after a few days of reflection had cooled the first effervescence. This matter has cost me more uneasiness than I expected. My own expressions drawn from me by the heat o:f others, and by the circumstances o:f the moment, have been caught nt, and n. much wider meaning given them than I in- tended; and this, too, by those who ought to be my friends. It is now over-I think-and all will go on quietly, harmoniously, and 1 Copy by Mrs. Holley, In file ot ,Tuly 19, 1831.
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