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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Gen 1 Teran 20 leagues back of Tampico, thence by Soto Marina here. Gen I Mason accompanied me to this place, and we both in- tended to have gone to Texas, but the fntigues of so long a journey ns the one we have just made through excessive heat and drought in an avmost uninhabited country, has worn us both down very much-he has concluded to embark for N. York from here, and I shall return to Saltillo to wait the meeting of the Legislature in September, consequently shall not reach home untill October. Mr Alexr Greaves, who came directly here from Victorin proceeds to Texas. I have told him to go direct to your house-he is the most useful man for an office I have ever seen in this country-rigidly moral, industrious, and in every respect worthy of confidence-his knowledge of the Spanish is most accurate-you will discover that his general lmowledge of human nature and of mankind is not quite as extensive as that of some men, but his judgement in general is very correct. I think him a very worthy man-a better man could not be found for the Secretary of the Ayto. either of Austin, or of Brazoria. • I send you the law extending the privilege of introducing certain articles free of duty in Texas for two years-it is not as extensive as we need. I wish the Ayto. to petition again on this subject, and ask for a modification of this new law, so as to leave out whiskey and lwniber from the law, and include all tools made of iron and wood used for farming or the t?-ades-furni ture-carts and wng- gons-iron and steel--cotton baging and bale rope. . It will not do to go any farther, and nothing else ~ught to be included or mentioned in the petition. Send one 01-iginal_ copy to Gen I Teran and one to the :Minister of Hacienda-also let the Ayto. write an official letter to Bradburn, Piedras, and Elosua, enclos~g the memorial, and requesting each of them to give his opinion m writing to the Comt Gen 1 Teran on the subject. If their opinions nre all favourable Teran will also support it, and the measure will succeed. Also request father Muldoon to write to his friends on the subject. The news papers will have informed you 0£ the political state of affairs in· Mexico-we have no information here as to who are to compose the new ministry. Some think the revolution will stop with the removal of the ministers, others are confident it will not~ I think myself that not much quietness can be expected untill after the Presidential election is over-and even then-quien sabe. Gen; Teran has gained much credit with moderate men for avo~d- ing bloodshed-but he ha's also lost with the same men, and wi~h everyone except fanatic fools and old Spaniards, for the manner m which he has spoken of foreigners in his letter to Moctezuma
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