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meet that you and I must sever totaly in any thing of a political character and having always shown to you my partialities for you and your opinions from my conduct toward you I shall be equaly frank in saying to you that my confidence in you is I think for ever at an end I am not your enemy and trust never will be but at the same time I am now fully convinced that you can not be any thing else but an injury to your country where you have influence. I have warned you of dangers which were preparing for you but shall never again raise my voice in your defence or warn you of any thing which may come to my knowledge against you If you are ruined it shall not be my fault nor will I ever be found to take any part in your fate or your fortune all the diffculty I have ever had in that coun- try has been on your account. I do not intend to say you are dishonest no Sir but you are from your nature useless in any thing like a public capacity and your illusions and remarks in that letter to me from N. Orleans are ----- You will verry probably find yourself unsustained in your pledges for Texas declaring Independence THos. F McKINNEY
AUSTIN, ARCHER, AND WHARTON TO SMITH
[Nashville, February 24, 1836. In Garrison, Dip. Car. Texas, I, 71.J
ARCHIBALD HOTCHKISS TO THOMAS H. A VERY
[San Augustine, March 2, 1836. See Calendar.]
AUSTIN, ARCHER, AND WHARTON TO GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
[Nashville, March 3, 1836. In Garrison, Dip. Car. Texas, I, 72.J AUSTIN TO ]AMES F. PERRY Louisville March 4. 1836 DR BROTHER, The ice and a severe attack of inffuency and pluricy detained us at Nash- ville--Wharton remained there sick but we expect him dayly-1 am now in pritty good health shall go up to Lexington and thence on by Marysville up the Ohio- Every thing is cheering in this part of the world for Texas The hearts of this people are with us-- Nothing is now needed but union at home and an absolute and immediate declaration of independence- I-hope it is al- ready made by the convention and an express dispatched with it for the commissioners-- 1The blank is McKinney's.
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