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and also that you spared no kind of pains to precipitate the country into war immediately, an event which you must have known would have per- petuated my imprisonment indefinitely- you also must have known that all the odium of those things, would be cast on me by the envious and slan- derous owing to our long friendship and relations. The fact is Williams that all those Monclova matters, I mean the speculations, and precipitating the country into war, were morally wrong, they have some very criminal and dreadfull features--· I am too much debilitated to say more you say your motives were good- In the name of God convince me of that- Had I cared nothing about you and McKinney these things would have had no effect on me- McKinney began abusing and slandering me when I was absent in the U. S. his idea of friendship is that one must be the tool of his friend right or wrong- he has chosen his course and is quite welcome to keep it- he is very far from being the high minded man I once be- lieved him to be- But you will probably get on well- Speculation and honesty cannot contend in Texas the former will gain some twenty or 100 to one. What I mean by honesty here is honesty to the public interest and the public good- Convince me in the name of God that you have been and are honest to the public interest and the public good as you say you have been and restore yourself where you once stood in the opinion of • s. F. AUSTIN It seems that Jack and Warren Hall are about commencing a sistem of persecution against me on some pretext of a claim of old Andy Roberson about a half league of Elders I know nothing about it- R. has no claim on me
GEORGE L. KINNARD TO AUSTIN [Indianapolis, October 12, 1836. See Calendar.~ THOMAS 0. MEAUX TO AUSTIN [New Orleans, October 14, 1836. See Calendar.~ SAMUEL Sw ARTWOUT To AusTIN [New York, October 19, 1836. See -Calendar.~
NATHANIEL Cox TO AusTIN
New Orleans 20. Octo: 1836.
DEAR SIR,
The moment I received your letter on the subject of the Lands in Texas belonging to the Est~te of our deceased friend Hawkins, I enclosed it to
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