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pate a rupture immediately between th~ two ·Governments- I confess I have no hope of it, when I consider the weakness of Mexico Compared with this country But who can do any thing more than guess in the dark -about such matters?- I am sorry to inform you that up to the last accounts I have had on the :subject, the Sale of Land Scrip was very dull- This is truly disheartening I am anxiously looking for some account of the proceedings of our Con- gress-- Every thing depends on their harmony of procedure and propriety -of deliberation......:.. Please to give my respects to Mr Perry and his family P. w. GRAYSON Genl S. F Austin Texas
AUSTIN TO S. M. WILLIAMS
[From the Williams Papers. Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.] Columbia Novr. 3 1836 This is my birth day-my health is much improved tho still bad and I am still tormented with dispepsia, a most cursed disease, for body and mind- the public matters are getti;g on well-the state of things, ,vhich I have long labored to bring about is gradually coming round, which is union and the disappearance of those old parties and nonsense which in times past have distracted and almost ruined this country- I believe that I have contributed something towards bringing about this state [of] things -tho at the loss perhaps of some [men who] called themselves old friends I a[m as rapidly as?] I can, gradually preparing [to relieve?] myself in toto from all kinds [of public business?] and shall do so permanently as :soon as I can- Come home Williams and lay [aside] your wild mode of talking about the peo[ple] and everything else-it is time for you to stop all that kind of wildness both in talking, acts and business-harm enough has been done already by it--do no more- you have greatly vexed and wo~ried and distressed me. So much so that my hrain has been greatly fevered. I am in a considerable degree getting over it- It is no easy matter to admit .anything like permanent estrangement from a person who has been united to us by close friendship for years and in times of trouble- you have done wrong and have greatly injured, your friends, yourself, and your coun- try-but that is past-let it be a lesson to you for the future- Come .home-the land affairs are to be closed and reported to congress by 1 of December-I wish to get rid of it all as soon as possible and wash my hands ,of it all forever. As to you·rself-let politics and the public affairs alone-arrange your past business-get a standing with the colt.on planters, and confine your-
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