THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1191 expression and is not such a man as .I should be justifiable in re- turning to the Govt as a Settler-'-and for ;this reason and many others I shall feel my self entirely justifiable in not recognizing him as a settler altho I had not finally determined to adopt that course, the violent steps however indicated in your letter are illy calculated to obtain the result ~ou wish for, and can only involve yourself in unnecessary difficulty, a thing which I should also regret because I believe you are actuated in the affair by what you deem to be your duty as executor, but many men run into error by a mistaken idea of duty-be that as it may the tendency of your letters is calculated to break the public peace and as such, if persisted in will place you under very heavy and unpleasant responsibility. I again repeat that Coles has nothing to do with.the affair nor you with him. what he did was by my order, and I alone am responsible for any legal claim Richmond or his heirs may pretend to have on the subject-- I wish to assure you that I have none other than friendly feelings •on the subject as regards yourself, and if you fully understood the exact nature of the business your own good sence and candor would at once say that were you situated as I am you would at least delib- erate some time before you made any decission on the matter- prob- ably the best way to stop any thing further on the subject would be for you and me to talk it over to ourselves- rs. F. AusT1Nl [To Lawrence Richard Kenny]
LAURENCE RICIIA~D KE,NNY TO AUSTIN
San felipe de Austin 6 sepr 1825
SIR Your letter I have rec 4 and it appears from it that l\fr Coles de- clines to comply with the requisition to him in my letter of this morning and as you state considers that my request merits no at- tention-that is he· absolutely refuses to restore Richmoncls Deed or make any satisfaction for his conduct-As to the surprize you express at my demand on Coles I can't see why you ought to feel any from any thing that occurred at our interview and considering the ungentlemanlike manner in which Coles has used me-His complying with your order is no excuse for his conduct • On the contrary it is just ground of complaint because that order wns illegal-·What right had you sir to order or pretend to any con- troul over the property of others-"\Vhat right had he to obey such illegal order-How can he attempt to defend his conduct in writing I mn,y I say advising you to adopt the unfortunate course that has been taken and then encleavr to impose upon me by a denin.l of his
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