THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1475 cess in the mean time he says you can present any thing else that you wish-and consider him as your legal agent in all yr transactions with Gov' Saucedo is also yr. warm friend you must cultivate the same friendship for him that has always existed- If he is appointed the Commissioner to pass to the frontier I expect Arcinega will be appointed his Secretary- No doubt you will receive the appoint- ment of Gefe Subalterno- This is proof that the Gov' has a friendly disposition towards you, As to Ga.ins he is so Contemptious that I have declined makeing any representation to the Gov on paper- I have conversed with all the Members respecting him- and referred them to the B ar<m- When the subject comes before the house-. I shall not be surprised if those letters be the ca.use of his expulsion from the OowntrtJ- The English have left no method untryed, but on the contrary have used every exertion to induce the Gen 1 Govt to regard the Americans with jealousy and suspicion- They have used all their intrigue and infiuence to injure the Oharacter of the Americans and many representations have been made in Mexico against Amer° Emigra- tion but the Govt. attributed it to Ambition and that natural an- tipathy the English possess towards us- Respects to all friends the Barron and Padilla wish to be remer4- J A 8 B AuSTIN [Rubric] P. S. I have just seen the Com' Gen 1 he appeared glad to see me and wishes me to remember him to you he also observed that he hoped to give you" un Abrazo" between this and next fall. he says " consider him as your friend, and, old acquaintance " he also ob- served that you need have no trouble about the letters Gaines and Norris have been writing for men of that stamp are not calculated to injure you. The Baron says twig old McFarland• memory about some bacon he was to have paid long since he wishes it delivered to the order of La Baum- Take goad care of my horse- [Endorsed :] Saltillo Oct' 10 1826 [Addressed:] Al Ciudad 0 Tent• Cor 1• Estevan F Austin en la Villa de San Felipe de Austin.
RAMON MUSQUIZ TO AUSTIN
Bexar 11 de Octubre de 1826
Senor D 0 ESTEBAN AusTIN Muy Senor mio y amigo: el dador de estn. lo sera el Ciudadano Jos6 n-1" de Cardenas que pa.sa a esa Villa con el obgeto de comprar por
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