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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
habitant of the Republic at least three years immediately preceeding his election'' With Sentiments of the most nrofound R ~'-!lect & Esteem I remain your Sincere frit>nd To the Francis Moore Honbl M. B. Lamar) [Addressed] To the Honble M. B. Lamar Present [Endorsed] ·Francis ,Moore 14th June 1838 full of Presumption
No. 745
1838 June 15, S. WHITiNG AND J. W. J. NILES, TO l\f. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] 85
Correspondence,
between the Editors of the National Banner and Gen. jJf. B Lamar
Respecting his eligibility to the Presidency.
Houston June 15, lS:JS.
To General MB Lamar. Dear Sir,
"\Ve trust you will think us neither importunate nor obtrusive, if we approach you with a request in connection with the question that has been so absurdly agitated by your political op- ponents-that namely, of your constitutional eligibility to the dis- tinguished office to which so large a majority of your fellow citizens are desirous of elevating you. Although the fact of you filling us you now do, the second office in the gift of the Republic, be in itself suf- ficiently authoritative upon the su.bject in question, it has neverthe- less occurred to us that you might have no objection to put at r':lst by one word any doubts in relation to this matter that may exist in the minds either of your friends or enemies. Will you then favor us with the facts as they exist Y As public journalists, and as being also among the warmest of your admirers, and among the most determined supporters of your well earned claims to the lasting gr-atitude of the people of this country, we have thought that you might be willing under the circumstances to recognize the propriety of an application of the kind here made, and to respond to it at the earliest moment that your convenience may allow of.
Very respectfully Your Oht. Servants, Samuel Whiting. J. W. I. Miles.
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