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reasonably expect emigrants possessing these qualifications to settle with us, whilst the tocsin of war is continually resounded in their ears. Let us rather convince the world that peace and security are to be found within our borders, and the fertility of our soil, as well at the advantages of commerce, will soon attract people of the right sort. The subject of free banking institutions, upon the principle recently adopted in New York, and which I took the liberty of !l,dvocating to in a former letter, seems to be gaining ground in this country. It has been instroduced into the Legislature of Georgia, and a bill to that effect has passed one of its branches by a ·respectable majority. I regret to learn from .a recent letter, that my good friend Col. Handy is confined to a sick bed. It is to be lamented that the coun- try should be deprived for a moment of the i;;ervic.e of so enterprising a citizen. I sincerely hope, before this reaches you, he will be again restored to health and usefulness. It is from the united influence of wise he.ads an [d] active spirits that the prosperity of T'exas must be derived.. Set these once in motion, and it will flow onwqrd and onward, until the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean alone will circumscribe its limits. · When I had last the pleasure of seeing you, my dear Sir, you gave me your permission to write to you from this country. If I have trespassed too much on your patience, you must attribute it to your own good nature, rather than to my presumption. '\Vith respect and esteem, I am, dr. Sr. your most obt. humb. Sevt.
C. ·C. Sebring. [rubric] [Endorsed]
(Addressed] Genl Mirabeau B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas. Via New Orleans } C. C. S.
C C Sebring- Charleston, 20 Dec 1838
No. 942 1838 Dec. 20, J. SHAW AND G. W. HILL TO l\L B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] Houston Deer. 20th. 1838. To His Excellency The President of the Republic of Texas, Sir presuming that there will be two companies of the T'roops provided for in an Act passed during the present session of Congress, for the protection of the Frontier, placed on or near the Brazos river, one to operate on the East of sd River in Robertson County, and one west of the same in l\1ilam County.-& we being the immediate Representatives of the Citizens of sd Counties, without wishing to interfere with any nominations you may wish to make, would beg leave to recommend
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