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muich relianc.e upon either the prompt: raiseing of the same or the permanancy of the corps if raised should not be indulged. In more •difficult times than the present for our country, an efficient army was raised which all now agree was sufficient to have struck deep into the vitals of the enemy, and I have yet to hear stronger reasons why it cannot again be done. I have thought that early in your administration it would be wise for you to send propositions to .l\Iexico, but not until you were ready to inflict severe. punishment ·upon that nation for any insult which they might offer your flag. Open your ports- Send agents simultaneously to each France, 'Great Britain and Rusia- Ask secretly, that the United1 States Gov- ernment will offer its meditation between you and Mexico; but by all means let no opertunity pass to strengthen your navy and army and let your trust· in God, be in your dry powder. My Dear Genl. you may rely upon it that 'your administration cannot be sustained by the persuance of the last three years policy. All men will unite upon you in fighting the common enemy, or in sustaining any bold ·stroke of policy; but slothfulness will create disquiets, opposit·ion, murmers, combinations and outbreaks; for, opposition to a passive ,government is in its nature calculated to, grow, & the sly cun [n) ing deniagogue fattens best upon the sloth of the subject. Upon the assembling of the nPxt congress be able to show your work, and whether or not the whole of your measures may have been successful, ·you will have the increased confidence and gratitude of the Nation. Enclosed I have taken the liberty to send you an extract 37 • of a 1ette•r I addressed to the late Hon. John A '\Vharton, while in the United States dated' Wilmington No. Ca. Octr. 10th. 1838, upon the ~ubject of our Tariff, from which you will see I am no new advocate of its abolition. VJ'ith the most ardent desire for the entire success of your administration and my best wishes for your individual prosperity ·r Subscribe myself your Obt. huml. Servt.
Thos. J. Green [·rubric] [Endorsed)
[Addressed]
·His Excellency 1\1. B. Lamar.
Genl. T. J. Green Valasco 10th Feb 1838[9) POLITICAL.
Pres. of the Republic. Housten Texas.
No. 1058 1839 Feb. 10, E. W. CULLEN TO l\L B. LAMAR San-Augustine 10th. Feby. "39.
'His Excy. l\L B. Lamar.
Dr Sir,
Since writing to you on yesterday, 38 I have
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