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PAPERS OP MIRABEAU Buo~APARTE LA~IAR
and have entered, on its duties 82 appearently to the general satisfac- tion of my fellow citizens, and beg leave to return to you my sincere thanks for your kindness in appointing me One Estimable fellow citizen Dr. J.as. H Starr leaves this morning for your city; of your invitation to him to a seat in your cabinet I have heard but one voice, even those who are on the lookout for an excuse to oppose your administration are' silent on the subject, while your friends say that this is an additional triumph of honest principals over corruption and fr.ands; you are no doubt well aware that disappointed and designing men are attempting to divide the citizens of this county into parties, consequently abuse of the administration will be the stepping stone or pasport to rank and favour in the opposition corpse; when I reflect upon the depravity of the human heart and the low tone of moral feeling which is still exhibited in some sections of our country I ,can easily account for the causes which have created an opposition to your course, and am forcibly struck with the idea conveyed by the appostles in that passage of vvholy writ ""\Vo unto you when all men speak well of you'' if this be as I think it is a correct view of the subject and if judging from the past I may anticipate the future your administra- tion will be opposed by a formidable party, that party will not however be composed of the Patriotic the honest or the reflecting for all those will rally arround the present administration as long as your course evinces that honesty of principal and integrity of purpose which has hitherto characterized it, by adhering to the course you have commenced you will throw arrouncl your administration a moral shield from which the poisoned shafts of your enemies will fall harmless at your feet. You may perhaps think this intrusion but a consciousness of the purity of my motives will be to me a sufficient consolation - l\Iy opinion is formed from an extensive acquaintance with public oppinion in eastern Texas and in our own county (where at one time I least expected it) your administration is not only approved but generally applauded, and rest assured that all my influence small as it may be shall be exerted to promote peace & · harmony and to sustain that honest & honourable course which you have com- menced- I have the honor to be your sincere friend & humble servant Wm Hart
[Addressed]
[Endorsed] Wm. Hart Xacogdoches
His Excellency l\I. B. Lamar President of the Republic
18th. l\Iay 1839
Per Dr. Jas. H Starr)
Houston
62 As chief justice.
37-Library.
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