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to which they will ultimately have to appeal will be forced to give way to the stern principles of vindictive justice. Your destiny is involved in the rejection or adoption of this 9ounsel If you listen to the voice of reason, you may become a prosperous and happy nation; but if you follow the dictates of improper passions, your ruin is inevitable. This Government has no desire to wrong the Indian, or to shed his blood; but it will not hesitate to adopt the most vigorous and decisive measure for the defence of ;ts rights and the protection of its people. Your Friend Houston · Mirabeau B. Lamar May 26th 1839. No. 1298
1839 Ma.y 26, B. E. BEE TQ [G.] VICTORIA, [VERA CRUZ] 91
Vera Cruz, May 26th. 1839.
General Victoria Sir,
I leave this country with great regret .at not having been received by the l\Iexican Government in the character of Com- missioner of 'rexas, and in the temper in which I was .sent. To you, Sir, however an expression of gratitude is due for the frankness with which I have been treated - and I should be doing manifest injustice were I not to make known the liberal and benev- olent sentiments which have characterizd your personal inter- course with me. You tell me the preservation of National honor, impartial justice and the diffusion of happinei-;s to her People are the governing principles of l\Iexico - if such are the feelings of her Rulers, the door to reconciliation with Texas, I cannot but flatter myself is still open. I am with great respect Your Excellency's Most Obt Svt Barnard E. Bee
No. 1299
1839 May 26, B. E. BEE 1 rO [G.] VICTORIA, [VERA CRUZ, MEXICO] 92
Vera Cruz, May 26th, 1839.
Colonel Almonte,
Mexico.
Dear Sir,
Aware that the bare discussion of the subject m your chambers would engender feelings of hostility, I deemed • 1 Copy, In no. 1255. Cf. with this two letters from Bee printed in Niles' Reoister, 56, pp. 242 and 259. · '"'Copy, In no. 1255.
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