I shall always feel under many obligalions to you for your repeated evidences of friendship to me and particularly do l feel flattered that you should think me worthy of filling the Presidential Chair, but my age precludes me from running. This is an important office, not only so far as the crediL of our Country is concerned abroad, bul all important so far as our defence against our enemies is concerned. l would rather vote for you than any olher man in the country, but we cannol spare you from the army. And as l have seen now two attempts by those holding the reigns of government lo destroy you, I feel particularly anxious to sec some man in lhe executive chair who will co-operale wilh you in the measures of defence for the country and would like lo hear from you on this subject before Lhe eleclion, for the man who will in my opinion cooperate with you in the proper measures for our defence and placing our army upon a footing of respeclability, I shall vote for for President. With my warmest wishes for your speedy recovery, I am truly your friend Thomas J. Rusk P.S. My best respects to all our friends. T.J.R. [Addressed: l General Sam Houston, Commander in Chief of the Army, Nacogdoches or San Augustine Express. [3937] (RUSK to HUSTON]
Head Quarters, Coleto 9th August 1836
Dear Gen]
Yours of yesterday has just been received Mitchell is known to several men i11 Camp who were with him when taken and they have confidence in him etc. Young Mexican is quite an intelligent man but I have no use for his services the intelligences they bring corroborate [illegible] statement. Since you left some good news has reached us the United States it is said on good authority has recognized our Independence the two Whartons and Dr Archer came into Camp a few days ago when they arrived and learned the truth for it's not generally told about Velasco they seemed satisfied that a military Government had not actually been established. John Wharton goes in al once lo the ldea of taking
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