wish lo have as little to do with her affairs in future as possible. Perhaps I am myself somewhat to blame. My unsuspicious disposition and the great importance I have always attached to union and harmony, may have led me into errors by trusting and countenancing men who were unworthy of my notice or of confidence. When I arrived here last September I found the counlry distracted and divided. My first object was to try and unite and harmonize, and I set the example by harmonizing and acting with my personal enemies. I did it in good faith and in the firm belief that I was serving Texas by such a course. Had there been good faith in the men I thus attempted lo harmonize, it would have been a service to lhe country, but there was not, and for this reason the course I adopted did harm. I find that parties must and wiU exist. I have heretofore tried to keep them down. I have never been a party man, but in future I believe the public good will be promoted by having the parties clearly and distinctly marked. Let a line be drawn between them, let the people understand that such a line is drawn and judge for themselves. Jackson's rule is a true one: 'everthing for friends and nothing for enemies.' I beg leave to recommend my friend, Col. Fannin, to you and my friends generally as a man who is identified with the soil and interests of Texas, and as an honorable soldier.
Farewell, S. F. Austin. [To R. R. Royall j
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[ 1613) [DEWEES to CARDELLO]
Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, December 25, 1835. Dear Friend:-You will undoubtedly feel somewhat surprised to see this letter dated at Columbus; but, my dear friend, wonders wiU come. For a long time I have lived in a remote part of Austin county, and quite a distance from any town, and I have for this reason, never dated letters at any other place than Colorado river. But as settlers are constantly coming in and locating on the
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