concert of action, so necessary lo domestic tranquility, l~ lo giving effect to our defensive operations against lhc common enemy, and for securing that high standing aLroad which our pcciliar altitude and present relation so imperiously dcmand- D. C. Barrell Chairman J. D. Clements
Alcxr Thomson Advisory Committee G. A. Pattillo of the Gen! Executive James B Tucker [ 1871] [CARLETON to FORSYTH]
New Orleans, January 21, 1836. Sir: There have been so many contradictory newspaper accounts concerning certain expeditions and armaments said to have been filled out al this city in aid of the Texans, in their struggle with ~lexico, that I have thought it incumbent on me to place the subject, through you, in its proper light before the President. On the 26th ultimo I received the communication, a printed copy of which is annexed, and marked A. Some of the signers are officers of insurance companies in this city, and the others members of the principal commercial houses engaged in the Mexican trade. My reply is contained in the paper marked B. On the 31st ultimo, the piece marked C appeared in the Union, an obscure paper printed in this place. Upon an interview with the collector, it was thought best to institute proceedings against the schooner Brutus, mentioned in document A. According- ly, on the 4th instant, I caused nearly all the signers of the document, as also the editor of the Union and author of the paper C, to be summoned before Mr. Justice Preval; whereupon twenty witnesses were examined, without obtaining a syllable of informa- tion touching the matters alleged. Every thing stated by them resolved itself into hearsay or common report. The examination took a wide range, and continued two days, referring to other armaments said to have been fitted out, as well as that under consideration. Since these proceedings, nothing further has been siad on the subject of such armaments, either in the papers or among the citizens. Enclosed are copies of the depositions of the witnesses;
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