or a reasonable part·of them, I shall not say nay, but will do all in my power Lo produce harmony." How was I Lo become acquainted with the orders of the council? Was it through my subaltern? IL must have been so designed- as the council have not, up to the present moment, given me any official notice of the orders to which Colonel Fannin refers. This modesty and subordination on his part, is truly commendable in a subaltern, and would imply that he had the right to "say nay." If he has this power, whence is it derived? Not from any law- and contrary to his sworn duty as my subaltern, whose duty is obedience to my lawful commands, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the United Stales army, adopted by the consultation of all Texas. If he accepted any appointment incompatible with his obligation as a colonel in the regular army, it certainly increases his moral responsibilities lo an extent which is truly to be regretted. In another paragraph of his teller, slates: "You will allow that we have too much division, and one cause of complaint is this very expedition, and that it is intended to remove General Houston." He then assures the council that no blame shall attach lo him, but most dutifully says to them, "I wiU go where you have sent me, and will do what you have ordered me, if possible." The order of the council, as set forth in the resolutions appointing Colonel Fannin agent, and authorizing him to appoint as many agents as he might think proper, did most certainly place him above the governor and the commander-in-chief of the army- nor is he responsible to the council, or the people of Texas. He is required Lo report, but he is not required to obey the council. His powers are as unlimited and absolute as Cromwell's ever were. I regard the expedition, as now ordered, an individual, and not a national measure. The resolutions passed in favor of J. W. Fanning, jr., and F. W. Johnson, and their proclamations, with its original start- Doctor Grant- absolve the countTy from all responsibility for its consequences. If I had any doubt on the subject, previous lo having seen, at Goliad, a proclamation of J. W. Fannin, jr., sent by him to the volunteers, J could no longer entertain one, as to the campaign, so far as certain persons are interested in forwarcling it. After appealing to the volunteers, he concluded with the assurance that "the troops should be paid out of the first spoils taken from the enemy." This, in my opinion, connected with the extraordinary powers granted to him, by the council, divests the campaign of any character save that of a piratical or predatory war. The people of Texas have declared Lo the world, that the war in which they are now engaged, is a war of principle, in defence
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