consideration; and he only asked for leave lo return as he had come. The expense he had been al in coming here was, of course, no consideration. He still feels under no obligations to the Government or army. He has Leen acting in the capacity of Secretary in both departments of Govt. for which he is willing to waive the compensation prescribed by law, & receive only the valuation the Council may put upon his services; and asks of you to grant him an honourable discharge. He is now a candidate for no office. Only release him, & put him at liberty to return home to his friends or remain among you as he may choose, and he will be satisfied. And he feels assured that your Honourable body will grant him this, for the above reasons. Your Petitioner does, as has ever done entertain the warmest sympathy for your oppressed country, and his heart's fondest, most ardent wish is that you may sustain yourselves in your struggle for Liberty, and when peace shall have entwined her olive branches round your brows, and "grimvisaged war shall have smoothed her wrinkled front," you may calmly recline under the shade of that tree you have planted & are now proping, & that the evening of your days irradiated by the reflection of your mornings glory may be tranquil & happy I have the honour to be humble servt. & petitioner Edwd. B. Wood [ 1978) [ZAVALA to DIMITT]
[Lorenzo de Zavala to Philip Dimitt, Goliad, January, 1836, in relation to an expedition against Matamoros.]
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