yours and a warm friend of your country and a heavy investor by the Emprcsario grants, 1 cannot conceal from you my anxiety about the future legislation of the new Govt on this subject. 1 seriously hope and as seriously believe thal the lndcpcndancc of Texas will not be used as a measure of oppressing those who have aided in cslahlishing it. Genl. Mason will inform you of his & my efforts in your and your country's cause and also of his sacrifices. It is true we have an interest in the country. But, my clear Genl., would that be a cause for oppression. A decision against Mason's grants would, in my humbled judgment, be as unjust an act as could be projected. His lilies, as he will show you, were procured for a legitimate object, issued under all the solemnities and requirements of the laws of the country & paid for in money. You yourself do not, cannot hold a better title, nor does any man in all Texas. Your old friend Price has a deep interest. in this mallcr loo. We have subscril.icd money, encouraged people lo join your command and used every effort to make your beautiful Texas as free & prosperous, as it is salubrious & fortile. Defend us then & sustain our rights, as we have defended yours and upheld your cause. Let me hear from you. May the God of battles preserve your life and prosper your cause. Ever yours Maj. Genl. Sam Houston Saml Swartwout Texas P. S. If you should continue lo be successful in fight, as I know you will be, do not give in to the foolish notion, that because you are able to defend your own, that you can invade another country with prospects of success. Foreign wars, my friend, are different from those which arc waged in defence of ones own country. Remember that. [2104] [THOMSON cl al to ROIJINSON I Council Hall San Fclip1· de Austin Feb 15, IB36 The advisory Committee lo the Exceulivc appoinl<'d to act in that capacity in the- absence of a quorum, have seen with pleasure the promptness of Mr George C Ernest in giving information of the silualion of the p11l.ilic stores landed al Cox's point, which he accomplished, by performing a long journl'y on fool in stormy weather, wading and swiming 1Tc1~ks, ;111d happy lo know that this has been donl' by tl1t· C<'nllc-mcn n·1·om111t·111lt·cl Ly
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