(21391 [HILL Lo TJ-IOi\lSON and CLE:\IENTSJ
Brazoria, Feb. 20, 1836.
To Alexander Thompson and J. D. Clements:
Gentlemen: Your commu11icalion of the 14th inst., conveys so direcl an insult, or betrays such gross and unpardonable ignorance on your part, Lhal l would not have replied, but Lo explain how the copy of the leller, which you desire, was obtained (if such copy exists). The teller was opened by ------ -------- without my knowledge or consent, and if any copy does exist, it was surreptitiously obtained and I denounce the perpetrator of the shameful act as a violator of Lhe sanctity of primLe intercourse, and, of course, no gentleman. You impudenlly call upon me to C'Xpose a correspondence, which all nations agree in considering as sacred, for Lhe sole purpose of injuring the writer, who wrote for a friend only and nol for Lhe public. You call upon me to commit an act, which you musl know would be criminal and is calculated to destroy the life to society, an act which none but a villain would perform. You call upon me lo do this, and for what? To aid you in a parricidal attempt lo destroy the highest Executive in the land. I assure you I do nol aspire to the distinction of an association with your honorable body in such unhallowed purposes. In conclusion, I cannot withhold Lhe expression of the indignation and contempt, which your base proposition inspires, and I most earnestly hope that your public career may be brought lo a speedy and ignoble close; and that upon your heads will be visited Lhc scorn and indignation of an enlightened and high-minded public. I am,
Wm. G. Hill.
(21401 [Sl\UTH Lo FORSYTH]
Consulate of the U.S.A., Matamoras, February 20, 1836. Sir: I have the honor to inform you, thal on the morning of Lhe 17th instant, William 1-lallelt and my step-son Zalmon Hall, citizens of Lhe U niled States, were arrested in the street, near my habitation, by a parly of armed soldiers, who brutally struck Lhc latler in the face with a sword, and forcibly Look them lo the
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