sent forward all the supplies that have gone to the Army with a trifling exception. That presuming upon the Ten Thousand Dollars in the Bank of Orleans, which we had the pledge of the commissioners we should receive, I have advanced in Cash Six Thousand Dollars and pledged my private credit to forward immediate supplies for as much more. Instead of receiving which sum, I am advised that Mr. McKinney has made a contract, which if carried into effect, will instantly destroy the credit of Texas here, and min your Agents, who relying upon the honour of the Government, have put Seventy Six Thousand Dollars of the Government paper in circulation. We are well satisfied that your Excellency and the Departments, were not aware, at the time of making that agreement, of the existence of this Agency, or of the immense responsibility we have incurred for Texas. To fully explain the situation in which we stand & the confidence placed in us, we cannot produce better proof than copies of two letters from Mr McKinney, the originals of which have been already forwarded, & which must have been fresh upon his mind at the moment the contract was made. We refer lo them to shew that at that time he knew the Government credit must be prostrated here should the $10,000 be placed in any other hands than the Agency. We refrain from any comments, leaving lo your Excellency to judge of the motives of the parties. In further proof of the standing of this agency, we refer you to the enclosed copies of the letters of Genl Green Capt Henry Austin, originals of which have been forwarded by the Congress. We would also remark that $5,000 of the sum in Bank was appropriated by the Commissioners for supplies of Col. Owings regiment, now about to leave Kentucky for Texas, certificates of which were fonvarded to the Government, & contracts, for which supplies, had partially been made by us. Not one Dollar of means is now left to forward a regularly organized body of men, & the result will be, probably, that Col Owings will lose the large amount he has expended, & the immediate aid of near one Thousand men is lost to the Country. It would undoubtedly be considered vain and presumptious by your Excellency, should we attempt to shew the immense disadvantages that must inevitably result to Texas by this untoward event. So deeply is it impressed not only upon our own minds but upon the mind of every friend of Texas in N Orleans, that I have been strongly urged to take the most cffectivc
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