done, and will continue to do all I can hereafter do, to aid you in the promotion of the sacred cause of Liberty, in which you cannot no must not fail- You will see from the enclosed what my reward thus far has been, the whole trial is now being published, in Pamphlet form. I will send you one of them;-my greatest anxiety arises from the fear that your internal discords may prove to be more dangerous, to your final success than the power of your Enemies: will it not be possible to convince Every Citizen of Texas poss[ess] ed of the slightest information or good feeling, that, to Establish & maintain any form of Government in the world every one who is concerned in its affairs must yield his Opinions even against his will to a certain extent, to bring about a medium course of things, which is generally preferable to extremes I hope and trust that it will.- I devote so much time in reflecting upon the progress of your struggle, the ultimate ends you have in view &c as I can possibly steal from the laborious duties of my office, and I have come to the conclusion that, an efficient & select corps of Cavalry consisting of about Two hundred men, to be placed under an Experienced Officer & Stationed on your frontier would be of more real service than four times their number of Infantry could be: I have communicated my views on this subject to Mr Bryan your agent here & he agrees with me fully: The equipage of such a corps with horses & every thing complete would cost about $50.000. I can send you this corps by the middle of May under the command of an officer who is now here writing a work for the government of the Cavalry service in Texas, & who will be an acquistion to your army truly worthy of your particular attention-if my views on this subject should meet with the approbation of the convention, let them give me authority without delay to raise & send on this Corps & to draw the necessary funds from the balance of the first loan, Obtained here, which will be paid in I suppose about the first of May: will see that no impositions are practiced-Mr Bryan and myself feel so confident that the Convention will approve of & accept this measure that we are determined to commence the preparatory measures immediately, such as selecting active and respectable young men to constiture the corps who will settle in the country
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