more whom Col. Ugarlcc:hca had heen heard lo say when the San Felipe war-resolutions, as they arc called reached him, that hti would have at whatever cost, I closed by saying, "and perhaps that will be enough." Is I his an unmeaning expression·~ or rather docs it not qualify the whole para~raph? hy simply advising that no more should he called for. Fcllow-ciliwns, I c,m assure ,·ou that this was the intended meaning, and if it can he forced t~ hear any other construction, it has been caused by a carelcssrwss of expression. I intended lo have advised thus in effect, "perlrnps I/ruse six will be enough, and fol them b,i called J or, a JP. w al a t.ime." Another charge against me, is, I understand, that I had private revenge in view, and not the good of the country. This I disclaim and deny, altogether & in all its parts. True it is, I have cause for unpleasant feelings towards some of those nu~n, yet those who know me~ would not make it necessary for me to deny that any such feelings could influence my public conduct. Besides, with Messrs. Johnson and 13akcr, I have never exchanged an angry word, and they are two of the three who were not called for till after my letter was writ Len. If these gen tic men arc aware of having done me any wrong previously lo my having written, they will be alile to conceive that I have cause of better feelings towarrls them, but one thing is certain, they cannot specify up to this very rnom1int any act of mine lo show I entertain them. I should have sacrificed any friend if he were jeopardizing the safety, happiness and lives of m;, countrymen, and would nol desist, even when he knew Lhc majority were against him. Thus far of the acl as commit led under the stall' of fct'ling then existing. But Limes have changed, and with tlw times many circumstances have transpired which go to show that many of the dangers, once supposed lo be fanciful, are too rcnl: lhal the government arc contemplaling and actually fitting up a formidable invasion of the rirrhts and properties of T,~xas, Lhal the ruin of her commerce, the c~nancipalion of her slaves, the abolition of Lhc system of coloni1.alion, the prostration of her local militia and other oppressive measures are within her scheme, all ruinous to the interests of the country. Texas is now up; she has shaken off h<'r apathy. She secs but with one eye. An union has been t'ffel'led, all which now seems lo he required of her, i:5 to determine what shall be done; but ungenerous in the extreme to heap cour~cs on ont' of your fcllow-citi1.1~11s, fur nu other cause but having thou)!hl as you once thought, and for taking steps to brin~ about what you sct•nu·tl so much to have desired. If 1wacc was not the result of tht· mt·ai-11n·: al least it was anlicipatcd. The motive was a pure one 1111.!l:'r whi,·h I
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