1145 I tAl!STIN to WILLll\~l"- I
~h!xico April 29 1835
~1v Friend ..
Rrc rnurs of 8 i11sta11l nnd the lcllcrs and papers <'IH:lo::;ed- Tlic letter from Butler lo you of 7 ~lay 11834 J explains lo me a cim1mslance that occured a few days previous lo Lhal when I was in the inquisition--on the 10 I was pul in communication, and J think 011 the 15 or 14 I was told by a friend of Bullers Lhal hr, Butler, had just rec a leller from you from which il was quite r,idcnl tllill you was my enemy, and I was acquainled with il so as lo br on 111~· guard etc- No" al this same time he wriles lo you in a \\'ay lo try and influence you against me- The ohjecl of all this is vrry plai11-It was no doubt hoped thal the information comm1111ieatcd to me would cause irritalion in me, and induce me lo write lo you under those feelings and thus it was expected an irritable stale of feelings mighl perhaps be produced belween you and me- This is the only solution I can give to the affair, and 1 am the more induced lo conslruP- it in this way because Butler has Lried lo irritatP. me, all he can against ~fason and Hotchkiss, and I prrsume he tried lo irritate them against me- I have never in all my life known so bad a man- He left here lo day for the U. S. and as he was the only enemy I had in Mexico 1 believe I shall be at lihcrt y lo leave he~e for ~ionclova in L wo weeks- ls iLno l strange lhal the only man in Mexico who is not anxious for my complete lil,cration should be the representative of my native country?- This bad man had succeeded in irritating me very much against ~lason but l have now entirely suspended my opinion as to ~lason for I do not believe [whatj Buller has said about Hotchkiss' rnmity lo me-his object evidently has been Lo envolve and entangle me all he can I have never known so ha<l and base a man- ·should he find that his enmity to me is unpopular in Texas, he will then try and makr. :\Jason and Hotchkiss the scapegoats- he has not one friend in \lcxico amongst the foreigners and is dispisetl by most of the :\lr.xi1:ans- ' . I thank the Legislature for their kindness. I am fully comprehended in the Amn1::-ly, if it ever passes, and I now think il will-my only enemy is gone- I say nothing about politics- J do not understand those of llll' day-who does'r Keep quiet and still in that stale- look
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