[2993] [LAMAR to MORGAN]
Col. l\forgan
Will have some of the Mexican prisoners detailed under guard to assist in procuring wood for the Steamboat Cayuga which is ordered to proceed forthwith to Chocolate Bayou with families and for other purposes. Mirabeau B. Lamar Secy War 7th May 1836
[2994] [WEBSTER to EVERETT]
Washington, l\'lay 7, 1836
Dear Sir,
l was obliged to you for your letter of the 25th April. The general court appears to have broken up under more favorable circumstances than I feared. I am happy to learn from Mr. Cushing and Mr. Grinnell, who have lately returned from their respective districts, that the general fef'ling SP.ems to be right and strong. I hope pains will be taken to put many strong men into the next legislature. We are in a peck of troubles here, and I hardly see our way through. My greatest fear at present, is of a war about Texas. I have no faith in Gaines's prudence, or, indeed, in his purposes; and if Santa Anna does not conduct himself with great caution, there will be collision. This whole subject appears to me to be likely to bring into our politics new causes of embarrassment, and new tendencies to dismemberment. The land bill has just about an even chance of getting through the House of Representatives, but I presume very little of escaping the veto. What will be done with our money is quite uncertain. Great diversity of opinion prevails among the friends of the administration. Some are for dividing in some way; others deny that there is any thing to divide. I fear we shall make a long session of it. I hear of my wife, as far as New York, and hope she will show herself here a fortnight hence.
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