office with the hope of rendering service a11d giving satisfactio11. This 1 have a reasonable hope 1 could have succeeded in doing so far as the government is concerned-but the difficulty in Texas of avoiding uncharitable imputations, demands strong inducements to encounter them, and though I am disposed to go as far as most non residents to serve the cause of the country, I am not disposed to do it at the expense of injury to my feelings; even by those out of power- I am Dear Sir with Sentiments of very great respect Yr Obt Servt Robert Triplett N .B. Though not an officer of Your government it will at any time give me gratification lo serve Texas. And I will the more readily do it, when in circumstances not to justify criticism, or censure of my conduct RT (3057] [ YATES to AUSTIN]
Schenectada May 14, 1836
My Dear Sir,
We had a very respectable meeting at Albany on Thursday evening, and I held forth to them (if I may judge by their plaudits) with much acceptance- They adopted a string of resolutions, and among others, to appoint a Committee of 5 from each ward in the City to solicit aid, to circulate a memorial, and to correspond with every county in the State. There was a very powerful counter current there, and I do not know what to ascribe it to unless it be Van Buren Politicks. I have never before believed in the stories about the Regency but I am now satisfied of the truth of the collar business. I have been for years engaged in the Poli I icks of New York, and well know that political movements were and must of course be controlled and party must be disciplined to rank and file, but I never would believe that the feelings, the sympathies, the most holy affections of men were to be controlled by a political party. I can ascribe it to nothing else, unless there may have been a reaction, on account of Urrca's return of the safety of Fleming and his men, which I presume was made before their Massacre- [ illegible j has published a letter from a member of
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