PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 25 of His, and have watched his moYements & kept him in check, by offsetting, if nothing else. As it is, it is hard to tell how matters will go. I can influence many for myself, that I can't for others-& then I have no man to stu.mp--speak, who I can run against him-because, it will not do for me while holding the office,4 5 . I do-bound to adjudicate upon mans' rights, & sit in judgement upon their property & even li,ves, & figure upon the politic~l arena against any party or set of men, by Stump-speaking-it would be alike magnified, unbecoming & highly improper. So, you see my hands are in a great measure tied.--:--But by the proper execution & caution, Houston if electedj will be in a great measure powerless. Concentrate all the Western vote on you, by giving all the aid you can to their exposed frontier, and by sustaining the new Seat of Govt-Because H----n will be against the presrnt loca- tion, & you know is strongly touched with the Indian, in his feelings, to. say the least of him. This will throw around you 15 votes, & then so soon as the commissioners, you have appointed, make their report, sign Patents & have them issued instantly. This will concentrate on your administration all the landed interests of the East-Thereby, giving you an ascendancy in both Houses of Congress, & leaving Old Sam like the serpent without fangs-with the inclination without the power of doing injury. These remarks are not hastily made. I know that you are aware that.my personal & political feelings are Warm towards you- or I would not write in the plain & undisguised manner to you, which, I do.- Our Senator, I think, will be right-I am going to have Campb-ell run- Green will be as mad as hell with me for it-But if Green ehould be ele[c]ted he is half way right, & therefore his being mad with me will be a matter of no consequence-and if C----is elected he will be all the way right so you run the risk of being gainer, without any chance of losing. There is little or no local [news] I know too little about Indian affairs to say any thing. The prospects of plante[r]s is more flattering this Season than I have known them since my residence in the country. And Emigrants are Constantly comiµg in notwithstanding it is too late for them to think of raising a crop.
I remain as usual Your friend & obt. Sevt E. W. Cullen. [rubric]
Genl. l\I. B. Lamar. Houston.- [ Addressed] His Excv-1\f. B. Lamar. Houston Mail. Texas.
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San Augustine
July 11
E. W. Cullen
San Augustin 18th JUNE 1839
"Judge of the first judicial district.
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