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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 1763 1840 Apr. 6, MANS:F'rnLD TORRANCE, [APPALACHIOOLA, GEORGIA?] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Personal plans; views upon marriage; the wisdom of opposing annex- ation; his own and Langdon Cheve's views upon the unwisdom of the Southern states' joining the Federal Union; his own intention to urge the nomination of Troup for president by the approaching state con- vention; the decline of statesmanship and patriotism; political corrup- tion; the Troup family; personal news. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1764 1840 Apr. 7, CHARLES DE 1IORSE, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, · [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Notice regarding a note of Lamar to James H. Smith, placed in De Morse's hands for collection.· A. N. S. 1 p. No. 1765. 1840 Apr. 8, J. CARDENAS, VICTORIA, [TEXAS], TO M. B. LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXASJ 1
Villa de Victoria, April 8, 1840.
To His Excellency, M. B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas. Sir:
The government of the northern frontier of the Mexican republic has alwayg recognized in Texas, because of the generous conduct and the philanthropic ideas of that government and all its inhabitants, a land of refuge in the event of an unfortunate occurrence; and, it having happened that a part of the forces on the frontier of Coahuila was de- stroyed on the 26th of last month, the government is now in this town, trusting that its stay in your territory for the length of time necessary to arrange the affair:;, which have been brought to it will be well received. These affairs are the establishment of peace and commercial relations, and the negotiation with your government for aid in order that this government may resume the war against the government of Mexico. To this end, this government has today appointed an agent with ample power to represent it in your capital. The government of the northern frontier of the Mexican republic, founded upon the sympathies whic"q unite this country and yours, and because of the similarity of the cause which both sustain, can do no less than prom,ise itself that its agent will be well received, that the affairs will be arranged according as the inter- ests of both countries demand, and that the peace and liberty, without which the Nations will never prosper, will then be assured.
'A. L. S. Spanish.
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