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PAPERS OF i!IRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
and we shall take great pleasure in hailing you as fellow citizens, mem- bers of our young Republic, and co-aspirants with us for all the glory of establishing a new happy and free nation. Our Constitution is as liberal as a rational and enlightened regard to human infirmities will safely permit. It confers equal political privileges on all; tolerates all relgions without distinction, and guaran- tees an even and impartial administration of the laws. This communication, I trust will be received by you and by your public authorities, in the same spirit of kindness and sincerity in which it is dictated. And if nothing shall intervene to vary my present inten- tion, I shall despatch in time for them to arrive in your section of Country about the month of September proximo, one, or more Com- missioners, gentlemen of worth and confidence, to explain more mi- nutely the condition of our country; of the sea-board and the core~tive interests which so emphatically recommend and ought perpetually to cement the perfect union and identity of Santa Fe and Texas. These Commissioners will be accompanied by a military escort for the purpose of repelling any hostile Indians that may infest the passage; and with the further view of ascertaining and opening a safe ·and convenient route of communication between the two sections of Country, which being strongly assimilated in interests, we hope to see united in friend- ships and consolidated under a common Government. Until the arrival of the,:e Commissioners, I have empowered some of your own citizens, Capt W. G. Dryden, i1r W H Workman, and l\Ir Rowland (to whotn the views and feelings of this Government have been communicated) to confer with you upon the subject matter of this communication. Mirabeau B Lamar. No. 1774 1840 Apr. 14, J. LOVE, GALVESTON, [TEXAS], TO l\I. B. LA:\IAR, AUSTIN, [TEXASJ 9
Gelveston April 14th. 1840
His Excellency Dear Sir
We have recd. the ne[ws] of the probability of the "Cntralists making an attack on San Antonio. Altha we do not think it will be the case, we are ready at all times to give our aid, Approving as I do most cordially the course purs[ued] by the goYern- ment in all her military operations, and believing' it can not but result in success, and that when passion & prejudice shall have passed away it will be approved by all I hold myself ready at all times to contribute all I can to sustain the executive in his course. Peace with Mexico is to be had honorably, no[ c]ompromise with the Indians- We can raise a company the best fellows in the world at any time, when the necessity shall arise. Genl. Johnston will not go to the States so, long as a probability exists of invasion. We intend him for our Capt. I am pleased to see that he openly and zealously sustains your course. He did not attend Rous- tons dinner,
"A. L. S.
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