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PAPERS OF MIR.ABE.Au BuoNAPARTE LAM.AR
doing it- The whole Country says, that if this attempt at negociation prove unsuccessful, let us haYe War, & drive them into terms; and I am determined to bring the matter to close at once, unless I see the strong- est prospects of success in making a treaty during your terms- I have had a conversation with Col. Mayfield upon the subject of a called Session of Congress, & we both are of the opinion that if one is to be called it had better be toward the latter end of June, than to defer it untill after the next election- The present Congress are decidedly in your favor- At the last Session61l Genl. Houston could carry no measure whatever, but the almost certain prospect of his election to the Presidency will be the means of returning many' Houston men to the next Congress which otherwise could not get there, & such a Congress would do nothing to advance the credit of your administration- They would desire to hold all the money back for him to operate upon-The present Congress however, already friendly to you, while flushed with the pleasing intelligence of getting the loan thro' your instrumentality, would be apt to do all that you wish'd-- No longer possession the constitutional right to advise you, I merely throw out these remarks as hints, upon which you wiill reflect, as you know they proceed from a sin- cere desire to see your reign close prosperously and brilliantly- My family will reach Austin about the time you get this letter- they left here to day- I have requested my wife to take you under her special charge- I. mean your health & personal comforts- Hoping that I may be able to announce to you in my next, that I am coming home with such a treaty in my pocket as will be a glorious Cap- stone in the political fabrick you have been rearing, I remain now as ever Sincerely your friend James Webb P. S. Mr. Burnley, I think, would like to go to England upon the re- turn of Genl. Hamilton- His appointment I believe would be popular, & Genl. Houston would not dare to recall him-
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fEndorsedl ,James Webb
4th May 41 Private
No. 2017
1841 May 5, E. S. PERKINS, HOUSTON, [TEXAS] TO M. B. LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXASJ 63
Houston. 5"- May 1841
To his Excellency M. B. Lamar My dear Sir
Pardon the liberty I take with your Excellency in soliciting the favor asked.- In the month of June last I handed Maj. Brigham $25,000 to take to Austin & fund for me, it was principally of·the issue bearing interest- 02 Fifth Session. 03 A. L. S.
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