The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY

their wagons are ready- I leave 20 men of the regulars for want of horses.

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[ Addressed]

[Endorsed]

Genl M. B. Lamar Present

Hugh McLeod

June 10th 1841

Adgt Levey

No. 2050

1841 Jwne 10, T. BARBEY, PARIS, [FRANCE] TO [M. B. LAM.AR, AUSTIN, TEXASJ 89 Paris, 10th. June 1841, Mr President, I had the honor of writing to you from Hamburg, 00 where I was staying some time since, to offer you my thanks on the occasion of my being nominated Consul for the Republic of Texas in Paris. Imme- diately on my return to Paris, I hastened to put myself in communica- tion with Mr. MacIntosh and General Hamilton & to lay before them my observations concerning Emigration, and to draw their attention to the steps it would be necessary to take in the interest of your Govern- ment. • Until the time when Emigrants may be sure to enjoy a comparatively comfortable existence in Texas, free from difficulties, they will always hold back & prefer going to the Uni~ed Sta,tes; but as soon as you can offer them positive advantages I will take upon myself to make it under- stood by them, & to contribute infinitely towards augmenting your Population, Nevertheless Sir, be persuaded that in the mean time ] will do every thing that may be in my power to influence the greatest possible number of Persons to proceed to Texas, the more so as by my connections I am so situated as to be particularly well calculated to obtain this result, & to be of great service to your Government. If it was possible to accord to each Individual who could offer suitable guarantees of J\Iorality and good Conduct a small portion of Land (say about eight or ten acres) it would place me in a position to hold out these. advantages on the Frontiers, and in Germany, and would naturally draw the attention of Emigrants who at present choose in preference the United States. These facts should be the more easily understood and appreciated by the Senate as these are the means, Sir, which the French Government employs for the Colonization of Algeria. I should also wish you to understand, Sir, all the importance you should attach to the advantages of establishing direct communication with France, & I am more .competent than any one to contribute towards this amelioration. · The enclosed Circular 91 which I address to all the inhabitants of Texas will put you in the way of understanding the nature of my two Houses, and if the Government would second my views by entrusting me to make all its purchases, for which I might be covered by shipments of Cotton, I could establish a regular & constant communication by vessels

80 A. L. S. 00 This letter is not now with the Lamar Papers. "'No. 2037.

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