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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1827
He will send his reply to you by mail, and it is for you to deter- mine whether or not you will receive it in that way- My im- pression is that it (their object) is to get me to cut some ca])ers here with them, or to let you see that they will have somE:thing to do in the manner of negociation. If his letter shoud reach you, and you receive, and read it, I hope you will take no course until I get home, for the reason, that l can tell you much that I will not put in a letter which will go far in placing the grounds all before [you] and when they are all before you, you can act! I will try to reach home ear!y after Congress rises. Please make my most cordial salutations to Mrs. Jackson & best wishes for her health and happiness. Sam Houston Maj. Genl. Jackson. 1 Jaclcson MSS., U.S. Congressional Library. Photostat, The University of Texas Library. 2 See footnote 5 under Houston to Jackson, December 13, 1826.
ON THE PUBLISHERS OF THE LA WSl
[February 16, 1827] "Resolved, That the Secretary of State communicate to this House a list of such newspapers, in each of the States, in which the laws of Congress were directed to be published in the years 1825 and 1826; also, a list of such in which the laws are directed to be published in 1827, designating the changes which have been made, and the causes of such changes." And the question pending being the motion of Mr. ·wright to strike out the words, "and the causes for each change." Mr. Houston said: I need not express the reluctance with which I now obtrude myself again upon the attention of the House; nor should I have done so, were it not for the course which this debate has taken, evincing but too clearly, that it is the object of some of the gentlemen who have participated in this discussion, to wander from the subject, for the purpose of assailing indi- vidual character, rather than pursuing the subject before the House. It has be.en alleged by gentlemen opposed to the resolu- tion, that the object of its introduction was for the purpose of ·producing political effect elsewhere; and that the manner in which it has been discussed, has betrayed the intention. In the remarks
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