WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1823
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much pleasure in seeing you, and spending some time with you; at Murfreesboro. If you do not accept the agency (for I have no doubt but you will receive the ~pp't) I will yet expect to see you. As for myself, I have no opposition as yet for congress, and trust I will have none. I am on the alert shou'd any opposi- tion arise. You wou'd dislike that any difference shou'd take place between your "political sons" and no one wou'd deprecate the event more than myself. But I apprehend a coolness on the part of lVIaj G-m[.]2 I am not satisfied of the· fact, and will make every allowance until I ascertain the truth[.] I never quit a friend until I see a disinclination on his part to be friendly with me[.] I dearly love my friends because they have been everything to me[.] · I part with them as a lVIiser does his treasure with anguish and regret[.] Therefore I will calm!y await the event. I wish no hint of this matter! Will you please state to me the probable quantity of land, within the chartered limits of this State, to which the Indian title is not extinguished, and the probable amount of money it wou'd bring if sold. I wish this information now, if you please. lVIay all felicity, and every success present and future be yours. Unalterably thy friend Sam Houston. Gov J os lVIclVIinn. 1 Texas Historical Association Quarterly, ·vn, 72-73. A photogravure of this letter is in The University of Texas Library. 2 See Note No. 4, Houston to Joseph McMinn, February 15, 1823.
To ABRAM MAURY 1
Washington City, 13th Dec. 1823 Dear Sir, I will not pretend to give you news at this distance when we have so many smart Editors in this part of the Coun- try-I say smart because many of them are so sagacious that they will not state facts, but make them to suit their own wishes. Enclosed is Niles Register of the latest date and the articles which I have underlined in it, I think, generally correct. In relation to the "Caucus" I accord with his statement. If there is one; a great change must take place in affairs here- I do think your old friend the General's presence here, has great influence on the subject of a caucus. His friends do not wish one, and his friends (in my opinion) are more than you wou'd have
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