WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1836
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Your valor and heroism have proved you unrivalled. Let not contempt for the enemy throw you off your gu~rd. Vigilance is the first duty of a soldier, and glory the proudest reward of his toils. You have patiently endured privations, hardships, and difficul- ties unappalled; you have encountered odds of two to one of the enemy against you, and borne yourselves, in the onset and con- flict of battle, in a manner unknown in the annals of modern war- fare. While an enemy to your independence remains in Texas the work is incomplete; but when liberty is firmly established by your patience and your valor, it will be fame enough to say, " I was a member of the army of San Jacinto." · In taking leave of my brave comrades in arms, I can not sup- press the expression of that pride which I so justly feel in having had the honor to command them in person, nor will I withhold the tribute of my warmest admiration and gratitude for the promptness with which my orders were executed, and union maintained through the army. At parting my heart embraces you with gratitude and affection. SAM HOUSTON, Commander-in-Chief. 1 Crane, Life and Selected Litera1-y Remains of Smn Houl!lton, 108-109. A. M. Williams, Sant Houston cmd the Wm· of lnde1,ende11ce ·in Texas, 210- 211. Niles Reg1·ster, Vol. 50, p. 294. C. E. Leste1·, Smn Houston, 139-140. Edwin L. Sabin, With Sam Houston i1t Texas, 312. John J. Lynn, Fifty Yea1·s in Texas, 211-212. Arkansas Advocate, June 3, 1836. Arkansas Gazette, June 7, 1836. The reports of this Iettei· made by Crane, Williams, Sabin, and Lynn, also that of the Arkansal! Gazette, have been compared and are found to be the same in all respects. This copy was made from Crane's report of the letter.
TO JAMES MORGAN 1
On Board the Sehr Flora, 11th May 1836
Dear Col- l am in great press- you can relieve me- your presence here will do it. Sam Houston. By H.P. Brewster P. Secy 1 Morgan Pape1·s, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.
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