CALENDAR
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PAGE To Thomas H. Bayly, August 6, 1850; Houston concurs with his col- leagues in recommending Colt's pistols on the frontier.....----- 211 Speech, August 8, 1850, concerning Texas boundary claims: admits Indian incursions into Texas; gives account of Texan expeditions west of the Rio Grande, 1842-1843; explains the Canales effort to establish the Republic of the Rio Grande______ ______ !:!12 Speech, August 13, 1850, explaining his vote for the admission of Cali- fornia: his love and interest for both North and South; the ad- mission of Texas . to the Union on the principles of the Missouri Compromise; the first slave territory granted to free soil since 1819 taken from Texas by southern votes; Texas not injured by it; he and Texas take stand for the South andl the constitution; the Nashville Convention, a dangerous meeting, because it tried to dictate to Congress in violation of the principles of the forefathers; sarcastic mention of J. Pinckney Henderson, the Texas delegate to that convention; an argument that southern men destroyed the Clayton compromise of 1848; a contention that California should be admitted to the union on the principle of self-government, a matter neither for nor against rights of either North or South; quizzed by Jefferson Davis, a statement made that not half the counties of Mississippi had been represented in the Nashville Con- vention, and that Texan claims which were anchored on justice and the constitution of the United States, did not need the endorse- ment of that convention.........................·---·-·····-·····--·····--·-·----- 214 To Daniel ·wallace, August 14, 1850; gives assurance that he had not used the name of Wallace, of Calhoun, or of any other man in disrespectful manner in his August 13th speech.·--·-----·--·-· 231 Speech, August 15, 1850, disavowing sympathy for disunion sentiment: the rumor to connect him ,vith a disunion plot, a humbug; Texan difficulty in entering the union; his belief that all laws passed by the present congress were constitutional; public opinion in Texas not of his making; declaration of his loyalty to the South and his adherence to the Union___ ------------- 232 To Sam Houston, Jr., August 23, 1850, a letter of paternal affection and advice --···--·-·--··--- 236
To P. H. Bell, August 26, 1850, recommending R. W. Latham as fiscal agent for Texas ........ ---·-······--···-·-··-···-···-··-····-·--·-·-··-- SEPTEMBER, 1850-DECEMBER, 1850 A Reply to reflections upon his record as sub-Indian ageITt, September 9, 1850: attack made by General Daniel Wallace of South Carolina, in the Sou,thern Press; his appointment as Indian agent, September 29, 1817, made by Secretary of War, George Graham, under Presi- dent Monroe; detailed explanation of his appointment to, his services in, and of his resignation of the office, and of the approval of his superior officers; General Jackson's interest in the matter; John C. Calhoun's conduct concerning it, the charges made against him, his exoneration from the charges; Butler's (of South Carolina) explanation that his reflections against Houston were
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