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it on no occasion, but I will venture everything to avert the evils threatened; and I will never provoke them. I am not a garrulous old man; nor am I a testy old woman, Sir, to threaten this Union. [ Laughter.] 'Congressional Globe, Vol. 21, Part I, 1st Sess, 31st Cong., 1849-1850, p. 58. A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE SENATEt December 27, 1849. Mr. Houston submitted the following resolution, which lies over, under the rule: Resolved, That the Presiaent of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate all the official correspondence since the 4th of March last, between the Government of the United States and the military authority stationed at Santa Fe. Also, all the correspondence between the State of Texas, and those of the United States Government relating to the boundary or occu- pation of Territory of Texas by the troops of the United States. Also, the reasons why the judicial authority of the State of Texas has not been recognized by the military authorities of Santa Fe. 'Congressional Globe, XXI, 87, 110, December 27, 1849. On January 7, 1850, Houston requested that this resolution be taken up, and there being no objection it was taken up and read. See Congressional Globe, XXI, 110.
JANUARY, 1950-FEBRUARY, 1850 To THE EDITORS oF THE UNION 1
Washington City, Jan. 10, 1850. Gentlemen: Enclosed you will receive a letter, sent to a creditor of Texas, and a holder of Texas liabilities by Memucan Hunt, 2 late of New Orleans. I wish you to publish it in the "Union." The peculiar character of the letter will explain the object of its author. If the meditated attempt upon the integrity of the legislature were not exposed, its members would be obnoxious to a suspicion of being liable to corruption. In vindication of a collective body of honorable gentlemen, I have yielded to a sense of duty, in
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