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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1850
TO B. RUSH W ALLACEL
Huntsville 18th Nov. 1850. My Dear Col. I send you a pamphlet containing the Proclama- tion which I issued/ and Dr. Jones veto to a Bill. 3 You can get the "Dishonorable Discharge" 4 from the Adjutant Generals office. The evidences of his defalcation in Washington City, I find I left with my papers there, but it can be seen at any time in the 4th or 5th Auditors office in Washington City. You will see Johnsons prosecution; that tried to be very mag- nanimous, and puffed Moore for bravery, when, in fact, he acted every way but bravely. I hope you will show this to my friends, Brasher & Moffett. Moore has cursed & dishonored Texas long enough. He says that he spent $50,000 in the service of this country. He came here on borrowed money, and swindled Texas and defrauded her out of more than fifty thousand, as you will see by Jones veto. Save Texas from further injiwy, and disgrace on his account. My friend Major J. W. Scott will understand this matter. Sam Houston. [Addressed]: Hon. B. R. Wallace, Austin, Texas. Postmarked Huntsville, Nov. 19, 1850. 1 Collection of Houston Letters, 1896-1840, Texas State Library. For some information concerning B. Rush Wallace, see Houston to Wallace, Novem- ber 11, 1850, in this volume. 2 This proclamation can be found at numerous places. See Volume III, 338-340. ' 3 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Pavers, Texas State Library. 4 Adjutant Geneml's Papers, for 1850, Texas State Library.
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TO MRS. HOUSTON 1
Douglas, 18th Nov. 1850 Dearest I am here, and as I have time to write I am happy to do so. The day has passed quietly for me, for I had no company in the stage. I can tell you no news of this section only that my friend Hogg has been acquitted for killing Chandler. If God wills I shall press on my journey so as to have as much time as possible to spend with our relations in Alabama. I have no expectations that anything important will transpire until after Holy Days.
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