WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 184-0
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Republic? It would seem to be time that there was some concert of action between the different courts, at least of similar juris- diction;- some_ practical and uniform lines of demarcation for the government of all the courts of the country, as yet almost as confused, irregular, and unharmonious as at their first or- ganization.
Houston.
1 Teleg1·aph and Texas Registe1·, December 30, 1840.
HOUSTON'S MEMORANDA FOR A SPEECH 1
[1840]?
Notice!!!
Lands forfeited to G·overnment! Officers not enough for business. Foreign agents without money
The Cherokee country! President embarrassed Denied all contingencies Denied all defences! Will not violate the constitution See the country stand still! No house furniture nor anything else allowed ! The public domain! = Currency must depreciate! Liberty is endangered by _legislative bodies. Greece, Rome, England, & France = The future hope of the Country = No officers or clerks-the business must stop. - -
Our situation is worse than it was on the 22nd of April, 1836. 1Qriginal in possession of Mrs. Madge Hearne, Houston, Texas; photostat in The University of Texas Library.
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