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thought of whom I wished to compose the cabinet, has undergone a slight change, yet you were always embraced in the plan. Don't say you are "poor." I am-all are so! The officers shall have salaries, and in good money. It can be done-and shall be done!!! I will try and be in Austin by the 6th or 7th proximo. Be pleased to salute our friends, and when we meet I will amuse you, by laying open a world of wonders, some of them at least arnusing. Sam Houston. Doctor Anson Jones, Austin. [Endorsement] : The pledges contained in this letter were sub- sequently violated. Hon. K. L. Anderson urged me personally to accept, and prom- ised in that event to take the T'reasury Department. His per- suasions, more than any other man's induced me to accept; but at the close of the session of Congress, Gen. Houston gave the office to another, and it soon became vacant. A. J. 1 Anson Jones, Memo1·andct and Official Correspondence, Rep-ublic of Texas, 167-168. 2 Anson Jones. See Houston's Proclamation of his Appointment of Anson Jones as Minister to the United States, June 30, 1838. ADDRESS OF GENERAL SAM HOUSTON, PRESIDENT ELECT, AT HOUSTON, NOVEMBER 25, 184!1 My fair countrywomen and my countrymen-Greeted with a welcome so cordial, and yet too flattering, by the orator selected by you for communicating your feelings, on this occasion: I cannot refrain from an effort to express my own to you in return. However far I may fail in the attempt to express the deep emotion of the purest gratitude, which fills my breast in view of this display, prompted by hope, no less than by patriotism, I shall occupy your time for a few moments on this occasion. It is true the attitude in which I stand is one of deep em- barrassment and high importance, as well ·to myself as to our common country. Would that every embarrassment pertained to me alone. I would then derive my chief felicity from its pres- sure,-but when I contemplate the weight of evils under which my country labors, I am doubly impressed with the conviction, that grief must be the lot of many, and oppression the portion of all. It is true that Texas, and more especially this district of it,
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