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for the most detailed account see Kendall, Ncirrative of the Santa Fe Ex- pedition, 2 vols. William C. Binkley, "New Mexico and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition," The Southwesteni Historical Quarterly, XXVII, 85-107. This last work was written with the advantage of having Mexican as well as the usual Texas and United States sources at hand. To THE TEXAS SENATEL Executive Department, City of Austin, February 1st, 1842. To the Honorable Senate: I herewith return to your Honor- able Body, without my signature, a bill "to lay out and organize the county of Nacogdoches for judicial and other purposes." My opinion upon the unconstitutionality of erecting counties for judicial purposes alone, have, on a former occasion, been ex- pressed to the Congress. I will, therefore, be excused Irom re- peating them. Sam Houston. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Pa71ers; also, Execu.tive Rec- ord Book, No. 40, p. 35, Texas State Library. TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, February 2, 1842. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: I herewith transmit to your Honorable Body, a statement from the Department of War and Navy, exhibiting the amount of lead now on hand at the Austin Arsenal, from which our almost utter destitution of the means of defence, will be apparent. The Con- gress will perceive the necessity of making some adequate pro- vision for supplying the wants of the government on this subject. Nothing could be more disheartening than a knowledge of this fact, were it known to the community at large and to other countries. 1"Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Pape1·s; also Executive Rec- ord Book, No. 40, p. 35, Texas State Library. TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-A VETO MESSAGE 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, February 2d., 1842. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: The bill "for the protection of the Northern and Western fron- t· by the establishment of a line of military colonies along the ier ,, has been presented to the Executive, and he trusts that same, · th b. t ·11 t the attention that has been bestowed upon e su Jee w1 , a
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