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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1860
To CLEMENT R. J OHNs 1 Executive Department, Austin, June 1, 1860.
Honorable C. R. Johns, Comptroller Sir: You misapprehended my order of yesterday, when you say "Believing that this proposition was made in a spirit of concession to meet the pressing demands of the Rangers now at the Capitol, and as a concurrance of action is indispensable in this matter, I will cheerfully unite with you in executing the form proposed." This proposition was not made in the spirit of conc~ssion. It was made in the discharge of my duty as Executive, and no con- cession on you part was necessary other than the discharge of you1· duty. Sam Houston. 1 Exee1Lt-ive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 174, Texas State Library. The Johns letter to which this is a reply is in Compfrollers' Letters, State Library.
T'o CLEMENT R. JoHNs 1 Executive Department, Austin, June 4, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller, Sir: Enclosed please find copy of a letter 2 received at this Department today. The letter has no signature, but the author is a man of standing and responsibility. Considering the facts set forth I have deemed it my duty to furnish you with a copy. Sam Houston [Rubric]. 1 Co1npt?-ollers' Lette1·s, 1860; also Exec1Ltive Records, 1859-1861. 2 The letter recounts fraud and peculation by the quartermaster depart- ment. It is in the Compt1·ollers' Letters.
To CLEMENT R. JoHNs 1 Executive Department, Austin, June 4, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller, Sir : You will transact all the business with the companies and disbursing officers employed in the Cortinas Wars on the Rio Grande after administering to them an oath, inasmuch as they have taken no oath of office. The vouchers must be complete and the officers commanding companies will be required to swear that each man whose name
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