WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1861
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of Fayette County, having custody of the said negro boy, upon the presentation of these presents, will release from his Custody, and all restraints of the said owner of Bill, his said prisoner. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 186, Texas State Library.
TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE 1
Executive Department, Austin, Texas, February 6, 1861. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Enclosed I have the honor to transmit to your honorable bodies certain comments and resolutions adopted by the conventions of Louisiana and Georgia, and commend the same to your consid- eration. Sam Houston. 1 Jo10-nal of the House of Representatives, State of Texas, Eighth Legis- lature (Extra Session), pp. 31-32; Join-nal of the Senate, State of Texas, Eighth Legislatiwe ( Extra Session), pp. 96-96; Exec1itive Records, 1859- 1861, p. 187, Texas State Library.
MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS 1
Executive Department, Austin, Texas, February 6, 1861. Gentlemen of the Senate and the House of Representatives: In view of the contemplated speedy adjournment of the Leg- islature, the Executive would again call your attention to the embarrassed condition of the finances, and press upon your attention the importance of adopting such measures as will sus- tain the government during the present fiscal year. In the message sent to your honorable body at the commence- ment of the present session the Executive pressed this subject upon your attention, and in connection with it, the importance of providing for the defence of the frontier settlements. These were two of the three objects for which you were convened. The course of your legislation since that period, and the possibility of a severance of the connection of Texas with the Federal Union, render it imperative that money should be raised to sustain the government, so that in such a contingency, the people of the State may be ready to meet any emergency that may come upon them.
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