WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1861
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I recollect that while the Army was stationed on the Colorado, at Beeson's, in 1836, complaints were made to me against you, which, from their nature, were unfavorable to your loyalty to the cause of independence. I felt it my duty, from the clamor raised and repeated, to have the matter investigated, and from the best of my recollection, there was not a single fact which went to inculpate you in the slightest degree, and so light was the impression left on my mind, that my memory was never recalled to the circumstance, unless it was referred to as an incident which had reference to the history of those times. The impression left on my mind was that the reports were started and circulated with a view to injure and have you run off from property. I do not recollect that I have ever seen you, and if I did, it made no impression on me. If there was any reason for complaint, I am sure that General Burleson would have urged me, and I am sure that he did not. I hope that you will not be annoyed any further in relation to these base reports, and that you may live in peace. Truly yours, Sam Houston. 1 Kan1.es Papers, Texas State Library; Swcmte Palm Pcivers (Bergstrom Gift), University of Texas Library. These copies are identical. In the lat- ter collection there are a number of papers that relate to the vindication of Grasmeyer. To CHARLES A. w AITE 1 Austin, Texas, March 29, 1861. To Colonel Charles A. Wa.ite Dear sir: I have received intelligence that you have, or will soon receive orders to concentrate the United States troops under your command at Indianola, in this State, to sustain me in the exercise of my official functions. Allow me most respect- fully to decline any such assistance of the United States Gov- ernment, and to most earnestly protest against the concentra- tion of troops in fortifications in T'exas, and request that you remove all such troops out of the State at the very earliest day practicable, or, at any rate, by all means take no action towards hostile movements still further ordered by the Governroent at Washington City, or particularly of Texas. Thine, Sam 'Houston. Colonel Waite, U.S. Army, San Antonio.·
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