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subject of wonderment to me that it was not proclaimed at the inauguration of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy. I am at this place on business, having recovered from my long indisposition. So far as I can hear amongst the people, you will be sustained in the course which you have taken. You certainly have my sincere wishes for your success and happiness. Very truly your friend, Sam Houston. P.S. My amanuensis made a mistake and signed my name. Sam Houston [Rubric] I could have procured any number of recommendations in favor of my son, had I thought it would have been deemed neces- sary. But Col. Wm. P. Rogers assured me it was only necessary to address you myself.
1 The Southwestern Histo,-ical Qua-rtel"ly, XX, 1916-1917, pp. 148-149.
To FRANCIS R. LUBBOCK 1
Cedar Point, August 9, 1862.
To His Excellency F. R. Lubbock My Dear Sir-With unabated regard for you, as the highest authority in the State, and having voted for your election, believ- ing you to be a patriot, while I was attached to you as a man, never doubting that you would maintain the rights of the hum- blest citizen in the community, and at the same time, maintain the honor of the State, and as Governor vindicate your prerogatives • by seeing the laws e:icecuted, I feel it, nevertheless, both my privi- lege and my duty, as a citizen, to express to your Excellency, thoughts which I cannot repress. Remote as I am from all the bustle of the world, and earnestly endeavoring to withdraw my attention from all subjects of public concernment, unless so far as my rights and duties as a citizen are involved, I am, of course, but imperfectly posted in all news of the day, but enough reaches me to disquiet my heart greatly. A proclamation issued by General Hebert, in May last, and I presume not revoked, is the most extraordinary document I have ever seen, and I venture to say that has ever been seen in any country, unless it was one where despotic sway was the only rule of law. In that proclamation, he abrogates all the powers of your Excellency, as Governor of the State, ignores the Bill of
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