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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1862
TO SAM HOUSTON, JR. 1
Cedar Point, Texas, September 21, 1862. My Dear Son, I can only send you a fond Father's tender blessing, and assure you of his prayers at a Throne of Grace for your safety, & your soul's salvation. Our prayers are also for our Dear Nephews' safety and salvation. We all send love to you and to them. Tho. anxious, people are well. Thy Devoted Father San Houston [Rubric]. Sam Houston, Jr. C.S.A. 1 Temple H. 1l101·row Collect-ion of Houston Materials, Dallas, Texas. This brief note was added at the close of a long letter from Mrs. Houston to her son.
To AsHBEL SMITH 1 Independence, Texas, 18th Nov., 1862.
My Dear Smith, I have waited two weeks here for a visit from you, as you told Mrs. Houston that you would come to see me soon. The weather has now broke, and I don't know when I will be able to get off with my family to Huntsville. I would be most happy to see you. If I were to do so, I would only say "Another man ought not to leave Texas." For this there are a thousand reasons. If Texas is lost & ruined, what would the Confederacy be without her? She has been its van and rear guard. Oh, that our Governor would rise from his lair and shake the dew drops from his mane! ! ! And say, "by the Constitution I am the Sovereign of a Sovereign State,-the people look to me to save it, and they will sustain me in its salvation." If you can, come to see me soon; if not, may God guide, direct, & prosper you, and save our dear country. We all send kind, yea affectionate regards to you. Thine Ever, Houston. See the Governor if you can! !!
1 Ashbel Smith Papers, University of Texas Library.
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