WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
of Houston, the eighteenth day of July, A. D. 1842, and of the independence of the Republic, the seventh. By the President, Sam Houston Joseph Waples, Acting Secretary of State 1 Procla11uitions of the P1·esidents of the Republic of Texas, Texas State Library. Telegraph ancl Texas Register, August 17, 1842. To THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, July 18th, 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate: I have the honor, herewith, to lay before your honorable body~ copies of orders, reports, and correspondence, having relation to the conduct, condition, and operations of the foreign volunteers stationed upon our western border. It will be seen, that from the first, a spirit of utter insubordination and mutiny has openly pre- vailed, destroying every hope of usefulness and harmony as well as degarding, by disrespect and disobedience, the authorities of the land from which the numerous orders so repeatedly violated and disregarded have emanated. It is therefore, submitted to the honorable Congress, whether it would not be more politic to rely upon our own militia, and furlough or discharge those who will no longer yield obedience to the laws and rules of war enacted for their government? I despair of reformation and will not be accessory, through the Department of War, of tantalizing the hopes and expectations of our citizens, who have hoped for succor from volunteer aid from the United States. They are expensive as they have heretofore proved useless to our country. SAM HOUSTON. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressiona.l Pape1·s, Sixth Congress; also Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 120, Texas State Library. Telegraph and Texas Register, August 10, 1842. The Red Lander, September 29, 1842. To THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, July 18, 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate: The Executive has the pleasure in response to the resolution of your honorable body of the 16th inst., desiring information
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