WRITINGS OF 5AM: HOUSTON, 1842
192
I had the pleasure to peruse your despatch ito the State Depart- ment, 2 and regret the bearing which attached to a portion of the protest. It will be rectified forthwith. It was owing, I presume, to a misapprehension of the revocation of the Blockade on the part of the Acting Secretary of State, as I feel pretty well assured, that, as the Archives had not arrived, that he could not refer to the Proclamation, and I am not certain, as he had been absent, that he had ever seen it; as we had no Mails to the Eastward, where he was at the time it was promulgated. Nothing conclusive has been heard of the treaty with the Indians, but as usual I hope for the best. As Congress is called to convene on the 14th Inst. it will afford me great pleasure to see Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires. It will be of much importance to Texas if you could be here one or two days previous to the 14th. Mrs. H. as well as myself have been quite indisposed for some ten or fifteen days, but are now pretty well with a hope of better health. It will afford me much pleasure to hear from you by Mr. Scott on his return. I have many thanks to render you for past favors. And beseech you to regard me as faithfully Thine, Sam Houston. The Honble. Charles Elliot, etc. 1 Diplomatic Cor·resvondence, 1838-1846, Texas State Library. E. D. Adams (ed.), British Divlomatic Con·esvondence Concerning Texas, 1838- 1846, pp. 131-132. 2 See G. P. Garrison (ed.), Diploma.tic Correspondence of the Revublic of Texas, II (II), 112-113.
To JOSEPH EVE 1
Washington, 6th Nov.
1842
Private
My Dear Judge, I thank you sincerely for your several favors, and but for time & anything worth your notice, I would have been happy to have responded to you. In heart I did respond, as I ever will, to your kind and generous regards. I was fearful that it would not be in your power to attend the Treaty, tho' I did regard it of vast importance, but as I expect the chiefs, or part of them, here by the 14th, I will hope to embrace both yourself and Captain Elliot. I deem your presence here, when
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