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we had as well attend to the raising good crops.- We will make more by such a policy. If men are "idle among us," it is because they won't work. The laborer can be as well rewarded in Texas as in any country on the Globe, and if the enemy come, we can be at them and give hot pursuit over the Rio Grande. These are a few of my crude notions. Thine truly Houston [ P. S.] General Hunt is a Gentleman and can't feel otherwise, but his views on this subject, I apprehend, are erroneous. Houston. [Addressed]: To Hon. G. W. Hill Present [Endorsed]: President to G. W. Hill, Jan'y 24th, 1843. General Hunts Communication. 1 From Mr. Al Dealey's Collection of Houston Letters. George W. Hill. See Houston to George W. Hill, January 8, 1843. To GAIL BORDEN, JR. 1 Executive Department, Washington, January 25th, 1843. (Private) To Gail Borden, Jr., Esq. Sir- Messrs. William Bryan, Samuel M. Williams and James Morgan have been appointed under commission from the govern- ment, to perform certain duties, with which, though secret, they will acquaint you. The object of this note is merely to request you to furnish said Commissioners such information as you are in possession of, or which you can acquire, calculated to facilitate the object of the law under which they act. All their transactions are designed to be conducted with the utmost secrecy for many obvious reasons; and I am sure they may command your aid. As collector of the Port of Galveston, and conversant with the condition of our ves- sels, you will be able to do at least something. Sam Houston. 1Exccutive Recol'Cl Book, No. 40, p. 213, Texas State Library. For notes concerning Gail Borden and James Morgan, respectively, see Houston's Synopsis of Naval Expense, April 30, 1838, and The Qua1·terly, Texas State Historical Association, Xlll, p. 102; also Gammel, Lciws of Texas, II, 1027.
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