WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1844 To WILLIAM s. MuRPHY 1
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City of Houston, 6th May, 1844.
To Gen. W. S. Murphy, &c., &c. My Dear General, To day Mrs. Houston, master Sam & myself, did intend to go down by the boat, but as matters now stand, we will not go for some days. I was mortified in not hearing from you, and particularly so, as I learn that you are somewhat annoyed by certain influences. This we must bear with, and can do so, with greater spirit of endurance, for we know, from what cause they arise. It is true that some men are like the fallen angels, and would " rather rule in Hell, than serve in Heaven." Such men are bad servants of the laws and would make worse masters than servants. I trust the days of anarchy, will soon be numbered, and then cease, for a thousand years. Cant you come up by the next Boat? If you can, it is more than probable that we will return with you to the Island and pass a few days or per chance weeks. The roads continue impassable to the Trinity, and I must seek to get Mrs. Houston to her mothers by water. We have no news of interest here, and I do not intend leaving until something definite transpires. The times are big, with events, of coming circumstances, to Texas and the woria. I feel that matters now transacting, are if carried out to perpetuate the Union of the States, by the annexation of Texas at least three centuries. If it is not done, by annexation the Union, will be endangered, their revenue diminished, and a European in- fluence grow up in Texas, from our necessities, and interests, that will most effectually pretermit, the interests of the U States, so far as they are to look for the sale of their fabrics, in the Southern Section of this continent, and forfeiture of our sym- pathies. Mexico in a short time by the influences, which Texas can command will yield every thing to the superior energy ac- tivity, and the employment of well-directed capital, which will flow in to us from Europe, and render us the beneficiaries of a most important and extensive trade. All our ports will soon become great commercial marts, and places, now scarcely noticed upon our maps, will be built up & grow into splendid cities. These are but few advantages, which are noticed but these, to the statesmen of the U. States ought to cause ceaseless efforts to secure so rich a prize. The present moment is the only one that the U. States will ever enjoy to annex Texas. I am intensely
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