WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1845
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delight the unsullied lustre of the "Lone Star," when blended with the gallaxy of the American Union. I regret, gentlemen, that it will not be in my power, for some time, to partake of your tendered hospitality, but I will be happy to avail myself of the first leisure to visit your county, and will feel much pleasure in notifying you of the time. Sam Houston 1 The Morning Sta,·, January 10, 1846; also Telegniph cincl Texas Registc1·, January 14, 1846. This letter was written in reply to an invitation of December 20, 1845, which was signed by thirty names of the leading pro- fessional and business men of Fort B~nd County. The invitation ·is found preceding Houston's reply in 1 both the above-named sources. 2 Devereaux J. Woodlief. According to Bo1inty and Donation Wa1·rants (General Land Office of Texas); Cla.ims Pcipe1·s, and Comptroller's Mili- ta,·y Service Records (Texas State Library) ; Lama,· Pci7>ers I, 408, II, 513; also Dixon and Kemp, Heroes of Sun Jacinto, 322. D. P. Woodlief ranked as an officer in .the regular Texan army during the Texas Revolution, but at the battle of San Jacinto he served as a private in Captain Karnes's company. His home was in Fort Bend County.
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TO ANTHONY BUTLER 1
Houston, Texas, Dec'r 25th, 1845 To Anthony Butler, Esq., Late Charge d'Affaires to Mexico, &c. Noble Sir:- Your favor of the 15th inst. reached me quite opportunely. I am compelled to regard jt as a gift of the season, although it is characterized by a warmth which only belongs to your generous nature. Having nothing also to do, I gave it a leisurely perusal, and noted all its contents, some of which, as you supposed, were new to me. In the hurry of composition, and under an impulse of candor, which you always write and act, I could not have expected you to go more into detail. What- ever your motive was, I will not pretend to divine, but one thing I ·can assure you of, and that is that you afford me some amusement. The multifarious charges and awful denunciations have in- duced the conclusion that your imagination has improved by age, in proportion to your disregard of truth. That you should endeavor to drag others down to a level with yourself is not won- derful. You have taken the degree of A. M. in villany, but it appears that you are not satisfied even with that honor. You are ambitious to couple yourself with some name of notoriety by turning pamphlet-maker and imitating the infamous distinction
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