WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1846
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my visit, I beg you to excuse me to the Society and the meeting for the disappointment they might feel. It will be entirely agreeable to me to take lodgings at any hotel which you may name. I am very truly yr. friend & serv't, Sam Houston W. I. Mullen, Henry D. Moore, & Thos. Cavender, Esqrs., Comtee.
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JOINT RESOLUTION THANKING GENERAL TAYLOR AND Hrs ARMY 1 Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress asse11ibled, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered to Major General Zachary Taylor, commanding the army of occupa- tion, his officers and men, for the fortitude, skill, enterprise, and courage, which have distinguished the recent brilliant operations on the Rio Grande. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That Congress sincerely sympathize with the relatives and friends of the officers and soldiers of the army of the United States who so bravely fell in the service of their country on the Rio Grande. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be authorized and requested to have a medal of gold procured, with appropriate devices and inscriptions thereon, and presented to General Taylor, in the name of the Republic, as a tribute to his good conduct, valor, and generosity, to the vanquished.
1 Congressional Globe, 1845-1846, 1064, July 7, 1846.
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SPEECH IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE TEXAS NAVY, DELIVERED JULY 31, 1846 1 On the bill authorizing the President to increase the Naval Estab- lishment of the United States, by adding the Naval Establishment of the late Republic of Texas. Mr. Houston expressed his strong reluctance to occupy, at this late period of the session, any portion of the time of the Senate, but pleaded as his apology a strong conviction of duty in the case. He regretted very much that any difficulty should have arisen as to the authority of the President to incorporate the navy of Texas into that of the United States; but, since such ,,vas unhappily the fact, he must be pardoned for going into some of
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