debilitated to say more you say your motives were good- In the name of God convince me of that- Had I cared nothing about you and McKinney these things would have had no effect on me-McKinney began abusing and slandering me when I was absent in the U. S. his idea of friendship is that one must be the tool of his friend right or wrong- he has chosen his course and is quite welcome to keep it- he is very far from being the high minded man I once believed him to be- But you will probably get on well- Speculation and honesty cannot contend in Texas the former will gain some twenty or 100 to one. What I mean by honesty here is honesty to the public interest and the public good- Convince me in the name of God that you have been and are honest to the public interest and the public good as you say you have been and restore yourself where you once stood in the opinion of S. F. Austin It seems that Jack and Warren Hall are about commencing a sistem of persecution against me on some pretext of a claim of old Andy Roberson about a half league of Elders I know nothing about it- R. has no claim on me [4305] [BEE to PAYMASTER]
Treasury Department Columbia 12 Oct 1836
Sir
You will in future draw the dfts which issue from your Office direct of the Treasurer instead of allowing them to pass through the Auditor's Offic holding your vouchers always subject to inspection at the orders of this Department
Your Obt Servant Barnard E Bee Secy of Treasury
To the Pay Master General Columbia
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