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of Sau Augustine has give11 u~ frequent lessons on perjury swindling 1111d fraud, and dwelt iu lengthe11ecl terms on fraudulent-land Certifi- l·ntes issue<l in Jasper County- Actions speak louder than words- I know that m_y friend dicl not aim this at me personally, hut if he did, my vote duri11g this Congress will show which of us two are most opposed to fraud As l have said, actions speak louder than words, I must vindic·ate the citizens of .Jasper Count)·- I ha,·e 110 doubt but that frauds have been practised i11 that County, and I am ever ready to lend a hand to put clown the frauds there and elsewhere. The gen- tleman has bec11 the most clamorous of all against frauds- :\Iy actions may speak for me, I think the gentlemens honesty might be discovered without his co11tinual eternal trumpeting of it. The less he may say on that subject the better for him, -perhaps. We generally find that he who cries out most against villany is the most to be suspected. Many rascals are detected by their making a fuss about rascality- Does my friend forget great frauds, and pounce on the small ones? He is very kind to the citize11s of Jasper County- He is the last person who ought to accuse others- ::uy constih1ents are as honest as those of my friend- A few bad men ought not to condemn a whole County- I repeat that I believe there are not ten men in the County engaged in. making fraudulent certificates-and I am inclined to think they are made out of that County by non resident~- Let that be as it may I will join the gentleman in putting down the frauds, even the eleven league claims, which my friend seems to have overlooked. :\fy friend denounces those who live by manufactoring certificates for leagues and labors, but is entirely silent about the eleven league frauds- I do not say that the gentleman has been engaged in mak- ing out many fraudulent eleven league Claims, I do not say that my friend has located some fraudulent eleven league claims on Red Ri,·er. Rut some people have been so bold as to insinuate that the fnmous city of Sabine is situated ron] one of these claims and that my friend has a goodly number on Red River of this class- I presume these claims have nothing but s1·ze and age to recommend them. All that you can learn aLout them is that they purport to be titles or deeds issued to nominal individuals, a long list of Dons. such as Don Juan Jose Maria and Don Sancho Pablo, and many other such ideal worthies- I do uot say that the renowned city of. Sabine is situated on one of these Don Sancho claims, Mr Speaker I do not say so- but many people do insinunte that my friends claims are not the purest, inasmuch as this long train of Dons cannot be paraded in per- son. And i\fr Speaker one word to my friends, k11owled1?e of fraud. No man can become well acquainted with a trade or mystery unlPss he practise it. I ask how did my friend learn so muC'h about fraud? All his developements are new to me. He is very able to instruC't me from now 'till night, I discover that he is very l<'arned in the history o( fraud. It would require much practice to render mr as knowing as my friend in the Science of frauds- (Here Mr Arm::tron~ was again called to order) ?.Cr Speaker I must say a word or two toneh- ing the .:\filitary career of my friend, but first of thP <"itizen~ of ,Jn:,;per whom he has attempted to ridicule. They h1n-e ht"t'n in nil the wnrs of Texas, except at San Jacinto, and some of them were there. Tlwy
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