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policy. He did, in fact, make many speeches and win many votes for annex- ation. At a somewhat later period he became prominent in the secession movement that swept the South in the late 50's. He did not live, how- ever, to see the climax of that conflict, for he died at Natchez, l\fississippi, in 1857. In appearance, Felix Huston was tall, slender, graceful-a happy, dashing, dare-devil type of man. He had very blond complexion and gray- blue eyes that had a cast in them, a defect, however, that gave him a somewhat mysterious expression. He was a speaker of fire and eloquence, the type to move masses and sway unthinking men to adopt his plans. See Yoakum, History of Texas, II, 302. The Southwestern Historical Qua,rte,·ly, XXI, 43-53; XXX, 190-193. Thrall, A Picto1·ial History of Texas, 570. An oil portrait of Huston hangs in the Senate Chamber of the Texas State Capitol.

To THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive DeP,artment, Columbia, 20th Dec. 1836.

To the Hon[orable] the Senate Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to nominate to you John W. Moody as a suitable person to be appointed Auditor of Public Accounts for this Republic. Mr. Moody is highly recommended and I trust your honorable body will concur with me in his appointment. Sam Houston 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jo1m1als of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, 33. ZMoody's appointment was approved and confirmed on the same day. See ibid., 34; also, see Lamar Pape1·s, I, 574, and II, 542.

TO THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, Columbia, 20th Dec. 1836.

To the Honorable the Senate Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to nominate to you Asa Brigham, 2 as a suitable person to be appointed Treasurer for this Republic. Mr. Brigham is highly recommended and I trust your honorable body will therefore concur with me in his appointment. Sam Houston 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), The Secret Journals of the Senate of the Rcp11blio of Texas, 1836-1845, 33. 2 Asa Brigham came to Texas from l\fassachusetts in 1832 and settled en the Brazos in Brazoria County. At the town of Brazoria, June 20, 1832, he and 103 other men formed a milita force in Austin's Colony for the sake of public safety. They named their organization "The City Guards,"