The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 7, July 1903 - April, 1904 Page: 322
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322 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
Fort Morgan Ala.
Sept. 23, 1835.
My dear colonel,
I hasten to give you an early acknowledgement of yours dated
27. August 1835.
It discusses matters of great moment, in many points of view,
but principally as respects the probabilities of success, and the
means for effecting it in the struggle which now seems imminent.
I am much indebted and gratified for the generous opinions you
have formed of my qualifications for the emergency, and to give
efficient aid to your noble enterprise.
To be a successful chief requires at least many advantages,
which I have not, and would necessarily be slow in acquiring:
Some of them are truly obstacles: but zeal and affection for the
cause might make head against them, but there are many men
among you, whose local information would tell better than mere
technical knowledge. You do not say that you have as yet a
combined organization, in effecting this, good assistance is neces-
sary to make head against St. Anna's forces, verry good cavalry
and fair artillery are necessary, particularly light batteries; these
two arms requires sturdy chiefs, and the latter, all quackery
apart, some little science and instruction. Riflemen too, if they
can be brought to steady duty, but it may prove a risque, too
late to remedy, to rely, in a country of pampas and prairie on a
force whose best movements depend on the most finished Drill
we have, and the point perdu of which is the difficulty of &c, as-
sembling them, and bringing them into close action-I mean prac-
tically-it has been thus in all times- the principles of war,
as you know, are unchangeable, as those .of any science called
fixed,- If your convention act coolly and with discrimination
there must be found men, who have everything in jeopardy, and
a right above all right most sacred when acquired, the right of
self or representative Government, among these, you must find
those on whom to build hope and command Success, two impor-
tant elements, passion and principle are thus combined.
I have just consulted an indifferent map- San Antonio seems
to be a short way from you, but the country you describe as dif-
ficult. The Dictator has at leisure all the resources of the Gov-
ernment, and will at first press you hard, I fear, an early and
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