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authority, but the Council had somewhat the best of the quarrel,
because it called the lieutenant-governor to assume the executive
office and proceeded for a time with its business. Though the
governor's message had mentioned no names it was apparently
understood that some of its vituperation was intended for Barrett.
If this is true, Barrett, so far as the public records show, con-
ducted himself with dignity, and made no reply. The Council
had, as we have seen, expressed confidence in him following the
message on the 17th, and on January 24th, seven members, in the
absence of a quorum, signed a strong testimonial to his ability
and usefulness: "He has been one of the leading members of the
Consultation and General Council and has been industrious and
useful to the country. We do most sincerely recommend him as a
gentleman of high order, talents and learning, a patriot and an
honest politician."',
The unfortunate quarrel between the governor and the Council
really destroyed the usefulness of both. The journal of the Coun-
cil rarely shows the presence of a quorum after January 17. On
February 15, Barrett asked to be excused from further attendance,
and presented a certificate from a physician which declared that
his "future health and even life" would be endangered "by longer
confinement to public business at present." He was threatened,
said the statement, "with confirmed dropsy of the legs, etc., the
consequence of long, laborious employment in writing and other
corresponding duties in the General Council."
Early in April Barrett was in New Orleans, whence he went to
Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Virginia. From that
place a friend wrote on July 28, that he was still too ill to return
to Texas.20 In May, 1837, he was again in New Orleans, on his
way to Texas, and obtained there a letter from General Mirabeau
B. Lamar introducing him to Richard Ellis at Houston. Lamar
spoke of him as "a gentleman of high literary and legal acquire-
ments, whose name and labors are associated in all the important
movements of the early period of our revolution." By August 26
"8The original is in the hands of Mr. Tillinghast. It is signed by
James W. Robinson, acting governor, John McMullin, president pro tem.
of the General Council, J. D. Clements, Wyatt Hanks, G. W. Patillo,
Alex. Thomson, and Thomas Barnett.
gJournal of the General Council, 255.
20S. Blackmon to David G. Burnet, July 28, 1836.144
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