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ular force in advance, there is need for keeping the Militia at
home, and prepared for Service, to guard against the contingency
of negro movement, perfectly probable in the pursuit of a war
with Mexico, undertaken mainly for the purpose of prolonging
and extending the System of Slavery; a fact, of which it would
be irrational to suppose that the Slave population of the United
States is not quite aware.
Before I close this despatch I may add that it appears from
the casual accounts I have seen in the papers, that a considerable
portion of the force sent to Texas is Artillery with an unusually
large number of Guns for so small an expedition.-So far as I
have been able to judge of the weather and Country in Texas
that arm would not be very effective in the warfare there except
for a few Months in the year, owing to the dry state of the
prairies and rush bottoms in the Autumn and Winter months;
and if the war should be carried beyond the Rio Grande the in-
convenience would be increased, by reason of the Mountainous
nature of the Country, and the impossibility of using any other
means of transport than Mules.
During the period of more than three years since my arrival
in Texas, there have not been more than 10 Months in all, pend-
ing which Military operations could have been carried on in this
Country, owing to deluges at one time, or drought and a want
of fodder at another, and the utter impractability of keeping a
force in the field during the great stress of the heat.
With the view to afford the Commander in Chief all the means
in my power of forming a judgment on the state of circumstances
in Texas, I have taken the liberty of forwarding this despatch
to him for his perusal.
Charles Elliot
To The Right Honourable,
The Earl of Aberdeen, K. T.
ELLIOT TO ABERDEENT
Private. New York
August 31st 1845
My Lord,
Since I closed my despatch No 26 of this date (forwarded
8F. 0. Texas, Vol. 13.384
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