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their produce to the
to receive in return such
my need. I have given to this subject a
great deal of attention and reflection, and
I am satisfied that an expenditure of one j of uuiversal education. If ^e employ
hundred and fifty thousand dollars j wisely the means under our control the
day is not distant when the light of science
of the whole
advantages,
fore us for the
country, promis-
d potent advantages
upon each of our principal rivers,
would Accomplish the great object pro-
posed, and that the saving in ^transpor-
tation. and from loss of time, and the gain
in the increased productions of the coun-
try which would result would more than
return these expenditures in a single year
in the augmented wealth of the S tate.
1 o connect and unite the navigation of
our rivers thus improved, to meet the
growing necessities of the State, to give
new impulses to its prospe^tyf and keeplforthe preservation of both.
pace with the spirits of the times, a gpn^r^ pressed
aland comprehensive system of rail®
should he adopted and the main tr;
phould be at one designated, and so jiro-1 suited to the sparse condition of our popu
jected as to, «droit of a .gradual develone- j latió , aud- admitting of a gradual cievel-
ment and completion. These great j opineut proportioned to its increase. For
tracks should be thrown across the coun-; the support of this system I shall recom-
try so as not only to connect the naviga- mend that one million of dollars be set
and general intelligence will shine alike
tor. the rich and the poor, illuminating the
plain habitation of the daily laborer with
the same bright beams which gilde the
georgeous mansions of the opulent. Edu-
cation is the great lever which moves the
world,— it forms the foundation of morals
in society, and of the free institutions with
which we are so eminently blessed ; and
its general and equal diffasion is necessary
Fully im-
wtth these great truth, I shall
present and advocate a system of free
public schools, which I have digested,
e patriots of those times which j manded back to the less prcminent, but
ssouls, who, having acknowledg- J congenial duties, of private life j without,
* you for important servi-¡ however, any diminution of gratitude for
eived repeated and sub- ¡ past kindness, and possessing the same
of your confidence zeal for the prosperity of Texas.
st others boast of* I request, fellow-citizens, you will re-
which they have re-1 member, when adverting to any claim
# and refer, to them as new ! which I may have upon you for your suf-
claims for increased honors, I alone have ■ frages, that at the time of my entering on
been permitted by you tobe driven back j my official duties, the course of politi-
into obscurity, by an unjust, ungenerous | cal events was irregular tnd disturbed,
and unmanly proscription, waged against \ and every thing unfavorable t o the adjust-
ces, have
stantial
and
the
ceived
me by an aristocracy of speculators and
professional politicians, who, actuated by
motives the most unjustifiable and selfish
have, by artful combinations and insidious
and covert means sought to pison the
public mind and feelings against me, for
the purpose of excluding me forever from
all participition in public affairs, that to
compass this, lawless aud unprincipled men
have been instigated and encouraged to
hunt me throughout the State, to contest
and litigate my property until none
should be left free to meet the liabilties
which I had brought upon me to save
the country ; that when, at length, grown
weary of persecution, and beca* ?e anx-
ious to terminate it even in the grave, I gpny question pending between the State
íitan ^ f/v ft oK i n rrfrtn n f f h a /tn/iAmané ' ,1 T « J nnl att at«r\ f Q WnlPn T hO
went to Washington at the commencement
of the Mexican war, and demanded, nay,
supplicated from your representative
there, a respectable position in the army
where I might win reposo by an honora-
ble death in the service of my country—
even this was denied me. An hour upon
a successful battle field might have placed
tion nt our rivers, and supply deficiency, j apart and held sacred, in addition to the ! me upon even more elevated
but to combine, reconcile and identify its
conflicting interest, and to link together
the portions remote from each other. To
fix at once the attention of the people upon
tills important subject, ar.il make my views
upon it clear and tangible. I propose that
the first great route shall be marked out
from a point on the Rio Grande, near the
head of navigation, and opposite to the
great thoroughfares and highways leading
into «he Mexican States, so as to run
thence through the city of San Antonio,
by Austin, the capital of our State, and
across all our chief rivers at ornear the head
of navigation.to the Louisiana line near red
river, where it would easily be connected
with the system recently projected in that
State, and open a communication with the
citj of New Orleans; whilst it would give
the whole of the interior of our St
benefit of the navigation of all our/ri
am' through them an easy access to any part
of our coast. To this great trswk any
number of branches might be attached,
which local convenience or publie policy
might require ; and amongst the most im-
portant of these would be that already
projected from San Antonio to the coast
a d portions of the main track to be thus
complected, would be with those passing
through the eastern and middle counties,
to give them the benefit of the improved
navigation of our rivers.
I propone ti.at the other main track
alia!I descend from El Paso on the Rio
Grande, by the city of Austin, nearly on
a right line to "Galveston Ray, with which
private enterprise would connect it at vari-
ous points. This route prolonged at the
other end on the same right, would pass
by the Gila to San JJiego on the Pacific.
And I do not entertain a doubt that this
is the shortest, best, and indeed the only
practicable route for a railroad across the
continent from our Atlantic to our Pacific
coast in California.
Thus Texas holds in her grasp, not only
ten per cent, of the revenue secured by
the constitution, and the public lands set
apart as a school fund. These means pro-
¡ vided by the purposes of educatiou should
never be permitted to be diverted from
the wise and benevolent objects to which
they were consecrated by that instru-
ment; and I shall oppose every attempt
to change it so as to give the Legislature
the power to divert these sacred education-
al resources from their legitimate ends
I migh, fellow citizens, urge my person-
al claims upon Texas for your suffrages.
I might, show to you my long and com-
plete identity with all the falunes; that
I came to her at the very dawn of man-
hoed, and laid my heart at hef feet with
a perfect devotion; that I have ever stood
by her with heart and hand, through weal
r woe ; that I have given to her my best
suavices, in a spirit of entire disinterested-
ness, whenever she ha3 designed to acc«pfc
them ; that these services although not
unimportant, have fallen entirely short
of my ardent desires, because she has fail-
ed to afford me sufficient opportunities,
and has suffered herself to be influenced
against me by the machinations of design-
ing and jealous men, who have presecuted,
calumniated and proscribed me, be-
cause they have supposed that I might
be an obstacle to their selfish desr'gns. and
have known that they could neither con-
trol or intimidate me; and the opportuni-
ty has been opened to me for usefulness, I
have never failed to avail myself of it in
the most efficient manner in her behalf.
I might show that more than twenty years
ago I came to Texas with the appointment
of chief Surveyor of the State, and that
I rendered important services in that capa
city, which were formerly acknowledged
by the government; that during that time
I acted as interpreter for the people of
Easter Texas, and obtained their notes for
my services, amounting to more than
ten thousand dollars, which I subsequent-
the commerce of one-half ot the Mexican ly surrendered without payment under
State , and to a great extent the destinies
of the city of New Orleans, but the control
of4he vast wealth which is to flow from
California and the Pacific ocean across to
the Atlantic. It is for Texas to determine
whether or not the great movement for
.with the Pacific ocean, shall be turned
her own advantage, and the foun *
a prosperity unequaled in any otl
try. Intelligence has lately reach*
that the Tehuautepec treaty has been, re-
jectcd by Mexico, and it is for us to con-
vert its failure into a most for tun iff e oc-
currence for Texas, Louisiana, anH all the
southern States, by promptly adopting and
vigorously prosecuting the system of inter-
nal improvements which I have proposed.
The two Jgreat railroad routes suggested
are sufficiently important in a national and
military point of view, to command the
co-operation of the Government of the
V. States. But we should make the first
vigorous movement ourselves, and we shall
command and control the action and co-
operation of that government and the
State of Louisiana, which will seek to
avail themselves of the benefits of o.ur en-
terprise, by extending our works beyond
our limits. But if we measure the pro-
posed system by a narrower scale, it will
be found that the completion of any pos-
ition of it will be attended with great bene-
fit, and that one part may be added to
another with increasing advantage,' until
the full development of the whole may be
achieved.
To accomplish these great worts,¿the
means of the State should be freely ui
Ju-ut private capital and "invividual enttr-
the impulses of a youthful genorosity, on
account of the embarrassed condition of
that frontier; that I afterwards became the
agent of those people and travelled several
thousand miles without compensation to se-
cure their lands to them : and that after
internal improvements in the State of uuceasing efforts, prolonged for four years,
Louisiana, and the mighty capital ready to ,J finally succeeded by procuring the pas
"be employed to open a communication sage of the law of 1834, of
author, that during that time I com-
ed and defeated the attempts of afor-
ign millionary company to puchase their
heads, and thus saved to the country
more thau twenty millions of acres of land,
when, by allowing them to be sacrificed,
I might have realized for myself a large
fortune, by accepting the offer w!
made to me by the company; that in
to save the public domain from
sacrified, and to give to Texas the
trol of her own destines, I set in the
measure of seperatiug her from Coabt
to take her stand as asovereign Statei
Mexican Union; that I procured the
sage of a law wholly ré-organizing
public administration, and grea
rating her conditiou; that by my e
in her behalf, I gave to her the ines
mable blessings of the trial by jury, with
a seperate judiciary, and the free exercise
of politcal and religious opinions; that
in the distinguished position of Attorney
General of the State, and Superior Judge
of Texas I rendered service of an impor-
tant character; that whilst I was exercis-
ing the latter office the revolutionary com-
menced which overturned the Mexican
confederation and crushed the sovereignty
of the States, ar.d I boldly raised my
voice against it as Judge; was the first
to warn the people of Texas lljpthe ap-
proaching danger, and advised them to
e called in aid.of the public call a convention to provide for their safety
granting facilities and offer- for which I was incarcerated and impeach-
ed Jor high treason
office of J udge to aecej
in the army, where I saer
raising with my own
thousand meh for the defence of the
country, feeding and clothing them, and
furnishing; arms, ammunition ai
supplies; and that although sixt
sand dollars would not relea
the sacrifices I then
sequences flowing
pecuniary claim to
whatever may be m
it be one of splendid o
verty, I shall alike
;ept pecuniary compe
; and that whatever
to sustain the
country, were
and
whii
grounds
than the heroes of San Jacinto. I mignt
urge all these, aud many other pimilar
considerations upon you, fellow-citizens
but I am conscious that, although they
might arouse your sympathies, if given in
detail, they would not entitle me to the
office of the chief execution of the State
if theprinciples which I profess and
maintain, and the measures which I advo-
cate are not such as would promote its
prosperity, and redound to its honor
and glory. In seeking your suffrages
fellow citizens, I have no private ends
to accomplish. I aim at nothing but
the privilege inestimable to generous
minds, of devoting my energies to the
honorable service of your country, from
which I have been so long excluded.
I have no personal animonities, no pri-
vate revenges, which I wish to gratify.
To me, revenge is not sweet, but for-
giveness is; and there is nothing which
I more%rdently desire than that my
enemies should lace themseles in a
position towards me where jurtice
might, approve forgiveness. When
Csesar rose to supreme power, and the
friends and ñatterers by whom he
was surrounded collected and placed
before him the written evidences of
the hostility and guilt oí his eni-
mies, he refused to read them and
genorously ordered them to be destroy-
ed. None but contracted hearts could
stoop irom power to seek revenge; I
have never thrown an obstacle in the
path of any man in his progress to
enown. If I cannet keep pace
with others in the career of honor, I
should feel degraded in my own esti-
mation by attempting to arrest them
by casting impediments before them.—
Whenever the opportunity has been af-
forded me I have served my country
with a disinterested and perfect devo-
tion. But my services have been far
from being equal to my desires. I
have been hemmed around by an iron
wall of proscription and I now appeal
to a just and generous people to reverse
the illiberal decree which seeks to
cut me off from that career of use-
fulness, for which, in early life, 1 pre-
pared myself with the most indefati-
gable zeal, and to restore me to equal
priviledges with my early compeers,
the glorious priviledge of again serving
my country and of receiving at least
one more testimonial of the confidences
and esteem of my countrymen, ere the
hand of time shall sweep us all from
stage of action and consign us to
the historian.
T. J. CHAMBERS.
ment of questions of even ordinary public
interest. * At that time it required the
unceasing care and vigilance of the best
statesmen, to bring about a peaceful solu-
tion of the various troubles that afflicted
the General Government, and it was easy
to foresee that the evils and inconvenien-
ces resulting from an irritated and un-
happy condition of affairs at Washington,
would bear heavily against, if it did not
entirely defeat* the adjustment of any
question arising between the Federal and
State Governments.
This condition of things awakened a
lively interest here, and was greatly re-
gretted. Under ordinary circumstances,
prise should be called in
resources, by
iníí attractive inducements; maintening,
a superintending control over
however,
the whole
To deepen the inlets and channels."
through the bars of our bays, and to keep
open the mouths of our rivers, a perma-
nent fund should be provided, as there can
be but little doubt that the greater-part
of them will be refilled by a gradual and
permanent process. To provide this fund,
our Legislature should pass a law to im-
pose a light duty upoujbe tonnage vessels
navigating our watersjlvr which the assent
Congress would be jiecessary. This
would not be withhel ~
structionist of t!
size this as
ing the
l&en pi
the ~
that.I resigned the
** General
mense
bjsnc
by th
e
highly a;
th thrice told and retu
ese and other
¿deration, fellow-citizens of
present occasion; and I
sho^ that I am the only o.
To the People of Texas.
Fellow-Citizens :—Two years have
ssedsince I had the honor, by a call
>m my fellow-citizens, to present a brief
amelior; exposition of the views and principles
" " i$h were to govern me in the event of
|being placed, by their partiality, in the
Executive chair. The choice having fall-
en on me by the result of the August elec-
tion in 1849, it became necessary that I
should furnish to the people of the State,
through her Legislature, my opinion upon
the various subjects of State policy, and to
recommend such, as in my judgment were
best calculated to meet the wants of the
country and promote the general good.—
In the performance of this duty, I have al-
ways endeavored to call to mind the sol-
emn obligations of my constitutional oath,
a grateful remembrance of the distinguish-
ed favors of the people of Texas, and at
no time have I forgotten her past glories
and her future hopes. ^H^public acts and
the measures I have ^P^ted, each and
singular,^e before the country ; and al"
I ask, is 4^ose and rigid investigation of
them, in a spirit of candor and impartiali-
ty. I am satisfied that no excitement or
out of the peculiar nature of
uestions which have engaged
', and acted on the public
the last eighteen months,
impartial judgment on the
the public servants who have
that period. Confi-
fcice and kindness of my-
shall await their award
date for the distin-
you have hereto-
taking this posi-
oiled by a desire to
¡respond to the solid-
sonal and political
s I did not feel mv-
rty to disregard; and
" through the oradeal
intelligent public, I am
it my acts, that they may
led impress of the people's
nd if a majority connot ac-
mc. I will cheerfully be re-
bias
some
and Federal Governments, to which the
latter stood adversely, would cheerfully
have been postponed, until the Govern-
ment resumed her natural and proper
channel. But there was a. high duty to
perform to the State, and delay in its exe-
cution would inevitably have resulted in
the defeat of a measure of the most vital
interest. That duty you had devolved on
me. If I had shrunk from its perform-
ance, or failed to accomplish it in a man-
ner equal to its great importance, I would
then indeed have deserved your keenest
reprobation. The question of boundary,
at any time a delicate and exciting one,
was, at the period and under the circum-
stances of its discussion, calculated to fill
the public mind with apprehension for its
pacific termination. I knew and felt the
interest and peril involved in this ques-
tion, and the iron necessities of my posi-
tion. In bringing it to a speedy and de-
cided issue, I was guided by no other im-
pulses, than such as sprang legitimately
from a fail* and honest iuterpretatiou of
the law, and a solemn existing compact
between two sovereign powers. I have
done no more in guarding vith zealous at-
tention the trust which the people of Tex-
as had confided to me, than to maintain a
declaration they had often made, to-wit:
to preserve inviolate the integrity of their
State. The mode adopted, and the man-
ner in which it. was conducted, were most
respectful and kind, and with a confessed
appreciation of the relation in which we
stood to the Government of the Union.—
I assumed no position which has not been
fully sustained by results—employed no
language that even implied a threat—and
with a determination ';to ask nothing that
was not clearly right, aud to submtt to
nothing that was wrong," the issue was
made and determined. My highest ob-
ject was attained when the question was
brought back (where I always intended it
should come if any agency of mine could
prevail.) to the people of Texas, for final
consideration. Acting in their sovereign
capacity, they have rendered their decis-
ion, and I trust in God-thfrfr the happiest
results may flow from it. I have alluded
to this subject because it has more than any
other agitated the public mind
It is a subject for congratulation that
our State is on the march to wealth and
greatness. A wise application of the
means now at her command, with her un-
surpassed natural resources, will in a few
years place her in advance of many of the
older States of the Union. The public
mind is filled with anxiety relative to the
best mode of disposing of the ten millions
of dollars acquired by the relinquishment
of a portion of her North-Western Terri-
tory, and as a candidate before you, I am
not disposed to withhold or disguise my
opinion upon this important subject. The
Auditorial Board constituted by an Act
to provide for ascertaining the debt of
the late Republic, approved March 20th,
1848, has been laboriously engaged since
the passage of the law in ascertaining the
amount aud character of the liabilities
assigning to each an average value, equit-
^ able, as they conceived, both to the Gov-
' .eminent and the holder. A very large
majority of the creditors, with a full knowl-
edge of the principles adopted by this
Board in passing upon the various descrip-
tion of claims, presented their original ev
idences of indebtedness, and received in
lieu, certificates for par valve. The action
of the Board has been from time to time
submitted for Legislative inspection; where
the principles adopted in reducing the dif-
ferent classes of liabilities, if not consider-
ed equitable and just, were to be modified
or changed. The succeeding Legislature
has given its sanction to the mode pursu-
ed in the ascertainment of government in-
debtedness, and, as the Executive of the
State, I have heretofore given it my con-
currence; and lean now perceive no rea-
son why the rule hitherto adopted for as-
certaining the actual value of. the debt at
the time it was created, and of allowing
interest thereon, should not be observed.
My views upon the subject were commu-
nicated to the Legislature at its session of
1849 and '50, as follows :
"I concur with my predecessor in the
Importance of the subject connected with
the adjustment of the public debt. Al-
though we may not hope to meet with en-
tire unanimity of sentiment, as to the
mode which will commend itself by its
equity and liberal spirit, not only to our
own citizens, but to the world at large;
still it is believed that one can be agreed
upon that will give general satisfaction.—
The plan prescribed by the Act of March
20th. 1848, for the ascertainment of the
amount and the classification of our liabil-
ities, is probably the best that could have
been devised; and the mode of scaling
those liabilities to to their actual
value at the period at which they
incurred, cannot, in my judgment, be ob-
noxious to the slightest imputation of un-
fairness or injustice. For a State just
emerging from the varied troubles and
difficulties of a protracted revolutionary
struggle, and involved in an immense am-
ount of pecuniary obligation, to assume in
good faith the payment of every dollar the
value of which she received, or that was ex
pended for her benefit, is placing herself
in a moral attitude upon which her citi-
zens may look with pride and pleasure. —-
The idea which seems to be entertained by
some, and those too of enlarged minds,
and large experience in matters of politi-
cal economy, that our debt should be paid
according to the figures presented on its
face, without any regard to the value of
those figures at the time it was created,
has its origin, I humbly conceive, if not in
individual gain, at least in a desire for
moral fame which leaps over the bounda-
ries prescribed by the ethics of this utili-
tarian age. I have said on another occa-
sion tnat the State is bound to pay every
dollar which she justly owes: but neither
good faith nor the most fastidious concep-
tion of morality, requires her to do more.
With this declaration of my opinion on
the subject before them, the people of Tex-
as have honored me with their confidence
by placing me in the position I now occu-
py ; and I regard it as a concurrence, on
their part, in that opinion."
" The only question then is, the ascer-
tainment of the amount which the State
does justly owe; and this I presume will
be satisfactory arrived at by the mode
which has been pursued. In carrying it
into practical operation, however, I would
earnestly recommend that the most liber-
al principles be invoked, so that there shall
be no pretext for charging that the State
has not done full justice to her creditors,
as far as her means would permit.''
I would adhere to the principle conten-
ded for, but with this modification ; that in
each class of claims where instances of
hardship are found to exist, they should
be reported to the Legislature, in order
that such relief should be awarded, as
might, upon investigation, seem just aud
proper. In the assignment of an average
equivalent válue to some of the characters
of government securities, there was much
difficulty in preventing cases of individu-
al hardship, and some no doubt do exist,
but as a system of adjustment, I believe
it is sound in equity and in morals. A
majority of the creditors have made a vol-
untary surrender of the original eviden-
ces, and have thereby accepted the only
accommodation that Texas cau offer.—
To those who are reluctant, we may justly
say—gentlemen we have done the best we
can for you.
It is now satisfactorily ascertained, tliat
the public debt will not exceed seven mil-
lions of dollars, assuming the adjustment;
as made by the Auditor and Comptroller
to be equitable, and the settled policy of
the Government. I would promptly dis-
charge the debt as its adjudicated rate.—
This would leave to the State after pay-
ing the entire debt, the handsome surplus
of three millions of dollars; and it is be-
lieved by individuals of large financial ex-
perience, that the stock (if it is the wish of
the State to place it in market,) will com-
mand a premium of from five to ten per
cent. If five per cent, only is realized from
the sale, within a fraction of three millions
of dollars will be at our command. The
interest annually accruing on this sum,
will amonnt to about $175,000. It is not
in my judgment, safe or expedient, until
we can be aided by sufficient lights drawn
from experience, to appropriate the sur-
plus which may remain after liquidating
our liabilities; but the interest arising
therefrom, if judiciously applied with the
aid afforded by individual means and en
terprise, may demonstrate in a satisfacto-
ry manner, to what extent our principal
rivers are susceptible of navigation; or
otherwise, a portion of it conld be appro-
priated to any system of internal improve-
ments deemed most advantageous.
A fair experiment made from these
means, would soon exhibit the propriety
or inutility of using the principal (or a
portion of it.) in the attainment of an ob-
ject of the very first importance. While
I would throw the proper guards around
this fund, I appreciate too highly the solid
advantages to be derived from the en-
couragement of a proper system of educa-
tion, to withhold my attention and advo-
cacy from it. Intelligence is the strength
of our institutions; and when we possess
the moans, to refuse them in the extension
of the proper facilities for its general dif-
fusion, or to divert it to sudordiUate pur-
poses, is to neglect or forget the teachings
of wisdom and experience.
The constitutional provision requires
the Legislature to provide for the estab-
lishment and mainenance of free public
schools. The inhibition contained there-
as to the sale of the public lands set apart
in a school fund, if removed, would in a few
years create a fund, which, in addition to
that resulting from the ten per cent, of
the annual revenue arising from taxation,
and added to that, which may with great
propriety, be drawn from the surplus above
referred to, or the interest accruing there-
on, put it in the power of the Legislature
to establish free schools upon a footing
which would confer all the practical ad-
vantages to the rising generation contem-
plated, and confer honor on the govern-
ment. I have already communicated my
views to the country upon this interesting
subject, and it is sufficient upon this occa-
sion that I declare my willingness to co-op-
erate with the Legislative branch of the
government, in providing ample means
from the resources at our command, for
the adoption and execution of á practica
ble system.
In relation to the reserved five millions,
it is to be regretted that there does not
exist in the act of Congress, something
more specific in defining the amount of
debt for which the five million stock is re-
tained.—The Federal Government surely
does not intend to assume the right of de-
termining the rule which is to govern Tex-
as in settling with her creditors for liabili-
ties incurred whilst she possessed a nation-
al character, without respect for her own
acknowledgement of the extent and valid-
ity of their respective claims. The ad-
justment must be made by Texas ; it
not be done by any other power. If.
Secretary of the Treasury still adhe:
the opinion that he is not author"
pay over to the State any portion
retained five millions until relet
filed by all the creditors holding
ties of Texas, for which impost revi
were specially pledged, it is to be
t|iat Congress, at its next session,
modify the law that the State can
in possession of the Bonds as fast as
leases are signed. By this means
stoek retained in the Federal Trea
would be applied to the object for which it
was intended, and if a few reluctant eredi
tors should refuse to execute releases, it
wouldnot In:
the other end
the stock
of my official
my opinions
prominent q
will Ikb unnecessary
repetition of them at
with the interest of
or that of the State in
in the discharge
tofo re exp;
upon many of the n
ions of State policy,
ou wi
time. In refer-
s
lindtri
ence to my relative position to tho two
great political parties now existing in the ]
Union, I will say, that while the general j
politics of the country have very little
connection with or beánng upou the due ;
administration of the State government: I
the cheif duty of the State Executive be-
ing that of seeing the laws exetuted ; still
I avow very frankly to you that I am
be found in the democratic ranks, 1
neither to the right—or left obliqui
well faced to the front. But I
shall never find it in my heart to
my approbation of the5 measures of
oposite party, or any individual of i
am satisfied that justice, sagacity, moder-
ation and integrity tíáví^placed "their im-
press upon them. These are qualities
which should characterize measures and
men.
Measurement
cubic' fooc—if delivered to lighters
same rates.
a.KRRIS 4- MORGAN.
Nae OrU-ntis.
fí. E. BOERS BR
Siure Skip Portland
Kotic?.
OBLIGED bv circumstances to begin a nnc
Vinegar Manufactory and having procured
an experienced and icitbl'iil work-master. I am
nowpreparáfro execute any orders on vinegar
with carefulness and dispatch.
S. MENGER.
San Antouio. JulylOih, *S51. no. 7 tf
- :
s , . . Tce «*f the
Administrator'¿ AirfíftW*111 or
sthe equity
themselves
the
Gever-
credi-
topry the
is bat the
HE undersigned having Wn duly a
by the .Chief Justice of Bexar
the 2d day of July,'A. D isr> I, at t
j term of the Coun ty Court hold in
| Countv for the settlement oft states
(istrator of the estate of HENRY
. ceased, and having given th* boniJ
! the oath required by law.
It would have afforded me pleasure to claims agaiuM estate of i .:iiiuJstat.
have mingled withmy fellow-citizens in a ! by notified to present :1, • -ame wit!
indebted
tate are requested u
Adm'r. oft he Estate of Henry H:
San Antonio, J«-h 7, 1S>1. - ' í
ADMINISTRA TORS
rjMIE undersigned hafia-i be.
withmy fellow-citizens in a Í hv notified to present :L-
general canvass" of the State. I could l.a*V.
then have cultivated those sacial inter-
changes of personal kindness which are
always agreeable, and v.liile listeniiig to
their suggestions, touching matters of gen-
eral interest, an opportunity would be
afforded me of communicating my own
views, and of explaining my public act.
My duties at the Seat of Government wili
only allow a very limited absence.
In conclusion, fellow-citizens: if a con-
stant and honest zeal in the ' seevice of
Texas for many years of great embarrass-
ment and trouble, give me any place in
your esteem, or any claim to your con-
tinued support, I shall bs proud if again
malee immediate
AUGUSTUS LE
esof T
7
honorei
varied
tain to
"w*/; v'anppil
choice to assume tbe
duties whicli apj>er-
Chief Executive.
shall al-
individually,
and for
.1 continue
behalf, with
be ways
her paths be
servant.
BELL.
e 2 2cl Señ-
al District.
Fellow-Citizens :
I am a candidate to represent the
22d Senatorial District, composed of
the counties of Medina, Bexar and
Comal, in the approaching scssison ofj
our State Legislature, and solicit yoúr
votes for that oiiice.
Those who are acquainted with me
can best speak of my qualifications.—
My interests and feelings became id-
entified with those of the citizens of
Texas in the spring of 1814, since
which time it has been my earnest
desire to discharge my official, pro-
fessional and private duties with
promptness and fidelity.
In regard to the important subjects
which are to be brought before the
next Legislature, the disposition of
the Ten Millions received of the Gen
eral Governmentfroma sale of our pub-
lic domain, and the payment of our
public debt—my opinions are breifty
these : ~
I am in favor of proniptly applying
the means. at our command to the
payment of our debts, and thus relieve
our State from the physical and politi-
calembarrasments under which it now
NOTICE
n duly cppoi
ted by the Chief Justice of Bexar i'o.u.'
on the 30th. dayolJune. A.D. 1851, affile.'.
June term of the Couu.y Court held in a;. .
said County for the settlement of estat e, v.
Administrator of the Estate ofTHOMAS 15EAJ
Deceased, and having giving the Bond at
taken the oath required by law, All p r>.
having claims againm the Estate of s
Intestate, are hcrbv notified to present the s::v.
within the time prescribed by law and aH ;
sons indebted to said estate will jdease m ¿
immediate payment. *
WAR REX ADAM?.
Adm'r of the Estate of Thos. Beal, D.'c'u
San Antonio, July 7th 1851. no,7::(i\v
GSlOPaSB
Pa0ucrrcotüpr£ikencssr5
T\/rR. J. W. ROSS, announces to the ciciz ¡is
1>JL olSan Antonio, and the surrounding coun-
try, that he has taken rooms over Mr. Fisher's
Jewelry Store, and is prepared to take
DAGUERREOTYPE LIKENESSES
in the highest stuic of />• rfection to which the art
has been ^brought. ' >
Ladies and gentlemen are invited tocall and
examine his speeimens.—PLEASE CALL.
San Arítónio, July 3, 1851 tf.
■—j ■«' ■■ . a——
ts my
mpor-
necfed
e mail line
between
RISON
* r 3m.
grooM
JUST Received and for sale low—
275 Boxes Claret;
50 " Croton Ale;
200 " Piekels, ass'd qualities and sizes;
75 " Lemon, Pine Apple, ttaspbery an:l
Ginger Syrups;
00 " Brandy Cheries;
50 " Ass'd Cordials;
10 " Stoughtons Bittei -,
80 Barrels Reel, whiskey ;
15 " Monnong. do.
A large assortment of Tin \V u;e. Croekt
Stone Ware.
JAMES R. SWEET & CO.
San Antonio, June lihh 1851. n04::tf.
-
a¿ui
I am in favor of what is called the
" scaled rate?' of our indebtedness, and
if elected, will vote for the payment
of it upon the basis established by our
a^ccoimtipg officers. I believe the ba-
sis established to be founded in justice
and that mutual ju©ice is due as well
to the debtor as the creditor.
There doubtless will be individual
cases in which this rule will operate
with hafdiship;:4^iould any suchjstrise
:Tfcem
by special acts Of the Legislatun
I am in favor of speedily es;
ing a general system of public school
education.
I am in favor of Internal Improve-
ments, such as thfe construction of
rail-roads, opening our rivers for Steam-
boats, and any other laudible enterprise
that will tend to develope the resour-
ces of our State. And am in favor of
Legislative encouragement to these
enterprises so fár a it can be done with
out infringing upon the provisions of
our Constitution. '
As to my " political creed " I can
only say that I háve never been known
as a violent politician, yet my position
has ever been consistent and unques-
tioned by those Who have known and
observed my course^ I am a democrat
of the Jefiersoniap^j^ool; and if hon-
ored by being mad#? your choice for
Senator, it will be my pride an
tice to be governed, in my ac
the doctrines taught by
statesman.
n, fellow-citize:
that if electi
¡rest in every
rate to the advanU
an
be indus-
ends.
HE
24¿A,1
Furniture, &c.
MAHOGANY Sofas, Tables, &c., now
ceiving and lor .sale low—
0 dozen low and high post Bedsteads;
8 Mahogany Bureaus; , " --
4 do Sofas;
<>ns;
THE underfigifed having been appointed by
the Chief Justice* ofBexar County, ov( the.
30th day .of May, A. D. 1851, at the late Mav
term of the Coutip Court held in and for said
County for the Settlement of Esta res, Ad-
ministrator of the estate of ADOLPHE RICKE,
deceased, and having siven the bond and taken
the oath required by law,
All persons having claims against the estate
of said intestate, arehereby notified to present the
same within the time prescribed by law; and all
persons indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
A. STAACKE.
Adm'r of the Estate of Adolphe Rieke, dee'd.
San Antonio, June 7, 1851. no. 3-0t
RICHARD PATRICK &. Co.
Importers and wholesale Dealers in
HARDWARE,
Cutlery, Gjims, Pistols, Rifles, and heavy
goods of all descriptions,
241 Pearj„ Stbekt,
NEW YORK.
RP. & CO., are constantly [receiving di-
• reel from European and American •uanu-
actories a supply of every description of
hardware <£ cutlery
which are purchased for cash, and greater in-
ducements are ofl'ered to the merchants vl iting
New York tnan by any other house.
One of the partners of the Ho¡>> .*R'Ass
manently in Europer'and making ail purchas-
es of the manufacturers fcr cash, gives tlicm ev-
ery advantage toseilat the very lowest market
prices, Orders will receive prompt atten
tion.
New York, May, 1851. v2no!:: ly
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SWISHER DOUSE,
—AUSTIN, TEXAS —
THIS Establishment has been*huel up in
superior style, and rendered comfoi table
all seasons. The rooms are large and well
ished. The present proprietor flatters hiru-
hat, by his experience in the business end
unremitting attention to the comforts of his
guests, he will be enabled to give general satig-
laction. Hi servants in every department are
well trai^jpd and attentive: and no pains will be
spared on h&r part to render his visitors corner-
table. His Tdouse is the stand of the Mail
my Stage. WILLIAM E. THOMPSON,
June, 1851.
receive payment
as before,
San Antonio,
, by the Rev. Mr.
to Miss
i city.
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