Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-22

The design of said meeting having been ex planned
1lpproPrie,e remsshr from Col loseph C. Guild,
81 0olion Of M. William Howard Dcuglass, il was
LsseIvel, Th.tthe following gentlemenbe appoin-
te c0nnu,oe 70 draw up report Expressive of the
cpinIy1NQle ned Of tho private virtues OF Mts. Eli
"A sNN1s'. and whether her amiable CHARACTER
las received an injury among those acquainted with
het in conscquencr Of the late unfortunate occur
romeo between her and her husband Gen Samuel
4nu5ton, late Governor of the State of Tennessee,
J ) Gen. William Holl. William L. Alexander ESQ.
Con, Easses Mcfris, Col Joseph c. Guild, Elijah
Bodd.e Esq Col Daniel Mont gomery, Thomas An
deison, Est Capt. Alfred II Douglass, Isaac Baker,
sad Josiah W Baldrdge. Esq
Md thai said cor, ssitee at the court house
Ill 6slhtin OF w ednesdpy next, and report.
Tho laeesing was then adjourned until "Wednesday
GEO CEocKET, Chairman.
TaoMAs ASDsRsos, Secretary
GAlLATfS, "Wednesday, April ca
5 The cisens mot according to aijourmen all the
hnfnhers of the committee were present, texcept
q mont umcry) and presented the following re-
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The committee appointed to express the snnti
eas Of this meeting relation to the character OF
~ Is Eliza II, Houston, and the causes which led
Tie separation from her husband, beg leave to pre-
sent TINT he s2d day cf JahIary. 1929. General
Samuel Houston, the then Governor of Tennrssee
married to Mass Eliza II. Allen, the daughter ut
Mr.. Jehn Allen highly respectable citizen of Sum
rct comfy Miss Allen born in the town of
Gallatn. and has been raised IN the county of Sum
ncr, aud IL personally known to the whole of the
crmnittec, majority of whom have known her
from her infancy. Gp TO the time OF ner marriage
vlth Gov Houston, no lady in the State sustuined,
mud the committee thiiIk justly sustained, fsiTer
rad more upRuled reputation for all those virtues
which c,obcIlish and ads-n he female character.
THE committee deem II unnecessary a this time
- np,nadveSt on the Character and conduct of CIV
irasinn except so Tar as may be inseparahly
nected with tho invest cation and development of
the character OF bis nnfor unate wife.
oft appears that very shortly after thc marriage,
Gov Houston became Jealous Of his wife. and men
toned Tho subject to one two persons appa entity
In coDfience yet tie committee are not informed
that he made any specific chaige only thai ha be-
heyed that she lncontinrnr ard void of The ac-
tions which wife ought 10 bear towards hcr hus
band The committee cannot doubt. but hat he
rendered his wife unhHppy by his unfouaded i"al
onsies md his repeated suspicious OF her cold
n SIS AM want of attachments; aud that she con
stra;7ed BIZ sense of ny to herself and her family
10 sepa nt from her infatuated husband and return
hcr pa-eit5 which >he dId carly IN the month of
April last. Since which time she has remained in
siutr Of detection and dependency
"The committee viii close this report by observing
that they are nformad that Gov. Houston has lately
made ataur through the middle States and has re-
termed 10, Nashville on his way TO Arkansas where
they understand be has located himself in the Cbero-
Eee Nation AID 1t has been suggested that public
sympathy ms been much excited 10 his favour and
that heicf has obtained in many places abroad that
he was married 10 an unworthy woman aud that she
Esssbecn the cause of all his misfortunes, and his
foWHfaii sc MN. and as northumberland no
sting farther from the fact; aud without charging
him with malignity OF heart or baseness of purpose
the committee have heritsti1n saying that he is
deluded nan, that his stspicions were grountiIess
that his unfortunate wife IS nov and has been
JusIy IN the possession of character uninp be
and that she an innocent and injured woman tAcye
az not tAe se,p6k1ncs of doubt. o...~
''The committee have had placed in their hands a
lettCF from Co.. HOustnn n Nj Allan sbo
IL after the separation copy of which they subon
without ccnment.-- 49,
Mn ALLES The most unpleasant and unhappy
circUnStance has Just taken place in the family and
one that was entirely this time w hat
ever had been my feelings opinions IN relation to
EEza al one time, have been sfied and il is nov,
unfit that any hing shoud be advertcd to-Eiza Will
40 me the Justice % say that she believes hat was
really unhappy. That satisfied and 6elieued her
viytvous, had assured her on last night and this
morning THE should have prevented the facts ever
coming to- your knowledge, and that of Mr. Allen /
would not for millions That Il had ever been known 10
you bat one human being knew any thing of II
from me, and that was by EIizas consent, and wish
would have persisted first end If mortal man had da
red to charge my wife, orssy augbt against her viz
tue, would have slain him. That ] have and do
love Eliza no doubt:<that have ever treat. ed
her with affection, she W admit; that she ia the only
earthly object dear to me, God will bear witness
The only way this matter can now be overcome
viii be for us all la meet as hough il had never oc-
1i'u h9 WIZ t''cP tue WoIid as IL shOuG ey-
er be, Ignorant that such thoughts were. Eliza
stands acquitted by mel have received her as
piytuous aud ehaste VITO, and as much pray God
may ever regard her, and trust L ever snail
"Sbe was cold to me, and thought did not love
me-she owns that such cause Of my unha D.
pness You can Judge how unhappy.I was to think
that was united to woman who did not love me.
This time is now past, and my future happiness can
only exist in the assurance, that Eliza and myself can
be happy, and that Mrs. Allen and you viii forget
the past--forgiye all, and End your lost peaceand
you may rest assured that nothing on MY part shall
be wanting to restore II.
Let me know what is TO be done.
Yomr mOgt ob't
April OH 1899 SAM. HOUSTON.
Tho report was unanimously accepted, and it was
ResoiUsd. ThBt the editors of the GaIlatn Journal
NashYille Republican, National Banner and all other
lfaiioS who feel any interest for the character of
injured female, be requested give the foregoing
report snd proceedings insertion in their regpec2