Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-13
RICHMOND DAILY WING.


vlndiesuon VI the contract made with him BY Gen
he0sroH a. President Of the Republic of Texas granting
hin The privilege of eoonzing large tract Of country IN
Isxss which contract sometime since declared d,
oensdalent lie sets out BY saying that The Union 1,
attempting to tho influence authority your
In support Of his fraudulent contract and furthsr
snes ns equally fraudulent political Vaccinations OF hs
patron, Gen. Samuel Houston.
This makes proper that should desire your col.
umns to expose both Of their iraud. inst Ia Cen
Samuel Houston lts ny misfortune have borne per-
sonsl relation him. and his Official acts that compel.
led me 10 know, aud understand tho His msgovern
nent has been whitening blight the iarest portion
current against him. Having dono all that he could to Dc
- ation, and finding that tho would be
esirsk an over whelmns msjoriiy he fed from tho
public tu0gnstfon Of Texas and the United STA.
es, hoping to get endorsement General Jackson
aud The President that would enable him Practise fur
,hsr fraud: upon the people OF TesaS, and thus Union
Himself disgusting drunkard he gave the people Of New
oresns temperance hsrangue. Hmsnf opposed to sn-
nelsuon he there made speech Ia favor Of 1t.
knowing hst hu purpose ~ss To recruit his pol in
huenee by creating Impression here, was tho
mssefsprt who controls the public will OF Texas, and
mus get up be paraded through the press
Tor tho purpose Of creating belief IN Texas that the BE-
means OF hnding favor with President Polk s become
psiuran Of Sam Houston; believing that his purpose
ns Cen jackson was to practise political fraud upon
MIN and the public, and that he would Wash.
ngon to consunmate that fraud thus getting up the show
OF confidence and friendly intercourse the Presd,
70 react on the people OF Texas resolved IA check his
progress by bold. unequvocsl and authentic denuncia-
ton.
You had published letter, written for the purpose Of Civ
ing eelat to bis progress and therefore addressed you
my 'euer denouncng the proceedings and explaining their
object. >'
Unwilling to open your paper to what you were .ppre
nsn'e mlyh, become personal controversy you decIn-
90 10 publish It. then sent II to the New York Herald
this circumstances has been used by Houston in
Texas 10 show that he great favorte with tho Exc.
cuuve, that whilst you publish letters CONNIE ding him 10
public favor, and sttribuiing him Influence which
he doe" not possess you will permit my own
name TO expose his public character, his
official acts |... N
know the man, and AZ saw that the conyen,io,
were Ia meet an Austin lioeiold tina, would not venture
TO attend H. knew the man. and foreiud my letter
would arrest his progress that instead OF coming Wash
ington. or ing To Austin, he ,ud hide himself and i,
stead OF playing his boldly by denying the u,
OF the charges had made. and Of others which he knew
am prepared To make and To prove he would change his
tactics, and 10 accomplish his objec seek by
agents, what he could not do Ia person. What fofetod
has come to pass He eeaIed the interior Of Tennes
see-he puths machinery in motion, public dinner
and endcavored TO throw himself popular current
by speech manufactured for the purpose and
letter published in the Union.
When he had thus paved the way he despatched 10 Wash
ington one at his instruments, whom he mad himself
dsgraced as unworthy OF petty office. salary Of five
hundred dollars annum, and who again taken into
favor when he found that by appointing him subordinate
cerkshp he could prevent his disclosing committee OF
congress the manner in which he had applied large
money inirusted him. for public service learn tina,
he gave letters commencing TINS man 10 the confidence Of
the President learn also that this boosted that he
had obtained the confidence OF the President and has gone
Is to recruit an OF hungry ece hunters and depend
ants whose compensation is depend their activity in
placing the new government OF Texas in the hands Of ous
Ton and Jones' and sending such from Texas the
Senate aad House OF Representatives will use their inu
ence 10 sustain Sam. Houston
So far this game has been adrotly played. Usable to
defeat annexation, Houston and Jonrs few corrupt
associates now seek to make impression they
TO control the federal patronage of acting III.
elections in Texas.
These remarks made by way of showing thai your
press has been used without knowledge OF the fraud
rs one Of the means Of practising fraud upon public
and TO show that in what have said and what sm now
abonto say OF Mr. MERGERS contract, relates public
matter proper TO be discussed through public press and
that the circumstances are such to make duty
publish this Us comment intended the eject
oi the publications you have heretofore made.
now come to speak OF the contract. have pronounce
ed II fraudulent IL Is due to the public, to Mr.. Mercer
anu TO myself TO state why have pronounced it, pro-
coed TO that statement. Not having the law before me
write IRON recollection The iacts such that
that do not mistake them.
After the Mexican authorities had been driven from Tex
as controversy with certain Indians, residing with.
IN our limits ensued and the frontier nts
were much annoyed. Persons residing in Texas the
declaration OF Independence, and Others having performed
military service had for land which they could
locate in consequence Of the hostility OF Indians IL there
fore became part of the defensive policy of the govern
nent TO encourage the eoonz lion Of the frontier and
was passed authorizing Carroll Peters, and Others COL
onze the tract known the Cross Timbers But the
authorizing the contract ssy provides that the colony
should be located shove the existing settlements and that
third of the coloniss should be introduced during
first year. subseq authorized the President TO
make similar contracts with Others but expressly restricts
the terms Of these the ef
10 wit: that the colony should be above the settlements
and that one-ihird OF tic coons should be introduced
within the first year. BY subsequent the President
was authorized TO make further notifications of tho
tract with Carroll Peters and their associates but
thony Whatever was given to relax the conditions Of the
contracts lac was authorized 10 mako with others.
Such was the law when Mr. Mercer appeared the
OF the Texan in the year ~ the Represen
tstiSe las am credbly informed the OF the gentle
mar r n.
tiers and their associates asking further notifications Of
their conaci-and Is such he appeared before Congress
lie was heard and instead OF granting his request Con-
repealed oil laws authorizing the President make
colonization contracts. The President had the constiu
uona power TO keep possession Of the bill for FIVE days.
and during the time he had the bill ia his possession
now seged he made this fraudulent contract with Mr.
Mercer, and returned tho bill with his Veto Congress
passed the bill by an almost unanimous The night
TO make any contrast repealed In despite Of tho Veto
Here was fragrant disregard Of the will OF Congress-
and shows that Sam Houston aud Arson Jones' whose
~ IL Secretary Of State, prepare the contract
must have had strong inducemsnt do IL made
not only IN defiance Of the will Of Congress, but without
the knowledge believe, Of every memn.r OF that body
except aud he, II seems, taken into the contract
asa partner, because he selected the tract aud gave the
local information sssafy 10 define tho limits Of the
grant.
But Ia not III alone that denounce the
contract fraud. denounce IL because sam. Houston
had authority 10 make such contract. The law
thorIng him TO make colonization required Ihst
the colony should be located abops the settlements the
opJect pflNatlUns risks by
grant OF land the frontier settlers who
by their position would be exposed Indian depedaons
The CHIEF inducemen TO the passage OF the law was that
by thus giving protection TO the frontier the old settlers
who had head rights, and bounty warrants, might locate
them free from DANGER disturbance by Indians Now
MI MERGERS contract. instead Of being abooe the settle
monts where by the law, he could only locate give PR,
tecnnn to tic frontier, 10 enable the old settlers
cate their head rights and bounty warrants has been made
70 embrace one OF the finest and valuable district. in
Tcxss-BELow, instead Of stOos, the settlements projected
from, instead OF being exposed Indian Expectations,
and covering tho district Of country IN which the old
settlers wished, and Intended locate their head rghs
and bourty warrants The first the public had Vt
the contract was notice issued after the adjournment OF
Congress, closing the Land Office against the location Of
these head rights and bounty warants and reseTvng
Of county more Than sufficient pay the whole con-
uacied by Texas Tor the benefit Mr.. Charles Fenion
Mercer aud bis cates. flo now denies that any If
his associates Sre Brush Abohvniss." cannot know
who his 'ssocstss ore bot do know ihat was giyo out
in Texas that I've associated with Brush Abo tioni f.
and that lac had made arrangements for large amount Of
British capital Aud when compare and ,pbine the