The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-20
GEN. GREEN VERSUS GEN. SAM HOUSTON
We have received the following note from Gen.
Thomas j. Green, late of Texas -

Thomas j. Green, late of Texas -
BRows's HOTEL, WASHINGTON CRY, Feb 10, 1855.
DEAR s-I send you to day my reply TO the calumni-
and vindctiye speech made by Gen. Sam Houston
against myself in the United States Senate at the close
Of the last session OF Congress, and whilst was In
Texas. There cannot be but one opinion and that Is,
that my vndication il triumphany conclusive As yet
il IL in pamphlet forD and therefore cannot reach the
millions of my country men to whom the printing and
ranking privilege of the Senate distributed the senator's
vndictve falseh oods and most respectfully submit 10
give my defence such place in widely circulated
paper TO conntersct notice OF said speech published
therein derogatory Of myself Very respectfully your
obedient servant, TH0S. j. GREEN.
We have also received copy of General
Green's pamphlet; but there is an objection
which is fatal to its publication in our columns
1t charges upon General Houston a catalogue
of crimes and offences sufficient to cover the
longest term of any criminal court in the Unit
ed States, to the exclusion of all other business
These specifications might involve US in libel
suits for fifteen or twenty years to come; and
considering the protracted Fry case, we have
no inclination just now to cut out such mass
of work for our enterprisng lawye rs.
Furthermore, this violent personal quarrel
between Gen. Green and Gen. Houston is no
affair of ours. As the friend of both parties,
we have not the least disposition to touch it.
Gen. Green we have always esteemed as an
honorable and worthy man, and Gen. Houston
we have always considered as one of the most
extraordinary of all the heroes of modern
times Twenty-Five years ago-we think it was
in 1s3O-he called upon us in this city, aud
offered to make us State printer if we would
go down and help him in the liberation
of "Ta-has'' (Texas) from the yoke OF Mex
leo. We declined-for we knew nothing about
"Tahas" at that day; we thought the scheme
q wild-goose-chsse, or sort Of Kinney expedi-
ton. But what have been the results? The
greatest in modern history. Gen. Houston Sc
cured loan from the Custom House-went
down to Texas, struck up revolution, and
with such colaborers as Gen. Rusk, Gen. Green.
Commodore Moore, and host of Others Sc
cured the independence of that country. An
pexation followed next, and next our war with
Mexico. and successfully the peace, the acqui-
sition Of California, the discovery of the gold
mines, and the mightiest impulse to emigration
and commerce in all the history Of the world
since the departure of the Israelites from
Egypt.
We can, therefore, have nothing to do with
this personal quarrel between Gen. Green and
Gen. Houston, except as a peace maker. The
pamphlet of Gen. Green may suit the toma-
hawk and scalping knife system of border war;
fare, where lawyers and libel suits are I'M
known; but it is not adapted to the climate of
New York. We recommend to both parties the
Sc Element of their dispute through the me-
dunn of some intelligent Cherokee, as arbitra-
tor, over an oyster supper for three. That is
our ultimatum.