, 1866-04-03
AFFAIRS IN TEXAS,
An Interesting Letter 10 Speaker Col.
fax.

received BY Speaker Coltax from a mn Of t,eh
mercantile position In the North, vho haa spent
CHI ocaanle limo in Te1at, and who4e name Ia
wtthh>ld for otyous .eaaous.
San ANTONIO, Texas, March II, 1865.
Ion. Schuyler Coltax:
hf u14n stR: When received your Kind letter
soo nole 'nboaucuvc 10 Gov. Hamilton lsst tzll,
tc ed 70 haze Started At once f1e Texa., to have
80 caby delayed until the early par; Of February,
sno anuE an once again here while the country Is
t;n1 1ed y ne ptoseediaSs OF an Important conveo
CEN preeent at many Of the sessions Of the Con-
in,1odneiion @ M 70 Gov. Hamilton; be received me
taonsh ana sony 70 say. that 1t viii Dc Of 10
manner Q! use to NE In the rocovey Ct
@s %ssrep p51ep1f 1p1 Was5 !, ~. hsss 4
rebels passed An Ordinance Of secession, though
uas without even color OF legality, commenced at
onss ere r system Of Pro: cip1sor and pcssccuuon
support fh't extreme y1eWa. How It resulted In
driving OUT, or numbering Union and Northern men
and @ sonn.eailag % & ana raiai1s their property |ou
enEaEed {nomtnnl!y) In the eudcaroF to SO frame 4
constitution that Texas may be relrsta'ed; ; many
q e., sns msm9srs a1s he men lone he rre.dent
Mseaarom q secession eit! the same II eplrt bit
tet, reWDgeful and defiant; to u.e lhcir own express
tiont. NOT Is ruhd1ed and pardoned rebels tskln9
ins lrcais oi peace viii he setofs. fhsy Do nj
rtpcnt oi ihes treason, but only pewa1 the stc Of
Na1 whilst the, .selosy 10 their deeds Of valo.,"
aEd fondiy proclaim that nowheTo In the paees OF
histerY ia there TO be found record OF such noble
calSaf1tc Eouis 20 ~. fbozne and crushed By su-
gesior numoert, md this is not alone the caso with
the Iadd0S as 70 shown By The jtlcf that 10 have
been IN officer In the rebcl service Il ea9ya{ent 10
seeelv1ng cerhhcafe Of election 10 any Office 10
Sh'sn 1ots sssa y e one In The west
Hel,irg upon lbe lentepcy OF Mr.. johnson. md
his anue'y 10 have Them act quickly, msnilcstcd
ey BIZ ,1e 1se'esrm they noRe te os adm,tte q
no effect nc1enfteI-'hencefolth' u tie wording oi
y, .ns;ead Of & ahas reported hy mi9onty Of the
aic. with ,he supreme law Of the Land, and coase-
oqently .'nuu and rod a1 in!sio ~
STATE flights speech, inpo1inr ibe meaabsfs 1o1iS @
brothers in The 'nm'liating position Of having
speech he was elosely questioned By come Of tae i
lnlon members, and vi. forced 10 admit that, In
his opinion, II the ordinance rap WED By the ma.
be eon'endinx, was passed thai ave, or hf,y,or
one hundred years hcnce the Slate would
have The right to demand compensation from
thesr slave property. Yet few ol the c!cascs.
headed Of them arc willing to gup down even 80
elstattcsal a dose as the minority report, In the
Union and thus ps:c he stse again entirely II,
The power Of the Feccsslon1sts, who, judging from
ihelr present temper wonld use 1t 3ust a they did
At the outbreak Of tue var. Many Of the Unton
me thai In caro- the State should Be readmitted
s0lc, they uonit leaYe tne country, knowing well
Is s9S so e s she ssme
n e anp M sas sakea En- Wess4 III t Teed SF
S sale for me to tia.e about the country; hc said
- he tn%%S1 mn $hA
troops. lie Is in tai1y receipt Of accounts Of out
rages committed upon the Union aud freedmen,
Int there are 60 fe" troops IN The STATE, thu; he
In many sections things arc Just as bad as during
the WEI Union men afc not permitted to settle In
them. and 1t is unsafe for Nofhetuess to travel In
Auetin saw letter from col Thomas ". Brown,
Of ope OF the regiments newly mustered ont. The
se:..{nent ~. on IT. %ay 70 the COST The Arms
bad been leg At Austin, except faw retained BY
ecss were In advance Of .he wagons, ard without
arms, and upon reaching place called Hound Top,
wcct 10 an fnn to ret meal While there rome
ten or nf,cen men, armed to the teeth, camt In
and told the lsn1lo1d that II be fed the .-damnad
Yankees they would kill him aod burn his house
lheIsnpon ,hs officers went eai to lheit camping
laEc 10 huy eome food, but were set upon and
driven out, and The eanae S1eahonde following
eh,d ~ th;essh ise n ys1s nd
hurt, though bullets passed through, the clothes oil
ZONE, The nen coming up 5000 at.er, the Colonel
q organized party o!txenty men, and cong up to
hu. It beng after dark, captured only ono Of them.
Nov theee were soldiers ii United States uniform
What chance Is there for snsb ~ !, think you!
anxious 10 reconstruct!
In nc convention md among leading rebela 7ou
| bear nothtpg Of co0grc.7 and its poStss. They
gnorc A.,veetnet, ana pin their falth upon ANDY
she@. Why, the ReSel General M I wani s d .peea
IN the convention Upon the ordinance. made ut
mention Of Congress, except Is shose vile radicals
and U strongly drawn picture Of The resulte q
nzrn With it, slIny ioldx. and gradually mounting
until 1t suddenly eetzed and uuahcd the noble
ssge' , t~hIeh !t,, W. M Mseessson g!ana,y towering
both b. the mcmbess and the lobby, ind the PEess'
dent made 90 great effort 10 check The applause.
~ such !; state 0f tblnes my teem 10 5oa strange
= From the character Of tnc. carly emls.auts to
Tens, he s'.,e hss never had very high cba,ac:
| wsr. Grayron. Fannin. Colin, Hunt, md othe,
. = t.os Fec R9g.a
who bring With them the stronsest prejudice. aud
mott rancorous hatred E1uierants rom the olael
sea +. IT, r. sn
! live among them. Te1as haa been exempted fspu
the hardshlp, and ravaceE, and destruction OF pro
perry which eetel Other members Of the Contede1
1 az. and consequently her people have not beet
taught dke the others In The stern school Of adver
ttty but oD the contrary have groin r1ch upon sht
al the expeditions -alnst T-1As we're such wretch
ed failure. that the fancy has grown up that thel
are uyincible and there Ayc housands IN thfs Stat
today who you'd oe mad enough 10 stsc assallls
En- Insoisned from high source. thSt there L
reliable information that M Organization similar Il
ihs k1lEhfs Of g., shs Golden Ge 1. alFady eeips
| many difficulties and complications Of tue present