The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-18
a.,ston's Exile-The Mystery
Revealed.

:. nouston's Exlle-Ihe mystery
~ Revealed.
., . ,ocent letter to the New York
S..s Rev. George W. Samson,
|f7eS .n, wears General Houston's pas.
d n s;sss the following explanation OF
~ >. lsSmsn,ic history Of his exile, as OBJ {,
y ga from his widow, who is still liv.
sa'" The writer says:
y 4. nsstor of Senator Houston from
~, "n - iXl, intimate with all his priv.
's'v ,Ssouohts as we'll as his public life,
- 70 . liz, when requested to contribute
w ' n,roposed memoir, was made ac-
p ..;,Stad with the fact OF his marriage.
las .aS: keener and more lasting than
Nv. s.s' Il the poisoned Indian arrow
' ~. ie,tering he used sometimes to
w. 'a's % his friends. The attestation Of
y wv n,.lty in all other relations, heard
y y. Aom his own lips, and read in I'M.
s !!s,.iable acts, is in perfect accord
II Ana authentic facts Of history which
~. ~ ',sader can verify even in brief en-
y .s,ooedis notices. There is not . par.
Y. e evidence in any preserved record
~ W. Indicates . faint Of disloyalty in
sBorn in Virginia in 1898, left an or.
Ia. in boyhood, Sam Houston went
Psh HE mother to Tennessee, where
s = "smoported her by his own industry,
~" .u ssarly learning family loyalty. In
I I u the age Of 20, he enlisted under
rC.ssrL Jackson in the Creek War, and
%I liz repeated deeds Of gallantry he so
~ s,.sd The esteem Of Jackson, that he
ss,,d him To remain permanently in the
INV. INV Resigning, however, and study.
i, NV in Nashville, he rose from office
! efice, and in 1928, at the age Of 30,
|. M elected to Congress, and then
.r;n in 1927 was elected
IS,ernor Of Tennessee. Up to this
% lima Houston was unmarried. Univer.
s .lly admired, and urged by his associ.
-: tn form an alliance which seemed
,,sntisl to his station, q young lady OF
s,uty and refinement was commended
% him BY family influence. His pro.
.o,al OF marriage was accepted, and
Ate In 1928 the marriage ceremony was
nsrtormed with unusual pomp. The
next dsy Houston resigned his office,
crossed the Mississippi into Arkansas,
and December II, 1928, wrote from the
,aeucy Of his old Cherokee acquaintance
H. letter to President jackson which
allied forth his letter Of January q,
lSQ9. No one Of HoustOn's companions
knev till hisdeath the cause OF his new
nur,e. which his best friends, like Jack
Dp. regarded - partial insanity; nc
ooe but his widow could reveal it, and
IL only through sense OF conjuga
,ad Christian duty. That cause wa
H. highest test Of loyalty Of which any
IN could be capable.
.On the eve Of marriage, Governor
Hcuston observed . tremor in the voice
I'd ia the hand Of his bride, when tn
nov Of undivided attachment was pro
uounced. which convinced him some Sc
u,t bed not been revealed to him. Be
bp retiring he frankly told her OF hi
aspicions, asked q frank confession an
vlsdesd her that it would not work he
hiufy. His irankness and firmness Lex
to,hs confession that her affections ha'
been given and pledged to another be
fore their meeting, and that filial dut
had prompted her acceptance OF hi
pnder. Houston retired to his own CO!
mzt day he resigned his position, al
loved the entire fault to appear as hi
rrmitted and encouraged her applies
ion for divorce on the plea Of desertiol
md his bride was married to the man
kr former affection. Many irregular
ties rumor, Of course, charged on IL
man Who had really sacrificed everythi!
10 save one who had erred only in mi
taken duty; but no charge of domest
h6dslity could be true in man who d
MED n tothe estimable lady who ate
ward became his wife.
1.-THE negestion Of ambitious q
signs, sslurally assumed Us true
JaclDs, was disproved by facts know
to history. One year after that lett
VA written, Houston was the chos
representative VI the CherOkees at Was
heoa. II was on . visit to Texas
ysas or two later that Houston v
dawn into Texan affairs. The lar
Coanscticut Colony, induced to 20 II
Tens in 1920 had been, in violation
Saats Annals promises, In 1880 inc
pss,sd into the neighboring Mexic
lsosince OF Coahuila and thus subject
hNsxicsn law and government. Th'
AMERICANS in Texas, with loyal int
Axsupon organized q distinct pr
hee, and they elected Houston as tn
&sgte to the Convention that b
hen called to revise the Mexican G.
xmuon, which in 1924 had borrow
largely from that Of the United Stat
n Colonists had increased in mum
$4,000 when Houston became Il
dleeate. The crafty Santa Anna, n
Hsassd efforts for peace, did not be
lsailitiss until 1885. Though supel
liability, Houston did not become q
1aa1ee.in. Chief till the post was
9pea by Col. 8. F. Austin, the sol
6lrse Colonist, In the autumn OF II
lgageoa'S clemency 10 Santa Anna a
3nassacrs be had perpetrated
hydty to the rules Of war.
during the eight years, from 1SS
w, d Texan Independence, Hou'
vohitAihl 10 every obligation Of
kvs during this period that he
soed . divorce from the Legislatu'
0Stats Of which he was President
naRiea one Of the most accompli'
aalsvout Of Christian women, '
slargs family Of children. sur'
-. When, At lsst, annexation 9
as1sctsd instead Of aiming at
a'eat smpire, Houston promote
olenost Tie annexation OF the
aW6ch 10 had been the father"
What 10 Q Ca1S