The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-12
The Cause of Houston's Exile.

AC IuuIOI tudt WV A1OuotOu
sought the western prairies because
Of degrading confession of his
wife is one of rare strsngeness,
writes a correspondent of the
GAINESVILLE Chronicle. 1t is also
different from any statement / have
heard or read concerning that sepa-
ration. By far the most agreeable,
if not humorous,explanation of that
affair was made to me by a brother
army surgeon OF the G. S. A. during
the war. We were discussing the
probable results after the enactment
Of the conscript law. "Well," he
remarked, ''do you know what
caused this WARP" My answer was
differences of opinion In reference to
slavery. mot at all, sir; sore on
a mans leg caused this trouble"
Observing my smiles, he said, "You
laugh, but Pll tell you it is true
and it happened this way: There
was once very remarkable man
who became governor of Tennessee,
and during his gubernatorial term
married an estimable daughter OF
en- excellent gentleman of that
state. In a few days, perhaps on
the morning following the nuptial
ceremony, the charming bride in
hailed an odor sufficiently disagreed
BILE to extort the inquiry from her,
what is that smells so disagreea-
blyY To this question The distin-
guished governor replied, MY dear,
! while was engaged In deadly com
bat with Indians | was wounded on
the leg, and it has never healed, and
it is from that same wound that
the bad smell comes The fastidi-
Gus lady was so Mortified at the
idea of having married a man hav-
ing on his leg an incurable sore
that she ordered her carriage, re-
turned TO her fathers and never
would see him again. Then Gov.
Houston abdicated the governorship
of Tennessee and sought the ro-
mantle wilds of the western plains
and became an honored Indian
commander. There on a lovely day
as he was reclining on the grassy
sward amidst his admiring Indian
soldiers, thinking no doubt of the
additional and more brilliant hon
ors his talents would have won had
be remained among his congenial
friends, newspaper vas handed
him announcing that Texas was en-
deavoring to tear away from Mexi-
can thraldom and establish her 10
dependence. His great soul, al
ways in sympathy with those who
struggled for liberty, was at once
aroused in behalf of the Texans,
and arising from his grassy couch.
his thrilling eloquence gathered an
Indian legion, who followed him to
Texas and fought under him at the
memorable battle of Jacinto, and
but for the mingling of Indian
blood with that of the heroic Tex
ans, Santa Anna would not have
been vanquished on that bloody
field" In this way, he said, i,
comes: There would have been nc
disrupting agitation of slavery but
for the acquisition of territory
there would have been no acquisi-
ton of TERRITORY but for the as
sistance of the Indians at San ia
cinto; there would have been nc
Indians there but for Sam Houston
having become an Indian comman-
| der; Houston would not have been
| an Indian commander bnt for his
having abdicated the governorship
of Tennessee; Houston would moi
have abdicated the gubernatorial
chair of Tennessee but for his wife's
having left him, and she would not
have left him but for the sore on
his leg.