The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-07


uments can not be taxed NAV do so II they
please however, and test the matter in
the courts should they be so inclined.
GOVERNOR LuBBoCK'S MEMOIRS.
Ex-Governor Lubbocks memoirs aic now
nearly ready for the press
Perhaps no public man in Texas has had
larger and more varied experience than
the ex-governor. The book covers period
the most eventful in our history-of
more than six decades In Texas. While
not strictly a history II notes the most
important public events. especially those
in which Mr.. Lubbock himself participate
ed. In TACT, special prominence IL given
TO several Interesting transactions n Texas.
concerning whlcn iTttic Is known ut home
o.. abroad. Among these hitherto unDuD-
liehed matters OF history are INC ioiiow-
ing;
Ihe p,lrp5re OF Secretary Of State Austin 3
instructions to Minister WHARTON on the
subject of the recognition OF our inde-
penuance by the United states. IN whicn
the Rio B.ayo del Norte was first claimed
as The western boundary of the Ropubi!c
OF Texas. But in case tbat this pouH-
Gary claim should prove an onstacle 70
our early recognition. the minister 10 ms
United Stairs was instructed to abandon
Recede eastward to line beginning on
the gulf at a point halfway between the
Bravo ana the inlet cf Corpus Christi ana
thence Iaiuntng northwardly on the ulFiuihS
ridge Dtnween the Bravo and the Nueses,
thence continuing In the same diretstlon TO
the frontier Of the united SKATES nFhf 'ne
head OF the Arkansas river.
This will strike with SURPRISE the Douy
even OF our most Intelligent citlzens' as
they have never yet seen puDilsnel inc
statement that Texas ever consented linaer
any circumstances 10 give uD the Bravo
or Rio Grande for her western boundary.
our minister however. was estopDed Nom
notion on this point by act OF CONGRESS
In General Green's resolutions flxiDg the
wegtern boundary OF Texas absolutely ana
irIsyocably on the Bravo or nj nrAnue,
The military bolrd tcompOsed oil the
governor. the comptroller and the stare
.reasurer) and It's action on the proposal
Of Secretary Benjamin 10 excnaDRe Con
tolerate bonds for United states Dohus
held by Texas, together with oDlhlons 81
Senators Wigfail sni Aemphi,i' Cmnsfsss-
tran Waul and Postmaster Gehcrai fea-
gan on ths prospective insolvency OF ths
United States government Ana the III
tber work of the board IN proviulp9 aIhis
ard clothing for the Texas soldiefs by l0s-
terlng home manufactures for these mil
tary necessities and by opemnI anu con
Quoting the great cotton trade with mes
lea with the view OF p!ovtdins munitions
~ war otherwise understandable.
Messrs. Rsngan and Wanl are the Only
survivors OF the eminent statesmen VINO
advised the board as TO the disposal cf the
Irn.t,d states bonds under It's control. Gov
ernor Lubbock IN 1862 nlDped In the bIi
n French intrigue to detach Texas from
the Confederacy by turning over 10 Presi-
dent Davis the secret and guarded COM
munacaL,on OF the French consul, Theron.
al Galveston on the subject. The president
In imitation OF WashinRton's conduct
towards government for less offense
promptly expelled the intermeddiing con-
sui from our territory.
The intrigue was renewed the ensuing
year more boldly by John Tyler who. by .
yolurninous document now IN the state de-
partment, argued the certain collapse OF the
confederacy. unless 1isxaF should accept
HIS remedy and appeal TO France for pre-
tecsion under the treaty OF 1903 for the
cession OF Louisiana TO the United States.
T-he governor. was too strong lover Of
liberty. or rather too patriotic an Ameri-
can. TO even consider this vile plot OF the
French emperor 10 dismembcr our country
al the expense Of our free institutions.
Not the least interesting TO the practical
politician is the chapters ON early Texas
politics giving. as they 10, The genesis
OF party and marty orgsnizat.o1 with pro-
ceedings OF all the State conv.ntsons be-
fore the war,
II is not generally known that ex-Gov-
ernor Lubbock Travelled in 1874 with ex-
President Davis extensively through rev
eral countries In Europe. but the9e pemoir5
tell the story and 1t can not fail to inter
eat Intelligent Texans and Americans. X
And so on throughout the memoirs much