The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 Page: 184
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pushed their way into the room, actuated by motives of curiosi-y
or feeling. My father and brother received the Generals wth
courtesy; but when their demand was made, my brother sprng
on to a chair and in indignant tones demanded to know by vhat
right they invaded the sanctity of his father's house, and by what
authority they threatened to take down the Texan recruiting flag;
adding: "If I am violating law, I am ready to respond to the
law; but show me the law under which you pretend to act. It is
you and not I who are the disturbers of the peace; and if evil
comes of this, the responsibility will be yours. And new I warn
you that I will defend that flag, and the first man who dares molest
it shall be shot down by my orders!"
This language brought about a truce, and it was finally agreed
that the flag of Texas should be allowed to float in front of my
father's residence.
The full complement of my brother's company having been en-
listed, we marched to Wheeling, and there took a little stern wheel
boat, named the "Loyal Hannah," for Louisville, Kentucky. Be-
fore we started, however, a boat arrived from below with word
that it had passed another steamer bearing President Jackson,-
she had stopped at Marietta, Ohio, but would soon be along. I
was the color bearer of the company and had received the flag
from the hands of my sister Catherine a high spirited girl who
would have gone to the rescue of Texas had she been a boy.
The musicians and color bearer were ordered to the hurricane
deck, the company was formed, and the flag unfurled, ready to
salute the coming hero. When we met his boat the music struck
up "Yankee Doodle," the flag was lowered in salute and three
cheers were given for Andrew Jackson.
Lemoyne, the great Abolitionist, was on that boat and demanded
of the President, why it was that armed bodies of men were
allowed to be recruited in the United States to make war upon
Mexico. To which General Jackson replied: "That Americans
had the lawful right to emigrate and to bear arms"-The truth
was that the heart of Jackson was with Houston and his patriots.
He committed no overt act in favor of Texas, but it was generally
known that his warmest sympathies were with his cause.
Just below Louisville the three companies commanded by Cap-
tains Charles Colerick, George H. Burroughs, and Thomas J. Mor-184
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927, periodical, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117142/m1/204/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.