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LETTERS, ETC.
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parts of the State, I have no hesitation in making a similar reply
to the flattering request contained in your communication. As,
however, you wish a general expression of my views upon the
subject, I subjoin a copy (in substance) of a letter written to my
friend, Judge Stout, of Red River county, last winter, which
very fully expresses those views. I have, in this, dwelt very
much upon the past, as I consider the truth of our history, which
so many have been interested and active in perverting, required
some vindication from me; and because I believed the acts of a
public man constitute the best criterion by which to judge him,
and above and beyond all mere Iprofessio2,s, the very best assurance
to the people for his future course. Considerations of public
interest should, and doubtless will govern the Legislature in
the selection of a Senator, but these considerations cannot be
safely and certainly arrived at without some refe-rence to the
past, and to the wise and salutary teachings of experience.
For a full and detailed expression of my opinions upon all
the liviny issues of the day, I refer you to my writings published
during the late Presidential canvass.
Respectfully and truly yours,
Axsox JoxES.
[3MEM.-Sept. 30th. The recent election of some seventy or
eighty briefless and reckless lawyers to the Legislature of Texas
will probably discredit and falsify the opinion that " considerations
of public interest will govern the Legislature in the selection
of a Senator." The probability now is, that considerations
directly the reverse of the above will control the elections of
both the Senators.] A. J.
[coPY.]
WASHINGTON, Dee. 6th, 1S56.
Hon. WILLIAM B. STOUT, CLARKSVILLE:
DEA.R Sin,-Your kind favor of the 17th ult. has just come
to hand, and I hasten to comply with your request to put you
in possession of my views in relation to the senatorship; thanking
you cordially at the same time, for the very friendly feelings
you have been so good as to express in relation to myself, and
the favorable and flattering sentiments contained in your letter
concerning the manner in which, on former occasions, I dis
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Jones, Anson. Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author, book, January 1, 1859; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2391/m1/633/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.