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upon a host of useless army and navy officers, and. others whose
chief merit in his eyes consisted in subserviency to him, or in
quarrels with others who would not yield to his dictation, while
the country was bleeding at every pore. The East was excited
against the West, and the West against the East, which continued
as long as he had any influence or control in the government,
and finally constituted one of the many difficulties, the settlement
of which he left as a legacy to my administration in 1844.
* * * * A disgraceful recklessness obtained in the whole
administration of the government during his first term. The
country was paralyzecl and weakened, Mexico encouraged, the
public faith and credit impaired, and the character of Texas terribly
lowered, * * * its friends everywhere discouraged
and disheartened. The foundation was laid for all those disasters
which the country suffered under the three years' administration
of Gen. Lamar, who had not the ability to right the
ship and get her back upon the true course. This departure
from the line of a proper policy, however, was not apparent to
the people, or fully realized until after Gen. Houston left office.
The vessel was scuttled by him; the leaks were all sprung,
which caused her to come near sinking in the unwise hands of
his successor. WVhen the vessel of state, in consequence of the
wrong course steered, and first by Gen. Houston, got among
the rocks-or when the leaks were about sinking her, then all
could see the evil, though but very few to this day know that
it was owing as much to one as the other of these parties; but
as the catastrophe of ruin occurred in the administration of
Gen. Lamar, he has generally been blamed for it. The policy,
however, and the consequence of it, which I have figuratively
alluded to above, and which, pursued two years by Gen. Houston,
and three more by Gen. Lamar, and finally procduced such
wide-spread ruin, was originatedc by the former. * * *
That Gen. Houston used his influence to increase the storm
during Gen. Laniar's administration, I have abundant reason to
believe; and he was also incessant in his endeavors to create
the impression on the public mind that all the evils, manifold as
they were, which the country suffered, were produced by the
administration of Gen. Lamar; and in this he was tolerably successful,
though history will tell with her iron pen that this was
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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/m1/75/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.