The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 27, July 1923 - April, 1924 Page: 256
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who seems to have been a man of more than ordinary industry and
ability, was obliged to report an absolute failure to negotiate any
of the bonds because of the unsettled condition of the market,
the general lack of confidence in either public or private securities,
and the want of patriotism in the people. Nor could he exchange
them for arms, because all the other states were offering cash for
all the arms available and were sending agents to Cuba, Mexico
and Europe.7
In the meantime Texas had been called upon for its quota of
volunteers for the Confederate army. These men were to be armed
and equipped by the state before being mustered into the Confed-
erate service, for the expense of which the state was to be reim-
bursed. Agents were already in New Orleans; others were hur-
ried to Mexico and even to Cuba in quest of muskets, rifles, pistols,
sabres, powder, lead, percussion caps, and other military supplies..
There being but little cash available, they must rely upon the
credit of the state or their own. They had but little success.
Meanwhile companies and regiments of volunteers had been or-
ganized all over Texas and sent to camps of instruction. Here
they went through the long hot summer not only without receiv-
ing arms but without wagons, tents, medicines, and many other
necessities. They became discontented and disgusted, and com-
plaints piled high upon the governor's desk. Governor Clark could
think of nothing better than to send out a new set of agents who
were no more successful than the first. The neighboring markets
had been denuded of arms and the Confederate Government had
taken over the product of the few powder mills and armories
within its borders.
By the fall of 1861 President Lincoln's blockade, though not
yet highly effective, had cut off direct trade through Galveston
and the other regular ports. The cotton crop was large, prices in
Europe were high, and the staple began moving toward the lower
coast where it was forwarded by light draught vessels along the
bays to the ports of Mexico for export to Europe. Governor Frank
Lubbock, who had succeeded Clark in November, 1861, by proc-
lamation forbade the storing of cotton near the coast, lest it tempt
7E. B. Nichols to Clark, May 27, July 27, August 31, September 18,
1861, MSS. in Executive Correspondence, Texas State Library.256
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 27, July 1923 - April, 1924, periodical, 1924; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101086/m1/262/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.