ALETTER FROM TEXAS.
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WASHINGTON, iEAAS, May ZlSt, lSlJ

 EDITORS ARK. BANNER-Gcmlcmen: AL though have the pleasure of being acquainted with but one of you, and that acquaintance is very limited, l take the liberty of writing to you, from this splace; thinking that communi- cation from Texas, at this particular iuncture. would be interesting to your numerous read CTS. There is a great deal of excitement here. m relation to Annexation; and no doubt the people ot the U. s. have been led to believe. from the manner in which the Annexation Resolutions were received by the Government organ here, that 1t was doubtful whether the people ot Texas would accept of the terms proposed by the U. s. or not. As to this. | can answer them they need not be uneasy; for the people of Texas have come to solemn determlnatlon to return to their Mother Land. and have our beautiful Lone Star incorpo- rated into the glorious constellation of 2S; and thus, instead of diminishing the lustre of the Lone Star, cause 1t to shine with increas- ed brightness. President Jones was opposed to Annexation, until the people met in their primary assemblies, and expressed their opin- ions with such unanimity that he saw that ii was the 'ciH cf he people; and he Is not the man that will go against the known wishes oi hls constituents. Far from it. He will now do every thing in his power to consum- mate this great measure. Our Convention meets at Austin on the s'4th day of July;n and we will have our State Constitution formed. and be ready to go into the Union, by the hrst of January, 1916. O! that the Hero of the Hermitage, who has done so much for us. could but live to see it consummated. That such may be the case, is the sincere wish of a

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