A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . e disastrously felt in his administration of thegovernment of the Republic, from 1838 to 1841. His theories on public questions were expressed inhis messages to Congress and in his acts as President,and they were in all points essentially different fromthose of General Houston. He announced open oppo-sition to annexation to the United States ; unrelentingwar against the Indians ; the extension of Texan juris-diction over New Mexico, and an alliance with the revo-lutionists of northern Mexico ; active aid to Yucatanin her revol
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . e disastrously felt in his administration of thegovernment of the Republic, from 1838 to 1841. His theories on public questions were expressed inhis messages to Congress and in his acts as President,and they were in all points essentially different fromthose of General Houston. He announced open oppo-sition to annexation to the United States ; unrelentingwar against the Indians ; the extension of Texan juris-diction over New Mexico, and an alliance with the revo-lutionists of northern Mexico ; active aid to Yucatanin her revolt against the Mexican government; the establish-ment of a national bank with power to issue irredeemable paper ^, „ ... i r^ i the Republic money ; and the maintenance of an extensive and expensivesystem of institutions for the Republic. To accomplish these its practicalends it was necessary to involve the country in savage warfare,to violate the plighted faith of the nation to its Indian inhabi-tants, to provoke the renewed hostility of Mexico, to alienate 263. MlRAUEAU B. His policy asPresident of 264 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Pkriod Republic 1836 TO1846 Indian rela-tions andtroubles the sympathy of the United States, and to plunge the govern-ment into useless and continued expense, which had to be metby the endless issue of treasury notes, until the currency of theRepublic sank to such a low value that it was worth less thanten dollars to one of gold and silver. Such public results wereenough to dim the lustre of the loftiest personal character, and,but for his splendid and lasting service to posterity in the foun-dation of a magnificent educational system, Lamars administra-tion would be condemned by truthful history as one of unmixeddisaster to the young and struggling Republic. Upon assuming the presidential chair, Lamar found thefrontier engaged in frequent struggles with the Indians, generally])rompted by Vicente Cordova, Manuel Flores, and other mal
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