than to have the indians & British upon us & destroy
us all. We should grasp all the territory we can and I
know much that I do not tell I have had bribes offered
me, but I have rejected them. The government
will not receive any thing from me they are
self sufficient, but they must go to Hell & work
out their own salvation with fear & trembling.
as soon as texas was annexed I would liberate two
or three states & pay them for their slaves & let
them go to Mexico whare they are mixed blacks &c
I would also receive Canida & stand by them
& many other usful remarks He made

A collection was taken up to buy powder &
fuse rope about $60 dollars was recieved.
meeting closed & we returned to our homes

March 8, 1844 ~ Friday

March 8^th I laboured in the garden or banking up
my house I met in council in the evening with
the presidency & twelve. Spoke concerning a
candidate for the vice Presidency they had
nominated Gen Arlington Bennet not knowing
that he was a native of Ireland. the final decision
was for me to write to Col Solomon Copeland to
invite him to visit us & see if he would suffer his
name to run for the vice Presidency

March 9, 1844 ~ Saturday

9^th [FIGURE] I spent the day in plowing & making
some garding I planted & sowed onions potatoes
set out straw buries & raspburies this is the
earlest time I ever undertook to make a garding

than to have the indians & British upon us & destroy us all. we should grasp all the territory we can and I know, much that I do not tell I have had bribes offered me, but I have rejected them. The government will not receive any thing from me they are self sufficient, but they must go to Hell & work out their own salvation with fear & trembling as soon as texas was annexed I would liberate two or three states & pay them for their slaves & let them go to Mexico whare they are mixed blacks &c I would also receive Canida & stand by them & many other usful remarks He made A collection was taken up to buy powder & fuse rope about $60 dollars was recieved. meeting closed & we returned to our homes

March 8, 1844 ~ Friday

March 8th I laboured in the garden or banking up my house I met in council in the evening with the presidency & twelve. spoke concerning a candidate for the vice Presidency they had nominated Gen Arlington Bennet not knowing that he was a native of Ireland. the final decision was for me to write to Col Solomon Copeland to invite him to visit us & see if he would suffer his name to run for the vice Presidency

March 9, 1844 ~ Saturday

9th [FIGURE] I spent the day in plowing & making some garding I planted & sowed onions potatoes set out straw buries & raspburies this is the earliest time I ever undertook to make a garding