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Contents

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Chapter XVI. Secret Message to the Texan Congress on Annexation . . .	153
Chapter XVII. Close of Houston's Second Term as President — Resolutions of the Senate — Houston's Management of the Finances of Texas during his two Administrations, and his Admirable Success — A Review and Explanation of the System	156
Chapter XVIII. Houston's Entrance into the U. S. House of Representatives, Dec, 1823 — His Contemporaries and the Questions of the Hour	166
Chapter XIX. Houston's Four Years in the House of Representatives, from 1823 to 1827	175
Chapter XX. Houston's Entrance into the U. S. Senate, March, 1846 — Questions of the Day — Movements of interest	187
Chapter XXI. Houston in the U. S. Senate under President Polk, from March, 1846, to March 4, 1849	193
Chapter XXII. Houston in the Senate under the Whig Administration, from 1849 to 1853	203
Chapter XXIII. Houston in the Senate under President Pierce, from 1853 to 1857	215
Chapter XXIV. Houston in the Senate under President Buchanan, from March 4, 1857, till his Retirement, March 4, 1859	226
Chapter XXV. Career of Houston as Governor of Texas — State Measures — Want of Harmony between the Executive and the Legislature — Secession — His Deposition from the Gubernatorial Office	231
Chapter XXVI. Closing Days — Resolutions of Texas House of Representatives — Speech of Hon. J, H, Banton, of Walker Co	236