14POINTS Who said it? Houston or Lamar
Sam Houston | Mirabeau B. Lamar
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- I left Texas with a debt that reached 8 million dollars.
- I wanted to decrease the size of the army and use the Texas Rangers to patrol the frontier.
- I caused debt to soar because of my costly expenditures.
- I decreased debt by cutting jobs and collecting taxes.
- I rebuilt the Texas navy to defend the Texas coast.
- I believed joining the United States would solve many problems facing the republic.
