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tuition and form OF government were
I established. No means Of ascertain.
ing accurately The exact amount of the
population Of Texas are at the COM
manG Of the committee. 1t has been
estimated at some sixty or seventy
thousand souls Nor are the precise
limits of the country which passes uR.
der the denomination of Texas known
to the committee. They are probably
not clearly defined, but they are sup.
posed to be extensive, and sufficiently
large, when peopled, TO form respec.
table Power.
If the population is small; if, when
compared with that Of the United
Mexican States, amounting pl obabIy
to not less than eight millions Of souls,
the contest has been unequal, it has,
nevertheless, been maintained by Tex.
as with uncom mon resolution, undaun.
ted vaor, and emineut success. And
the recent signal aud splendid victory
in which that portion of the Mexican
army which was commanded by Gen.
Santa Anna, the President Of the Mex.
lean Government, in person, was en-.
tirely overthrown, with uneXampIed
slaughter, compared with the incon'
siderable loss on The other side, put
to flight, and captured, including
among the prisoners the President
himself and his staff, may be consid-
cred as decisive of the independence
of Texas. That memorable event
will probably be followed by negotia-
tions which may lead to the acknowl,
edgmeDt by Mexico of the indepen.
dence of Texas, aud the settlement of
lis boundaries. Aud, under all cir
cumstances, il might, perhaps, be more
conformabIe with the amicable reIa.
lions subsistng between the United
States and the United Mexican States,
that the latter should precede the for
mer in The acknowledgment of the in
dependence ofTexas. But if the war
should be protracled or there should
be unreasonable delay on the part Of
the Mexican Government, The Gov
| ernment of the United States ought
not TO await its action.
The recognition of Texas as an in
dependent Power may be made by
the United States in various ways:
lst, by trea,y;2d, by The passage of a
law regulating commercial intercourse
between the two Powers; Sd, by SEN
ding diplomatic agent 10 Texas, with
the usual credentials; or, lastly, by
the Executive receiving and accredi.
ting a diplomatic representative from
Texas, which would be a recognition
as far as the Executive only is com.
petent to make it. In the first and
third modes the concurrence OF the
Senate, in its executive character,
would be necessary; and, in the sec
ond, 10 It's legislative character. The
Senate alone, without the cooperation
of some other branch of the Govern
ment, is not competent TO recognise
the existence of any Power.
The President of the United States,
by The Constitution, has The charge OF
their foreign intercourse. Regularly
he ought to take the initiative in the
acknowledgment of the independence
of any new Power. But, in this case,
he has not yet done it, for reasons
which he, without doubt, deems sulli
cient. If'in any instance, the PreS-
dent should be tardy, he may bequick
ened in the exercise of his power by
the expression Of the opinion, or by
other acts, of one or both branches OF
Congress, as was done in relation TO
the republics formed out of Spanish
America. But the committee does
not think that, on this occasion, any
tsrdiness is justly imputable to the
Executive. About three months only
have elapsed since the establishment
of an Independent Government IN
Texas; and it is not unreasonable TO
wait short time to see what its ope'
ration will be, and especially whether
it will afford those guarantees which
foreign Powers have right to expect
before they institute relations with
lii.
Taking this view of the whole mat
ter, the committee conclude by rec.
ommending to The Senate the adoption
of the following resolutions:
,ReS0IUed, That the independence oil
Texas ought to be acknowledged by
1.-The United States whenever satistac-
tory information shall bereceiVed that
lii hasin successful operation a civil