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special AGENT Inc message accompanying lne
report contained full and explicit declaration
of the inerpediency of recognition upon the fol-
! lowing ground,--
That 1.-THE acknowledgment Of a new State as
independents" was always tan act Of great DEL
icacy and sponsibili'y-especay when such
State had forclbly separated itself from another,
OF which it had formed parts and which still
claims dominion over it," that ga premature
recognition under such circumstances, is always
liable 10 be regarded as proof of an unf-lendlv
spirit to one of the contending parties" aud
would be equivalent, under some crcumstan-
ces, to declaration of war - that the recogni.
ton by us of the Independence of the Spanish
American States had been delayed "not only
until the ability of the new States to protect
themselves was fully established, but unit the
danger Of their being again subjugated had en-
tlrelv passed away; that such was not the con-
ditlon Of Texas in reference TO Mexico: and
that, as the TcXian revolution had been effected
by " emigrants from the United States" and
the acknowledgment of independence had been
sought by them "with an avowed design to trca,
Immediately of its transfer to the United States.
and its admission into the Union as one Of the
Federal States, a too early movement might sub
joct us, hoperer WyuSly % 10 the mputation
.! seeking TO establish the claims uI our neigh
60rs 20 territory with view 10 its subsequent
acquisition by ourselves"
Here was n conclusive argument against the
Recognition, --eher forced from the President
by a conviction OF It's conclusiyeness. or fclEncd
10 DC satisfactory Tor 'ne purpose oI quoting APP
prehcnsons in regard to the measure.
THe message was referred to the Committee
o Foreign Ail'iirs, who, On the 18Th OF FGbrua-
ry, 1887, reported two resolutions to the effect
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there was suddonlv snrnng unon tho uomse -
nronn.tinn IN a,noui tho civil and di,ln,,ti an,
nronriatio, hiIl bv adlnr an anrronria,in,, :. ,r
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.onf to the RenuLljr If Tvs ,,Lr,,cvar tho
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Tcxas * an indonondert n,,ver. aud shall doom
it eypedien, to APPOINT such minister" And
what. think Won. was the fate of,Iis uronosi,jou
Thouph direct prnposilion for recopn,tion. and
an apnropriation for n minister was lost. one
week before by majority OF -, set the whole
was now reversed by majority of A3--tbe
amendment bc!ny carried bv a vote of llo TO
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9'H'"''''s us o'"oi"SNc "'s"'"e"t t"o mon us
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staining inc oecuc" vote, week before,
against It, and notwithstanding the suddenly
reversed vote left the eX0cdicnCv of cuusulu-
matinr the in1Ijel rcco milton bv the annoiu,-
ment of a Muster, entirely within his dis
erection. upon rsceiting satisfactory cyilence
that Te.cas was an ndcpcndeHt nowpr-tbn
President. saw, nutwIlhstan,hn. al, this. sud-
denly lost his srruples. forgot his own srpu-
ments, and without waiting to reccire" salts
factory evidence. or any evidence instantly
perceived that Teras was an independent
power, and instantly became satisfied that it
alS "eXpedienl" to appJin, the Minister: and
ihrrpuDon i'm the very same lour in which Lo