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Mr.. Buchanan to General .4imonte.

Hon. john C. CALHOUN,
Secretary of State, &c.
Mr. Buchanan to General .4in,onte.
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
Washington, March 10, le45
The undersigned, Secretary Of State of the United
States, has received the note of General Almonte,
the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the Mexican republic of the 9Th instant ad
dressed to his predecessor, the Hon. John G. Cal
houn, protesting, in the name of his government,
against the resolution Of the late Congress for
nexing Texas TO the United States; and he has
submitted the same to the President.
In answer, the undersigned is instructed 10 say,
that the admission of Texas as one of the States Of
this Union, having received the sanction both Of the
legislative and executive departments of the govern
ment, is now irrevocaby decided, far the Uni
ted States are concerned. Nothing but the refusal
of Texas to ratfy the terms and conditions on which
her admission depends, can defeat this object. II
is, therefore, too late at present TO reopen discus
sion which has already been exhausted and again
to prove that Texas has long since achieved her in
dependence of Mexico, and now stands before the
world, both de jurs and de facto sovereign and
independent State amid the family of nations Sus-
tanning this character, and having manifested a
strong desire TO become of the members of our
confederacy, neither Mexico nor any other nation
will Just cause Of complaint against the United
States for admitting her into this Union
The President nevertheless, sincerely regrets that
the government of Mexico should have taken offence
at these proceedings and he earnestly trusts that il
may hereafter be disposed to view them in ia
vorable and friendly light Whilst entering upon the
duties of the presidential office, he chcerfuly de
clares in advance that his most strenuous efforts
shall be devoted to the amicable adjustment ofevery
cause of complaint between the two governments,
and to the cultivation Of the kindest and most
friendly relations between the sister republics
The undersigned has the honor to transmit to
-. o. "a
quest, and to him Of his distinguished con-
sidcration and regard.
Brig Gen. Don. J. N. ALMoNrE, &c.
Mr.. Buchanan to Mr. Donaldson.
DEPARTMENT OF SrArE,
Washington, April %, l645.
Sra: Your dispatches of March 20 and "a from
New Orleans, of March % from Houston, and of
April and from Washington, have been received;
the latter the 2lst instant Ever since the re-
cept ofthese the President has been anxiousy await
ing your despatch promised by the next mail after
the return of your messenger from Montgomery.
Upon its arrival shall address you at length,
should the information then communicated render
this necessary. At present will con6ne myself to
q single point.
II has been conectured that it might be given out
in Texas that Mr.. Secretary Smith had been
despatched to this city for the purpose Of nego-
uaLlnR more IdVOIdDlc LtTHlo Oh dnncAdtlOn tudu
those which you have already proposed to the
Texan government and that thus the people Of
Texas might be reconcled to the delay. In or.
der to enable you instantly to remove any such
impression, you are authorized unequvocally to de-
clare that the President will not consent to transfer
the negotiation from Texas to this city; and should
Mr.. Smith make such an offer, it will be promptly
but respectfully declined. The question s now be-
fore the executive government and people of Texas;
and the President will not agree to change the
terms proposed in my despatch Of the 10th March
last.
Under these circumstances, / need scarcely urge
you to press for immediate action. The executive
government of Texas ought to be appealed to in the
strongest terms for prompt decision. Delay may
result in defeat and yet can feel but little appre-
hension that the sovereign people of Texas--the
conquerors Of San Jacinto-who have breathed the
air and lispcd the accents of liberty from their in
fancy, will consent forever to abandon their free,
their native land and sink to the level of depend
ants on the monarchy Of Gres. Britain. H
With sentiments of the highest regard, remain
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Al. DoNELsos, esq, DC.
Mr.. Buchanan 10 Mr. Donelson.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 49, l645.
Sin: have to acknowledge the receipt of your
dispatches Nos. ~, 10, 10, 90, and 81, and your
letter from Galveston of the 9th of this month.
Anticipating the receipt Of the note to be address,
cd to you by the acting Secretary of State of Texas,
to which your letter Of the 9Th instant REFERS shall
proceed to present you the views of the President
on the subject to which il relates. You state its
substance TO be Gan earnest expression Of the wish
of the government of Texas, that soon as their
assent is given to the terms contained in the joint
resolution for their admission State, the troops
Of the United States may be marched to some suita-
BILE point the western frontier, for the purpose of
guarding the inhabitants against Mexican or Indian
incursion, and of being employed within the terri
tory of Texas for this purpose should occasion re-
quire.
am instructed by the President to inform you
that as soon as the existing government and the
convention Of Texas shall have accepted the terms
proposed in the two first sections of the "jont
olution for annexing Texas TO the United States,"
he will then conceive it he both his right and his
duty to employ the army in defending that State
against the attacks of any foreign power. This
shall be done promptly and efficiently, should any
emergency render 1t necessary. In order TO be pre-
pared for such contingency, force of three thou
sand shall Immediately be placed upon the bor-
der, prepared to enter Texas and to act without
moments delay. 1t would be the most crying in
Justice towards the people of Texas for the United
States to stand by and refuse to extend a helping
hand TO snstan them against an invasion brought
upon them by their free determination to annex
their own glorious republic to the American Union
in compliance with solemn resolution of Con-
gr ess.
II would be useless TO inquire what will be the
precise condition of Texas during the intermediate
period, after she shall have accepted the terms of the
joint resolution, but before her actual admission into
the Union In many respects she will be in a po-
sition similar to that occupied by Mississippi Hi
nois, and other States, after they had complied
with the previous conditions required by acts Of
Congress- bu, before they had been formally received
into the family Of States. Like them, Texas will then
have conformed to every preliminary requisition
Of Congress- and like them, Texas, 10 execution Of
the public faith, will be admitted as a matter Of
course, by the passage Of brief bill for that pu-