The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-12
LATEST AND INTERESTING FROM
TEXAS


The Executive has been polite enough to place in
our hands the following correspondence between Ma
or Donelson and the government of Texas along with
printed document communicated to the Congress
Of Texas, and comprising some of the mysteries
ofthc treaty with Mexico 1t duplicates MIR. Presi-
dent Jones in these extraordinary transactions. We
hasten to lay them before our readers This ride
ulous negotiation, at which the courts of England
and France will have some cause to blush--every
itself, as Of the conduct of its agents, Elliott and
Saligny.) and Of its unqualified and unanimous re-
lection by the Senate of Texas, will reflect some
light on the absurd and ncw-fangled doctrine of
M. Guzot, about the balance Of po,cer the Amer
lean continent. How ridiculous, that after all this
''sccnery, machinery, and decorations"-aft all
this elaboration Of machnery-a this working of
the wres--all these trips of the Eurydice, back
wards and forwards--the Mexican treaty should
have been unanimously rejected! The whole drama,
indeed, is more ridiculous than any farce which was
ever played upon the French or English stage.
The papers, which we here lay before our read
ers, were received in this city last evening. They
were brought to Galveston by Col. Samuel B. Mar
shall, Of Nashville, Worcestershire brother-naw
Of Judge Catron, who died at Galveston of a fever
caught from exposure to the in the prairies on
his way to that place. They were brought from
Galveston by Captain Foster, in the revenuc-cutter
Woodbury., who arrived at New Orleans on tho 4th
of July; and letter from New Orleans, which en-
closes them to our government, states, upon the
[authority Of Captain Foster, report which had
reached Galveston, that Major Donelson was Sc
rian o., i'll. INIT tbo Nau
respondent that the report is without foundation"
The Congress- of Texas Was to adjourn by resolu-
ton, on the 2Sth June.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington June %, lS45
The undersigned, Attorney General of the repub-
lie Of Texas charged ad interim with the direction
of the Department of State, by order of his excel
cncy the President, has the honor of transmitting
to the Hon. Mr. Doneson, charge d'affaires Of the
United States near this government the enclosed
copy of joint resolution, adopted by both houses
Of the Congress Of Texas, the 2lst instant, and
this day received and approved by the President,
declaring the consent Of the existing government Of
this republic to the terms of the proposition for
nexation, rendered by the United States, through
the Hon. Mr. Donelson, on the 3lst Of March
ultimo, to the government and people of Texas.
To all true friends of the great cause of anncxa-
ton, and especially to the Hon. Mr.. Doneson,
whose energies and talents have been 80 ably and
faithfully devoted TO the success Of TINT cause
through the several stages Of its recently triumphant
progress, il must be peculiarly gratifying 20 observe
the harmony and unanimity with which this resolu-
ton has passed the two houses Of Congress- and
ceived the executive approval.
Rejecting the idea of separate nationality, al
though commended to their choice by the profcred
recognition Of their independence by Mexico, and
the countenance Of powerful European sovereign
ties the people Of this country have thus evinced,
by most decided manifestations their strong but
ural preference for the advantages of voluntary
incorporation into the American Union, and their
strong attachment to the free institutions Of that
great and glorious republic.
Among the features Of this resolution, II must be
gratifying to the Hon. Mr.. Donelson and his gov
eminent to observe that provision, whereby the acts
Of the convention, to meet on the 4th proxlmo,
are clothed with all the sanctions which can result
from the concurring approval and consent OF the
executive, and the representatives OF the people;
and not less gratifying, the undersigned trusts, will
be the necessarily resulting from the prem
ises that the various steps yet to be taken on the
part Of this republic to perfect, so far as depends
upon her, the measure Of annexation upon the pro-
posed basis, will be adopted with the same prompt
ness and fidelity which have distinguished her pre-
ceding movements in the great cause; and in that
conhding spirit of firm reliance upon the magma
nimity and generosity of the United States, which
has ever characterized the policy Of her government
and the dispositions of her people.
The undersigned renews to Mr.. Donelson, the
assurances of his high regard and remains his most
obedent servant,
EBN'R ALLEN
Hon. A. J. DoNELsoN
Charge d'Affaires Of the United States, &c.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, June %, l645.
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