The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 14, July 1910 - April, 1911 Page: 292
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
tion of the whole situation. In consequence Palmerston refused
to ratify the treaties at this time.1
Thus we find that the financial and the two chief features of
the diplomatic program of Lamar's administration, namely, recog-
nition by England and Mexico, had failed. It remained for him
to put his military plans into operation in the expedition against
Santa F6 in the endeavor to make good the claim to the Rio
Grande.2
9. Summary.-To sum up the situation: Between 1821 and
the battle of San Jacinto, the boundary line was legally the
Nueces, although Coahuila and Texas appear to have encroached
upon Tamaulipas during this period. The first mention by the
Texans of the Rio Grande as a boundary was made during the
F.redonian war. The suggestion of that river as a boundary came
from Hlouston before the treaty of Velasco, which treaty, however,
did not definitely state the boundary line. Before the declaration
of boundary by the Texan government, Austin was in doubt con-
cerning the line, but thought that it ought to be the Rio Grande.
lie instructed the Texan minister to the United States to that
effect, but stated that smaller limits would be accepted if the Rio
Grande boundary stood in the way of annexation. The Texan
congress declared the boundary at the Rio Grande soon after. The
suggestion was made in 1837 by Jackson that Texas should claim
California. Texan independence was recognized the same year,
and in July Texas planned an offensive war against Mexico. In
August a change in the views of Texan statesmen took place; Texas
appeared anxious for annexation and was willing to sacrifice the
land as far as the Nueces to accomplish it. In 1838 and 1839
the Texan diplomats at Washington were in favor of an expansion
of territory to the Pacific, but the home government entertained
no such view. In 1839, the question of annexation having been
dropped for the time being, the Texan government bent its efforts
upon securing the assistance of the United States to act as medi-
ator in securing the recognition of Texan independence by Mexico,
with the boundary at the Rio Grande. In the same year and in
1840 Texas made unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with the Mex-'Adams, British Interests and Activities in Texas, 67-68.
2Garrison, Westward Extension, 107-108.292
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