The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 285
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Diplomatic Relations of Texas and the United States 285
Reily found it necessary to depart before the arrival of Isaac
Van Zandt, his successor; he kept the duplicate of the treaty in
his possession until early in September when he forwarded it to
the Texan Department of State. Reily heard that the document
was lost at sea by the destruction of the steamship, Merchant. He
promptly wrote Van Zandt to send to the State Department of
Texas a copy of his despatch of August 3, which included a copy
of the treaty.'
Houston sent the treaty to the Texas Senate on December 19,
1842. In the accompanying message he pointed out that article V
might be considered by England, France, and Holland as dis-
criminatory in favor of the United States. The article in question
stated that cotton from either country was to be admitted by each
free of duty, and that goods manufactured in either but intended for
reshipment to foreign countries might be admitted free. Houston
suggested that the article be so amended that it would show that
the concessions were for a valuable consideration and not gratu-
itous and free, and therefore common to all powers with whom
Texas had commercial treaties.2
'The following day the fifth article was referred to the com-
mittee on foreign relations. Two days later the committee re-
ported that they advised its ratification without change. The vote
was unanimous. It would naturally be supposed that this would
end the matter as far as the Texas Senate was concerned, but
such was not the case. On January 11, 1843, the President was
requested to return the treaty to the Senate; two days later he
complied. January 16, the fifth article was reconsidered and
modified as Houston had originally suggested, and in this form it
was passed.
Upon his arrival in Washington in December, Van Zandt found
various letters awaiting him informing him of the course of events
in his country. General Woll had invaded Texas in September,
and, as we have seen, had captured San Antonio.3 The State De-
partment of Texas urged that the United States be requested to
1Reily to Waples, December 12, 1842, Ibid., I, 619-621.
2Secret Journals, 233-244, 268-269, 276-277.
3Waples to Van Zandt, October 20, 1842, Tex. Dipl. Corr., I, 609-611;
Garrison, Texas, 247.
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