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espce,iallv as Mr. Tylur, who first made tlhe election, was
out of office. 1 assured Mr. Donelson tihat tlhe p'roposition,
whatever my individual opinions of it might be, should be
fairly and promptly submitted to Congress, and to the people
of Texas; which I conceived was all the power I had a
right to, or which I could consistently exercise over it.
The correspondence between Mr. Donelson and the Secretarv
of State being very generally published, it seems only
necessary that I should allude to one fact in relation to it.This
is that the pledges of protection, to
announce the fact that we had been invited to join the great
confederacy of kindred states, and if tlhe people of Texas
should decide in favor of the proposition the Executive
would feel it his solemn duty to carry their will into effect;
and at a suitable time to tlae a respectful leave of those
governments and close our relations with them, in a proper
manner, etc. 1 think no genztleman will believe this was
wrong or even unnecessary. It is true, there may be some
who thouglt, that as soon as Texas was tolerably secure of
Annexation, it would be best to kick away the ladder by
which she had ascended to it, but independent of tthe fae t thut
such unworthy and uncivil conduct would have disgraceed
the country forever, it appears to ine that annexation was
not absolutely celrain, Iand that such a stcI) under the cir cumstatces,
would be entiielyv t:iwise and itmpolitic. We
might ag*ain, as on sou litat ohller occa(('ioni, wvii tleir c tavor.
D)enunll iation0s of Fratlicceand EntglanJd 'when , e no
Io iger :seoented Io nee,d their ,,, d fl.cs. :AcoulM L1'. \m: i'~.
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Jones, Anson. Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation, book, January 1, 1848; Galveston. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2390/m1/24/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.