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1MEMORANDA.
accomplished, which is not less remarkable and worthy of consideration
than that the measure was accomplished at all, in
face of the obstacles once interposed. This is the "attitude"
in which Texas entered the Union. ^ * * In lS30-'37,
Texas (through her Executive, Gen. Houston) was an humbile
suppliant to President Jackson, and was r9udcely (as IMr. Wharton
iniformed me) spurned by him. In 1837-'38, she was again
(through the same Executive) a suppliant to Mr. Van Buren,
andl her request for admission was promptly and firmly rejected.
Indignant at the position we occupied, and satisfied it was impolitic
and unwvise in every respect to occupy it longer, I 6ffered
resolutions in the House of Representatives of the Congress of
Texas of 1837-'38, (April, 1838,) to instruct the Executive to
withdraw the proposition from before the Government at Washington,
and carried the resolutions through the House. The
Senate, however, fearing the popular sentiment, defeated them
in their Chamber. I then urged Gen. Houston to withdraw the
proposition, but he declined; but finally, in the summer, when
he requested me to take the office of Minister to the United
States, I made it one of the conditions of acceptance, that I
should be permitted to withdraw the proposition, which was
agreed upon; and my first act, after presenting nmy letter of
credence to the President of the United States, was to perform
this duty. In 1844, Mr. Tyler invited Texas to occupy her old
position of an applicant, and( I refused, (v. p. 39.) He then
proposed a treaty, to whlich I reluctantly consented, as I was
satisfied it could not be carried through the Senate of the
United States, as the result proved. But, in a very few months,
so powerful were the influences brought to bear upon public
opinion and public men throughout the American Union, that
ITS GOVERNMAENT was willing to occupy, and did occupy the
position of a suitor to Texas, and a very earnest and importunate
suitor, for an alliance between the two countries. England
and France too, were suing' to Texas for her favor and friendship.
She therefore took her place among her sisters in 1846,
as a proud equal, and not tulmble inferior-as one conferring a
favor rather than receiving one. Ancl this was not demanding
too much; I only placed her in her just and true "cattitucle,"
and hope she will always maintain it. * *
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Jones, Anson. Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author, book, January 1, 1859; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2391/m1/69/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.