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lision with that country, as, in the mean time, I had refused the
solicitations of Mr. Polk and his cabinet, through 1Mr. Wickliffe
and Corn. Stockton, to " manufacture a war," (v. p. 48 to
53.) * * * V. Donelson's letters to me of Mlay 2d, and
June 1st, E. Allen's to me of May 3d, and Mr. Buchanan's
despatch of Mlay 25th.
The excuse that Mexico renewed her threats after our acceptance
of the proposition for annexation, and rejection of the
Preliminary Treaty, thereby making it necessary to move an
army into Texas, was only a pretext, andc as iclle as it was false.
Five or six companies of Texas Rangers, provisioned adcl paid
by the United States, would have been all-sufficient for the
protection of our frontiers from Indians as well as Mexicansand
would have obviatecl this cause of war. [On the 23d August,
1845, I wrote Gen. Z. Taylor, in reply to a letter from him of a
date shortly previous, (which letter had, for its rectl object, the
design to throw upon me the responsibility of recommending
a movement of United States troops to the Rio Grande,) designating
certain points then occupied by our own Rangers,
as suitable ones for him to station troops at for the cdefence of
the country ; I designated no point beyond Corpus Christi, and
but one company there, it being the same force I had previ
ously maintained there. Failing in his object with me, Gen.
Taylor took the responsibility on himself of a forward movement,
and so produced the lMexican War.] V. p. 47.
Febructry 1 9th.-It is now upwards of two years since my
letters in reply to lMr. Tyler were written and published ; and
from a careful review of them I find nothing therein contained
but what is strictly in accordance with facts, or that I would
wish to change. I believe the archives of this and other governments
to which they relate will substantiate, materially, all
that is therein said. That some of the agents of these foreign
governments here, or some of those sent abroad by Texas, may
have occasionally misunderstoocl my views in relation to the
two alternatives of independence and annexation, or my course
in connection with those alternatives, and, consequently, in some
instances, created wrong impressions concerning those views and
that course, may indeed be true; but the cause of this will be
found in the prudence and secrecy which, uinder the peculiar
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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/m1/72/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.