Texian Legation


Washington City, April 12th, 1844.

To the Hon. Anson Jones,

Sir,

We have the honor herewith to trans-


mit to you, a copy of the treaty which we have this day


signed, with Mr Calhoun, the Secretary of State of the


United States. We do this hastily, as this Government will,


on Sunday, despatch an express to Texas to convey this


and other important intelligence to our Government.

The treaty we have agreed upon


you will readily see, is not precisely such an one


as we expected to make or had a right to wish. But,


after consulting the wishes and views of all parties


concerned, we agreed to it as the best we could frame


with the prospect of ratification by the Senate of


the United States. Had we been left to consult the


wishes and disposition of the President and Cabinet


of the United States, we could and would have con-


cluded a treaty much more favorable to Texas than


the one we have signed. But such was not the case.


We have been compelled to consult the views and


wishes of the two great leading parties in the Un-


ited States—avoiding on the one hand the very li-


beral terms which the Southern politicians would


have been willing to grant and the restric-


tions which the North would wish to impose.

Texas has in this case commit-


ed, through her agents here, as far as she could


understand and reconcile them, the wishes of


all parties in the United States. Upon exam-