preservation of the great principle of popular sovereignty.

This restoration, as far as it has advanced,

has been fortunately attended by no circumstances

to give color to the charge that the United

States secretly promoted the colonization of

Texas for the purpose of severing a province

from Mexico. The Gallant General

who commanded at St. Jacinto and

every citizen soldier who shares with him

the glory of the Revolution will bear witness

that this charge against the United States

is entirely groundless. If Mexico, therefore,

has lost Texas, she must blame herself

alone, and the free and gallant spirit

by a law of destiny naturally returns to a

congenial association to be sheltered under

the flag of a common Union, and to live

secure while it exerts its proportional agency

in extending the blessings of civil and religious

liberty.

The undersigned has the honor

to be with sentiments of great respect

Y. very obt servt

A J Donelson