too late at present to reopen a dis-

cussion which has already been ex-

hausted, and again to prove that

Texas has long since achieved her

independence of Mexico, and now stands

before the world, but de jure and de

facto, as a sovereign and independent

State amid the family of nations.

Sustaining the character and having

manifested a strong desire to become

one of the members of our confederacy,

neither Mexico nor any other nation

will have just cause of complaint

against the United States for admit-

ting her into this Union.

The President, nevertheless, sincerely

regrets that the Government of Mexico

should have taken offence at these

proceedings, and he earnestly trusts

that it may hereafter be disposed to

view them in a more favorable and

friendly light. Whilst entering upon

the duties of the Presidential office,

he cheerfully declares in advance that

his most strenuous efforts shall be de-

voted to the amicable adjustment of

every cause of complaint between the