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The Mexican War, to Which Is Added the Treaty of Peace
The Mexican War to Which Is Added the Treaty of Peace Author:Edward Deering Mansfield General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1852 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. War inevitable -- General Scott at Washington -- Recommends an increase of the Army -- Mission of Mr. Slidell -- Downfall of Herrera -- Departure of Slidell -- General Taylor marches from Corpus Christ! -- Arrives at Point Isabel -- In front of Metamoras -- Capture of Captain Thornton's party -- March of General Taylor to Point Isabel -- Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma -- Tailor's Official Report. We have traced in the preceding chapter the negotiations of the United States with Mexico and Texas to that point, in which the Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and the Mexican minister at Washington, officially announced that the annexation of Texas to the United States would be considered just cause of war, and the latter had departed from Washington with hostile declarations. That thjs'declaration was believed, and that war would result from: thftt act, the American Charge d'Affaires in Texas (Mr. Donelson) shows in his entire correspondence. In his letter of June 4th, 1845, to the Secretary of State, he declares his full belief that war will occur, although he chose to attribute it to the instigation of the British minister, Mr. Elliott. Mr. Donelson makes this remarkable announcement £- " I look upon war with Mexico as inevitable -- a war dictated by the British minister here for the purpose of defeating annexation, and intended at all events to deprive both Texas and the United States of all claim to ihe country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, at the time the right of Texas to the protection of the United States arises under the contingency anticipated by you at ...« less