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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAJ¾AR
No. 957 1838 Dec. 24, G[AZAWAY] B. LAl\1AR, WASHINGTON, [D. C.], TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Recommending the reappointment of A. T. Burnley as loan agent of Texas. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 958
[1838 Dec. 26], HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, [HOUSTON, TEXAS]
Resolution, recommending William Stafford for executive clemency. Copy. 1 p. See no. 954. Ko. 959
1838 Dec. 27, J. MORGAN TO M. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON]
New Washington 27th. Deer. 1838.
My dear Genl,
Now that you have filled your Cabinet, and got the sbip ~f State fairly under weigh, I hope you will excuse me for one or two suggestions. I know that you cannot be insensible how anxious I feel to see the country flourish under your administration, and €Very thing connected therewith prosper under your guidance & direction I As a speedy peace with l\Iexico is of voot importance, with · ,,_ without the contemplated loans, I feel assured you will let no neans be spared to accomplish it. 1\Ty impression is, that it may be brought about, and be so managed as to lead Mexico to make the first advances! To this end I would suggest that &n agent, well qualified, by being well skilled in Mexican diplomacy, who has the confidence of both parties, should be selected in the U. States, and dispatched forthwith to Mexico. · He ought, of course, to go on busi- ness from the U. S. and not let a hint escape that Texas is in any way interested in his visit. Let him take his stand and at an early and convenient period sound that Govt. and find out if it would not be desirous of closing the difficulties with Texas by a douceur- that is, by selling to Texas tbe country for some few millions, that if Texas would pay so much of the Mexican national debt to England or France, the independence thereof should be acknowledged. And as I have said before, so manage it that the proposition might come from the Mexican Govt.-- that Mexico should, through our own agent, make the first ad,vances. That an, individual possessing every qualification for· .the enterprise can be found, I well know; one who is :favorably known and highly thought of in Mexico. and who has given solid · assu;ances · of his devotion 'to our c&use and country. "The gentleman to whom I allude, is Mr. James Treat of Ne,v York.
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