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departure of :\Ir. Robertson for y.cur Republic, to sent you these few lines, the main object of which is to salnte & congratulate you on the happy election by which your fellow citizens have so justly re- warded your merit, For my own part, dear General, I am glad of such a choice, and I hope that under the administration of her new President, Texas will flourish & soon be able to stand amongst the·first nations of the civilized \\'Orld. I belieYe, Sir, that the day is at hand for Texas to make some steps towards a reccnciliation with her ancient )Ietropolis. Hatred as well as men cannot be everlasting, nor is it just that men who once ""ere united by the ties of a comun family, should longer remain in a state of -continual warfare. The times gone belong to history, & there is no power, either in heaven or on earth, that can undo what has already been perform 'd. Present & future are the vital principles of every man. In the actual situation of l\Ie::dco, threatened as she is b~• France (and if we can gness b)• the cornluct of the Europenn powers) threat- ened by more than one foe, the least demonstration on the part of Texas would have a satisfactory result, & would lead to enter upon new relations equally advantageous to both ccuntries. I therefore entertain the conviction that if a 'l.'exian Ag<'nt were now sent to :Mexico under the guarantee and mediation of the .American GoYernment. he would almost certainly be received: and if the individual ch,sen for that important mission were a man of experience, probity, & well acq11aiutC'd "·ith the Spani~h fJanguaj:?e, if, without submitting to any humiliation, he wonld solicit the ack1)owlNlgement of right of the political existence of a people that has won b? itself its existence ile facto; nnd, if with a noble gencr.csity he \\'Ould make some insinuations in behalf of the triumph of Mexico O\'er lier Euro- pcnn foes; in short, if the Nc~ociator were a sensible and skilful man, & disposed to study well the national -character, it is my mcst firm con- victim1, do I say, that he should succeed in a mission the good result of "·hich l so camestly desire, & which should be so important to your young Hcpublic. I wish, my friend, you could reap :voursclf the glory of s11ch n transaction, & that it should be attempted with that promptitud which l'NIUi1·c the actual situation of affairs in :\[exico. I also hope my commuuicatiou will mcfc]t with a favourable re- ception, hec:ausc as I have n]r('ndy mcntion~<l, I 11m convinced that what I wish will be bcueficial to my own country, & will for th<.' future be the means of avoiding great many troubles, having thus an inte1·- mc<lintry power in case of ditncultics arising hetwecn her & the United St11tes
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