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(\\'illi,,m Bryan. Nt·w Orll'ans. lo Davit! G. Burnet, June 18, 1836, ::lali11g llrnl 111• hacl :ulvancl'd about S350.00 lo tlw San Jacinto, ··~tr Toby~ position nol pcrmilling him to do iL,'' lhl' contract wilh tht• eaplain lwingt.·ight dollars pt•r vohmkcr.J (3459] (CLAY REPORT)
ln Senate Of The United States.
June 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Clay made the following Report:
The Comrnitlee on Foreign Relations, lo whom were referred rnsolulior1s of the 1.,egislnlure of Con11ectic11t, sundry memorials, and other proceedings of various meetings of the people, all recommc11di11g the rccogr1ilio11 of the independence of Texas, have, according to order, had them under co11sideratio11, and now beg leave to submit to lite Senate the f ollowirig report and resoltition: The right of one independent Power to recognise the fact of the existence of a new Power, about to assume a position among the nations of the earth, is incontestable. It is founded upon another right, that which appertains to every sovereignty to take care of its own interests, by establishing and cultivating such commercial or other relations with the new Power as may be deemed expedient. Its exercise gives no just ground of umbrage or cause of war. The policy which has hitherto guided the Government of the United States in respect to new Powers, has been to act on the fact of their existence, without regard lo their origin, whether that has been by the subversion of a pre-existing government 1 or by the violent or voluntary separation of one from another part of a common nation. In cases where an old and established nation has thought proper to change the form of its government, the United States, conforming to the rule which has ever governed their
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