they would no doubt have come to an arranuement thro1wh the Mediation of the U. S.- If his party had lost their influcn~c, no good would have resulted, and we should still have kept Santa Anna a close prisoner, and all the bad effects of attempting to liberate him by the treaty with him would have been avoided- I expressed this opinion to Mr Burnet and other members of the Govt. and asked whether Santa Anna had written to the U. S. Govt.- The answer was that he had nol. I was al Colombia a few days afterwards and saw Santa Anna,-he said much about his desire to procure the mediation of the U. S.-I told him that no mediation would be accepted by Texas, except on the basis of a recognition of our independence-he said that was the basis on which he acted and proposed to write to Gen. Jackson- I replyed that he ought to do so, and to state in his letter his firm and full conviction that Mexico could not continue the war with Texas ct- It is certainly clear that no harm can grow out of this letter, and admitting that no good results, as lo Mexico, it will evidently do good to Texas in public estimation, elsewhere, by showing to the world that the proud despot of Mexico, acknowledges that the physical force and resources of Texas are Sufficient to sustain herself, and that he has yielded the point. As to whether Santa Anna is sincere or not, every one will doubt or disbelieve, and justly so, As regards his promises or declarations made to the Govt. or people of Texas;-but, very few will believe that he would attempt to make a tool of Gen. Jackson by telling him lies .under his own signahue-The Moral effect therefore of Santa Anna's letter to Gen. Jackson must be in favor of Texas, because it will be considered as a confession by our principal enemy, that Texas has the power to sustain herself- I wrote to Gen Jackson-my object was to try and get the intervention of the U. S. and to have Texas annexed to the U.S. This is all I have done in this matter, and such have been the motives which influenced me- They are pure and disinterested. I could derive no benifit, but on the contrary I knew that it would injure me even to see Santa Anna- I disregarded that injury because I saw that it was possible to do good to Texas, and impossible lo do harm by Santa Anna's letter to Gen. Jackson- If a man who is governed by these kind of motives is to receive the curses of those he is laboring to serve, then I should say that purity of intention and disinterestedness have lost their moral influence.
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