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fall with you & I know that the just and the patriotic are bound to approve of your policy-and you will soon have results from abroad that will test, the salutary influence of your administration You will do me the justice, when a proper time may come, to say that I never wished any appointment from you, unless the country should be in- vaded, when dut[y] calls all to her defence-when and what I have accepted has been from a sense of dut[y]- But as I am in the way, I will not go out of it, unless it be your desire- In that event do as you desire or think best for yourself, and I will cheerfully acquiesce. I hope you will pardon this allusion to myself- I know my servises & my motive for Texas & I do not fear the judgement of the Country. It has already be[en] felt both in the United States, & in Europe- and even in 1\lexico-and such demonstrations have been made, and are making under the policy & dictation of your a!Iministration, as should flatter your bitterest enemy, if he but loves to witness the ad- vancing prosperity of his Country. I have the most sanguine hopes, that our di[ffi]culties will be terminate[d] with Mexico peacebly & honorably to both nations. Your refusal to participate in their civil wars, has had a potent in- fluence in Mexico-The Mexican Minister and myself are now on the b-est terms but he does not wish the world to know untill his Govt shall act-and he entertains no doubt but our difficulties will be peaceably settled. I sent him yesterday two Tellegraphs,2 9 containing the editors remarks on Genl Ana[s] 30 visit to Texas. He wrote that he was well pleased with the tone of the paper, that sustained my representation of the President['s] great desire to give praise to his country He said he would without delay inclose these papers to his Govt-and that they would be well received. His desire for peace is sincere, and his efforts to his Govt of which I have advised the Secty of State are worthy of a patriot. Mr Treat leaves New York on the 25th inst. for Mexico- If I could have seen after my [suc]cess with :Mr :Martinez I would have advised against sending him- I :fa[iled] to obtain an interview last spring with Mr Martinez & run the risque of some indignity by pressing secertly [secretly]. But I hope all will be for the best. My heart bleeds for the discussions which seem to divide our youthfull but prom- ising Republic. Every thing here, seems to warrant the happiest an- ticipations for the Country- and if Texas could but for a short season shew that there is that union of purpose which [true?] numbers make, her rapid prosperity would never thereafter be checked- Reme [mJber that posterity is always just. I am your Friend [Endorsed] R. G. Dunlap. R. G. Dunlap Octo 23. 1839. .. The Telegraph and Twas Register of Sept. 18, 1839, a copy of which is in the Texas archives, contains an editorial on the visit to Texas of General Anaya, a representative of the Federalist party in Mexico, for the purpose of soliciting the aid of the Texan government in: establishing a stable and independent gov- ernment in the North Mexican States. ""Anaya.
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