The undersigned musl likewise notice the earnest desire which he has observed in the Uniled States to occupy Nacogdoches at all events; and were it not for the assurances, which have been repeatedly given him from this Deparlment of State, that Lhe said measure had no connexion whalcver wilh the future determination of the limits, he confesses that he would not know certainly in what light to view this earnest desire. The undersigned bears in mind that this same Nacogdoches has already been declared to belong lo the United States by the Secretary of War, in his letter to General Gaines, authorizing him to proceed thither; he also bears in mind that Mr. Forsyth, on receiving the protest of the undersigned, on account of this strange pretension, refused, agreeably to the Presidents orders, to enter into any explanation whatever on the subject. The undersigned has likewise observed, that in the notes from this Department, as well as in the correspondence between the Secretary of War, General Gaines, and the Governors of some of the States, the utmost care appears to have been constantly taken not lo apply to the Mexican territory, beyond the Sabine, any other appellation than the contested territory, or some equivalent term, as if the existing treaty had not put an end to the disputes which had occurred with regard to Jim its, while the old line of Louisiana ran between the rivers l\formento and Carcasieu, that is to say, thirty or forty miles on this side of the Sabine. Norwithstanding these circumstances, the undersigned repeats that these assurances, respecting the nature of General Gaines's movement, appear to render it unnecessary for him longer to dwell on these strange coincidences. Such were the considerations which presented themselves to the undersigned while he was writing his notes of the 28th of July and the 4th of August. He then, as now, and for the same reasons, viewed the invasion ·of the Mexican territory by the troops of the United States as an offence gratuitously committed against Mexico; inasmuch as there had been no provocation on the part of the latter, and there was no legitimate excuse on the part of the United States. He then demonstrated conclusively the enormous injury which Mexico would suffer from this invasion; and he then finally declared that, if the President should refuse to listen to these just complaints, he would be under the sacl necessity of withdrawing with his legation extraordinary. The undersigned, however, flattered himself that this would not occur,
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