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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
There were 70 Votes for Rusk, and 69 for Houston. Ex-Presi-
dent Jones was a candidate, and not an unwilling one, as I am
told, but his nomination was set aside in preliminary "Caucus."
Officers high in the Engineer Service of the United States have
been employed in examining the Coast of Texas, with a view to
its defence.-They have, it is said, reported favourably of connect-
ing, by Canals, the lagoons, that fringe the Coast,-for the pur-
pose of opening thereby a line of interior Navigation from the
Sabine to the Rio Grande.
In reference to the Movement of the United States Troops to
the Rio Grande, mentioned in Enclosure No 4, the "Galveston
Civilian," of the 4th Instant, observes:-
"We have no idea that they," (the U. S. troops) "will be op-
posed in their present movement by the Mexican forces; nor do
we think expectation of such an event is entertained by well-in-
formed persons upon the frontier.
One result desired, and pretty confidently anticipated, from this
Military movement, by the United States, is a declaration of in-
dependence by the North Eastern Provinces of Mexico, seconded
by the influence of the Mexican General Arista.-After a brief
term of probation, these most valuable Provinces are to be admitted
to a participation of the advantages arising from an incorpora-
tion with the Federation of the North.-Such is the language of
American politicians, and I cannot doubt its earnestness.
Whatever may be the issue of the Negotiations respecting Ore-
gon, the United States seem resolved to possess themselves of .Up-
per California. Large parties of armed settlers are proceeding
thither from the Western and South Western States, and it is
within my knowledge that a number of the most daring and in-
telligent Americans in Texas are making arrangements for jour-
neying, with like purposes, to the same quarter.
In the meantime, it is hoped that Great Britain's devotion to-
"peace, at any price,"-and the satisfaction with Mr Walker's
quasi-liberal Tariff,14 will restrain her action until the United
4Robert John Walker, United States Senator from Mississippi, ap-
pointed secretary -of the treasury by Polk, 1845. He was the author of
the tariff of 1846, which was considered to have a free trade basis,
Walker's principle being that no revenue should be raised by import
duties, not directly needed to. meet the expenses of the government.200
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