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WASHINGTON, July 9, 1843.SiR:
I atm informed, by a gentleman from Galveston, that Judge Ev,:
our late charg6 d'affaires here, departed this life on the 9th of last month,,
the day after I left there for this place. "
Your obedient servant,
W. S. MURPHY.
Hon. H. S. LEGARE,
Secretary of State, 4c.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
MAY 15, 1844.
Read, and ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, requesting
to be informed "whether, since the commencement of the negotiations
which resulted in the treaty now before the Senate for the annexation of
Texas to the United States, any military preparation has been made or
ordered by the President, for or in anticipation of war; and, if so, for what
cause, and with whom was such war apprehended, and what are the preparatiotls
that have been made or ordered ? Has any movement or assemblage,
or disposition of any of the military or naval forces of the United
States, been made or ordered with a view to such hostilities ? And to communicate
to the Senate copies of all orders or directions given for any suchpreparation,
or for any such movement or dispositien, or for the future conduct
of such military or naval forces"-I have to inform the Senate, that,
in consequence of the declaration of Mexico, communicated to this Government,
and by me laid before Congress at the opening of its present session,
announcing the determination of Mexico to regard as a declaration of war
against her by the United States the definitive ratification of any treaty
with Texas annexing the territory of that Republic to the United States,
and the hope and belief entertained by the Executive that the treaty with
Texas for that purpose would be speedily approved and ratified by the
Senate, it was regarded by the Executive to have become emphatically its
duty to concentrate in the Gulf of Mexico and its vicinity, as a precautionary
measure, as large a portion of the home squadron, under the
command of Captain Conner, as could well be drawn together; and, at
the same time, to assemble at Fort Jesup, on the borders of Texas,
as large a military force as the demands of the service at other encampments
would authorize to be detached. For the number of ships already
in the Gulf, and the waters contiguous thereto, and such as are placed
under orders for that destination, and of troops now assembled upon
the frontier, I refer you to the accompanying reports from the Secretaries
of the War and Navy Departments. It will also be perceived by the Senate,
by referring to the orders of the Navy Department, which are herewith
transmitted, that the naval officer in command of the fleet is directed
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United States. Congress. Senate. Proceedings of the Senate and Documents Relative to Texas, from which the Injunction of Secrecy Has Been Removed, book, 1844; [Washington]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2363/m1/74/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .