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Our position at Corpus Christi -- Instructions to Taylor as to the boundary of the Rio Grande -- Taylor's views -- Review and history of the boundary question -- Letter from Mr. Adams -- Santa Anna's agreements with Texas, &c. -- March to the Rio Grande ordered -- Justification in a military point of view of the occupation of the disputed territory -- Anecdote of Frederick the Great -- War in Silesia and Austria -- Madison's conduct to Spain in 1810 -- Right of declaration of war -- Justifiable causes of war -- Opinion of Sir J. Mackintosh -- War and diplomacy contrasted.
One of the most inclement winters in the Gulf of Mexico had passed in the comfortless manner described in the last chapter. Our attempts to negotiate with Mexico were repulsed, and although our minister had not yet returned to the United States -- having delayed at Jalapa with the hope of finding Paredes more accessible than Herrera -- every thing indicated an ultimate defeat of diplomacy.