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General Almonte demands passports and leaves -- Shannon and Rejon and Cuevas -- Views of the Mexican cabinet and people -- Animosity -- Revolt in Mexico -- Political condition of Mexico -- Her right of reconquering Texas -- Mr. Buchanan despatches Mr. Slidell as envoy -- Rejection of all accommodation between us -- The reason why Mexico refused to negotiate, after promising to receive a commissioner from the United States -- Subterfuges -- Ill feeling in Mexico on the Texas question -- Herrera overthrown by Paredes -- Paredes and the monarchical party -- Unpopularity of his scheme -- Miserable state of Mexican affairs -- Review of the Texas question.
In March, 1845, as soon as congress passed the joint-resolution, Gen. Almonte demanded his passports and departed. A correspondence which took place in Mexico between Mr. Shannon, our envoy, and Senor Rejon, the minister of foreign affairs, relative to the projected union resulted fruitlessly; and, on the 2d of April, Senor Cuevas, who had succeeded Rejon in office, announced to our legation that his government could neither continue diplomatic intercourse with ours, nor maintain friendship with a republic that violated her obligations and usurped a portion of Mexican territory. He declared, moreover, that the relations between the two countries could not be re-established before a complete reparation of that injury should be made.[64]