UNITED STATES LEGATION,


March 3Ist, lS45.
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The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary, Sc,
OF the United States has the honor of acknow-
leding the receipt of his ExceIlency's, Senior
Cuevas's, Minister of Foreign Relations, SC,
note of the 2Sth of March, announcing that the
Congress Of the United States has sanctioned
the Annexation of Texas to its Territory; that
the Mexican Minister ats ashington had term-
mated his official relations, and protested against
tn c said act Of the Congress and Government
of the United States, and that diplomatic rela.
tons between the two countries could not be
continued,


The liberal and honorable sentiments enter
tanned by the actual Government Of Mexico,
had induced the undersigned to hope that the
differences which exist between the two Co
vcrnments could be arranged amicably upon
terms just and honorable TO both. 1t would ap-
pear, however, from the note Of His Excellcn-
cy, SenOr Cuevas, that Mexico declines to adjust
these differences in this manner, and thus pre-
serve the peace OF the two countries


The undersigned can assure his Excellencv,
Senor Cuevas, that his (Mr. Shannon's) Go
vernment entertains the livelest desire to cult
vate arncable relations with that of Mexico:
and here he will improve this opportunity to
repeat that which he has before communicated
to the Government of Mexico, to wit: that the
United States has not adopted the measure of
Annexation in any spirit of hostility towards
Mexico, and that the United States are anxi-
Gus to settle all questions which may grow out
of this measure, including that Of boundaries,
in terms the most just and liberal.


Having offered the olive branch of peace, and
manifested a sincere desire to arrange these
questions amicably and upon principles Just
and honorable to both Governments, the Unit
ed States have done whatever is in their power
to preserve the friendly relations between them
and it now remains for Mexico to decide whe-
ther they shal! be continued, or whether the
peace of the two countries shall be broken by
conflict equally injurious to both, and which
can give satisfaction only to the enemies of civil
liberty and republican institutions.


The undersigned will pass over in silence the
charge made against his Government of having
violated the treaty of friendship with Mexico.
The right of Texas to cede the whole or a part
of her territory to the United States, and the
right of the United States to accept such ces-
sion, have already been amply vindicated re-
peatedly.


The undersigned has received no official
communication as to the action of his Govern
ment in regard to the annexation of Texas to
the Union; nevertheless, he cannot doubt, from
the tenor Of his personal correspondence, that
the measure has been passed by Congress and
approved by the President. He expects daily
dispatches from his Government, with special
instructions upon this biect, and before taking
any further steps, has resolved to await their
arrival.


The undersigned has the honor, &C.,


WILSON SHANNON, Minister, SC.