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L1NDENwALD. April 20
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L1NDENwALD. April 20, 1914


Ny DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 27fh Of
March last was duly received.


Acting as an unpledged delegate to the Balti-
more convention, you ask my opinion in regard
TO the conS;itutionalitv and expedjeRcy of an I'M
mediate annexation of Texas TO the United States,
as soon as the assent of Texas may beshad to
such annexation Upon the receipt of your let
ter, caused you to be forthwith informed that
your request should be complied with in full sea
son for the convention, This promise shall now
perform. But, lest my motives in making pub
lie avowal of my opinions; whilst negotiation is
supposed to be pending, should be nliscenstEued,
| shall send this to a friend who will delay its de-
livery as long as that can be done consistently
with a faithful compliance with the requirements
OF your letter, and the general ebject4for which
it was written.


You by no means overrate the importance of
the subject upon which you have been pleased to
address me- It is not only a question Of intense
interest to every part Of the counsy, but is unha
PLY also one IN regard to Which we may not pro-
mise ourselves that unanimity in opinions which
is 50 important when great national questions like
this are to be decided That those which 1 ara
about to express will, in at least one important
particular, differ from that of many friends poIit-
ical and personal, whose judgments and purity
of views hold in high and habitual respect,
can well imagine; and it is quite evident from
the tenor of your letter, that they will not in all
respects correspond with your own. If howev-
er, such of my fellow-etizens as are neltheeinlH-
enced by prejudices, nor warped By selfinterest,
concede to my opinions the merit of having been
formed under views directed to the preservation
and advancement of the honor and best interests
of our common country, as whole, and express
ed with sincerity which has overlooked, as far
as our feeble natures will permit to do, al.per-
sonai considerations, my most favorable anticipa-
tons will be realized


It has already been made my duty to act Off
cialy on at least two several occasions but in DIFF
ferent forms, upon the sabjectInatter to which
your questions have reference.


Having charge Of the Department Of State in
1929, l prepared, by direction Of the President,
Instructions to our minister at Mexico, by which
ne was directed to open, without delay, negotia-
ton with the Mexican government for the pur-
chase of the greater part OF theSthen province OF
Texas, and by which he was 4ikewlse authorized
to insert in the treaty provision similar to that