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I crossed out - The United States Cabinet to annex Texas

March 26. Messrs. Williams Hockley the to Mexico, returned to Galveston via Matamoros & Corpus Christi. The "Civilian" of the 27th says "The precise terms & conditions for the continuance & termination of the armistice have not transpired. We gather, however, that the two countries are to maintain their present pacific positions towards each other, until commissioners have been appointed and shall have terminated their labors, for the establishment of a permanent peace! between the two nations. We learn that the Mexican government is very much disturbed at the prospect of ^ the annexation of Texas to the United States, and well informed persons in Mexico believe that every effort will be made by that government to make it a condition on the acknowledgment of the independence of Texas, that she shall remain separate from, & independent of the United States. It is thought that no great difficulty would be found in procuring a recognition on this condition, though Santa