A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . h dangers. He vetoed several landbills passed during his first administration, which weresome of them passed over his veto and led to muchfraud and litigation afterwards. In regard to the foreign relations of the Repub-lic, Houston advocated a dignified and independentcourse, seeking the recognition of all the leading-powers, the establishment of commercial relationswith all of them, including Mexico, and a course ofwise, conservative, and honest national policy thatwould strengthen the government at home and makeit respected
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . h dangers. He vetoed several landbills passed during his first administration, which weresome of them passed over his veto and led to muchfraud and litigation afterwards. In regard to the foreign relations of the Repub-lic, Houston advocated a dignified and independentcourse, seeking the recognition of all the leading-powers, the establishment of commercial relationswith all of them, including Mexico, and a course ofwise, conservative, and honest national policy thatwould strengthen the government at home and makeit respected abroad. He was in favor of annexationto the United States, and William H. Wharton and mfmican hint. Memucan Hunt were both sent to Washington to secure that object. But after much delay the American gov- Annexation toernment confined itself to recognizing Texan independence, on declinedMarch i, 1837, and declined the proposition of then believed that Texas should withdraw her offerand wait for developments, meanwhile maintaining a friendlv Init. 254 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Period IV. dii^nihed attitude towards the Union. The course the United thk repiklic gi-gfgg i^^^ taken, in placing troops at Nacogdoches to protect 1336 the colonists from the Indians during the Texan Revolution and 1°.^ afterwards, had offended Mexico. There were also other causes 1040 — for ill feeling between the two governments, growing out of Mexican depredations on American commerce, and in October,1836, all diplomatic relations between the two nations ceased forseveral Jamcs Pinckncy Henderson was appointed minister to Greatnation Britain and France, and while he did not succeed in securing an absolute recognition of independence, he did negotiate commer-cial treaties with those two governments, by which they estab-lished trade with Texas and sent their agents to represent themin the new Republic. In the management of foreign relations,the secretary of st
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