[Footnote 136: Extracts from the instructions of the Department of State
to the United States minister to France relative to the proposed
annexation of Texas, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _January 2, 1845_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied
by a copy of a letter[137] from Mr. Raymond, secretary of legation and
chargé d'affaires _ad interim_ of the Republic of Texas, in answer to
the Senate's resolution of the 16th December last.