There is a bare chance that in this intrigue Mexico will have an emissary on the ground as well.

There is reason to suspect her hostility to all our plans of extension, southwest and northwest.

Naturally, it is the card of Mexico to bring on war, or accept it if we urge; but only in case she has England as her ally.

England will get her pay by taking Texas, and what is more, by taking California, which Mexico does not value.

She owes England large sums now.