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Government is not strictly responsible.

Your Excellency is sensible that we have done
all in our power to guarantee the safe return of Gen. Woll
to the Mexican Camp, but our orders have been con-
travened by the Commander of the Texian Army at
a remote distance from the seat of Government.
The reasons that have activated that officer have
not been fully detailed to us; but we are informed
that they are predicated on some alledged impruden-
cies of Gen. Woll, whose good discretion we know has
not been very conspicuously manifested during his
stay amongst us.

The Third Article of your protest is
"against the nonfulfillment of the exchange of Prisoners
stipulated in the 9th Article, in as much as up to the
present time not one Mexican prisoner of war has been
set at liberty, notwithstanding the liberty given to all
the Texians in possession of the Army under my com-
mand."

Your Excellency seems to have a more minute
intelligence on this subject than has come to my
knowledge, for I have no official information of a
single Texian Prisoner having been given up under
the Treaty_ some of the intended victims, the compan-
ions of the Murdered Fannin, have happily effected
their escape and safely arrived amongst us. But these
cannot be considered as liberated, in the sense of the
Treaty; whereas this Government has gratuitously dis=
charged several Mexican captives and defrayed their
expences to New Orleans, the distinction which they
solicited.

The 4th clause of your Excellencys Protest
has been antecedently answered in part_ Your Excel=
lencys recollection has betrayed you into an error when you

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Government is not strictly responsible.

Your Excellency is sensible that we have done
all in our power to guarantee the safe return of Gen. Woll
to the Mexican Camp, but our orders have been con-
travened by the Commander of the Texian Army at
a remote distance from the seat of Government.
The reasons that have activated that officer have not been fully detailed to us; but we are informed
that they are predicated on some alledged impruden-
cies of Gen. Woll, whose good discretion we know has
not been very conspicuously manifested during his
stay amongst us.

The Third Article of your protest is
"against the nonfulfillment of the exchange of Prisoners
stipulated in the 9th Article, in as much as up to the
present time not one Mexican prisoner of war has been
set at liberty, notwithstanding the liberty given to all
the Texians in possession of the Army under my com-
mand."

Your Excellency seems to have a more minute
intelligence on this subject than has come to my
knowledge, for I have no official information of a
single Texian Prisoner having been given up under
the Treaty_ some of the intended victims, the compan-
ions of the Murdered Fannin, have happily effected
their escape and safely arrived amongst us. But these
cannot be considered as liberated, in the sense of the
Treaty; whereas this Government has gratuitously dis=
charged several Mexican captives and defrayed their
expences to New Orleans, the distinction which they
solicited.

The 4th clause of your Excellencys Protest
has been antecedently answered in part_ Your Excel=
lencys recollection has betrayed you into an error when you