[6.] Times, Apr. 15, 1845. Negrete, México, xxi, 130. [13]Elliot, July 3, 1845. Gorostiza, Dictamen. Reflexiones sobre la Memoria. Federación y Tejas. Tornel, Tejas, 95–7. (Elliot in Mex.) Smith, Annex. of Texas, 411–3. [77]Deffa dis, July 29, 1835.
[7.] Britannia, Feb. 15, 1845. (1812) Negrete, México, xxi, 130. [13]Pakenham to Harvey, July 20, 1839. Times, Apr. 5, 1845. [77]Arrangóiz, no. 65, res., Apr. 23, 1845.
[8.] [345]Poinsett to Van Buren, May 26, 1846 (Swarms of the best irregular cavalry that I have ever seen). Watson, Taylor, 113–4 (The British, Spanish, and Prussian ministers at Washington agreed that Scott would be beaten; Calderón spoke as quoted in the text). (Generals) Wash. Union, Dec. 18, 1846. Elliot, note 6. Times, July 5, 1845.
Napoleon said, “The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship” (Maxims, 47). In this quality the Mexicans excelled.
[9.] Requena in Monitor Repub., Mar. 9, 1846. Negrete, Mexico, xxi, 131. (Boasted) [52]W. S. Parrott, Dec. 14, 1835. Memoria de ... Relaciones, Jan., 1849. Boletín Oficial, Apr. 15, 1845. Apuntes, 168. Thompson, Recolls., 170–1. (Self-confidence) Mofras, Explor., i, 70. [76]Min. war, circular, Nov. 11. (Ensure) Diario, Sept. 25, 1845. (Voz del P.) Federación y Tejas.
[10.] (Texas) Tornel, Tejas, 95–7; [13]Bankhead, no. 125, Dec. 30, 1845. [77]Almonte, no. 72, priv., June 19; Sept. 20, 1844; instructions to G. de la Vega, Apr. 10, 1844. [13]Pakenham, no. 22, Apr. 14, 1844. Elliot, note 6. (Urged) Negrete, México, xxi, 131–2. Memoria de ... Relaciones, Jan., 1849.
[11.] Requena in Monitor Repub., Mar. 9, 1846. London Times, June 11, 1846. [345]Poinsett to Van Buren, May 26, 1846. Britannia, June 10, 1844. [169]Rives to Crittenden, Feb. 8, 1847. [137]Clemson to Calhoun, Mar. 28, 1847. Elliot, note 6.
[12.] Memoria de ... Relaciones, Jan., 1849. [77]Cuevas, no. 67, 1836. (Herald)Diario, June 4, 1845. (Globe) Charleston Mercury, Sept. 8, 1845. Some of the documents quoted above are later than the beginning of the war, but the opinions must have existed before.
[13.] (Defensive) Requena, note 11. [77]Arrangóiz, no. 129, res., Nov. 29, 1844. Times, Apr. 5, 1845. Britannia, June 10, 1844. Times in Diario of June 8, 1845.
[14.] Herald, May 3, 1845. [77]Arrangóiz, note 13; no. 101, res., July 8, 1845. (Tornel) [47]Wood to Bancroft, July 4, 1846. (Own) Nat. Intelligencer, Sept. 5; Savannah Republican, Aug. 25; N. Y. Herald, Aug. 30, 1845. Times of Apr. 5, 1845, in Diario of June 8.