...rove vain. I fear that before we have peace, we must be a little more courteous and civil to Great Britain, through whose mediation I look for it; and we must be less exacting in our demands upon Mexico , which will hardly be brought, by anything we have yet done, to despoil herself of nearly one-third of her vast domain. Monterey, December 8, 1846. Since writing my last letter I have been made...