Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa tuarua o te Perehitini Sam Houston (1841<unk>1844), ko Dr. Smith te Minita Plenipotentiary mai i te Republic of Texas ki te United Kingdom o Great Britain me Ireland me
France, e noho ana i Rānana, i Parihi hoki. I haere hoki ia ki Roma i runga i tētahi miihana ā-iwi ki a Pope Gregory XVI. I Uropi, i whakamanahia e Smith te whakaaetanga o te kirimana o te hoahoatanga me te tauhokohoko i waenga i Ingarangi me Texas me te whakapai ake i nga hononga o te Republic me France, i raru i te mea i kiia ko te Pig War. I tana hokinga mai i Uropi i te tau 1845, ka tohua a Smith hei Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga e te Perehitini Anson Jones. Ki te taea o te whakaurunga e te United States Smith mahi ki te hoatu i te iwi o Texas he kōwhiringa i waenganui i te noho i te rangatiratanga motuhake, me te whakaurua. Hei whakahohe i tenei, i whiriwhiria e ia he kirimana, i mohio ai a Mexico ki te mana motuhake o Texas, i wikitoria i te tau 1836, ana ko te utu kaore a Texas e whakauruhia e tetahi atu whenua. Ko tenei kirimana, e mohiotia ana ko te kirimana Cuevas-Smith, i riri ki te maha o nga Texans i kaha te tautoko i te whakaurunga, a ka tahuna a Smith i te ahua o nga taangata o Galveston me San Felipe. I whakakahoretia tenei kirimana e te Kaunihera o Texan i hiahia ki nga whakataunga whakaurunga, na reira, i whakauruhia a Texas e te United States i te Tihema 29, 1845, a ka noho ko te 28 o nga kawanatanga o te Uniana i te timatanga o te tau 1846.