What was done under the latter had the concurrence of Congress and the President; so that the inchoate title of the United States was created by Act of Congress, in plain contradiction to the present case, where the title, whatever it may be, is under an unratified treaty, and is created by the President alone.
Sumner contrasts the process of acquiring Texas with the current situation regarding the Dominican treaty.
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