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The sooner it is proclaimed on the house-tops, the better--the house is to go to war with Mexico for the purpose of annexing Texas to this Union!
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The sooner it is proclaimed on the house-tops, the better--the house is to go to war with Mexico for the purpose of…”
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Quincy asserts that the true motive behind the war with Mexico is the annexation of Texas.
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