But no sooner was John Tyler installed into the President's house than nullification, and Texas, and war with Mexico, rose again upon the surface, with eye steadily fixed upon the polar star of Southern slave-dealing supremacy in the government of the Union.
Quincy describes the resurgence of issues like nullification and Texas annexation under President Tyler, linking them to Southern interests.
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