The annexation of Texas, however, was an aggressive measure, the first of the great movements for the extension of slavery since the Missouri Compromise; and it was important to the South to know in advance where the ex-President stood.
This quote reflects Alexander's analysis of the political implications of Texas annexation in relation to slavery and Southern interests.
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This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
Indeed, he went a step farther in the way of irreconciliation, preferring Hoffman and Tammany, he said, to "the reckless, red-radicalism which rules the present Congress....
Let us agree to put contentions aside and complete our task.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
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