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I charge the annexation of Texas, whereby the Mexican war was brought upon the country, more than two hundred millions of money were spent, and many thousand lives sacrificed, as an aggression.
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gutenberg.orgCydnor Tompkins: “I charge the annexation of Texas, whereby the Mexican war was brought upon the country, more than two hundred millions…”
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He holds the annexation of Texas responsible for the Mexican War and its associated costs.
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