On the recordDecember 22, 1842
In advance of the acquirement of individual rights to these lands sound policy dictates that every effort should be resorted to by the two Governments to settle their respective claims.
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Apr 21, 1844
With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions.
Feb 28, 1844
I shall be permitted to express my great grief at an occurrence which has thus suddenly stricken from my side two gentlemen upon whose advice I so confidently relied in the discharge of my arduous task of administering the office of the executive department.
Feb 22, 1844
It would be criminal in the United States, the first to apply to practical purposes the great power which has been brought into use, to permit others to avail themselves of our improvements while we stood listlessly and supinely by.
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