It was my painful duty at your last session, under the weight of most solemn obligations, to differ with Congress on the measures which it proposed for my approval, and which it doubtless regarded as corrective of existing evils.
Tyler reflects on his previous disagreements with Congress regarding proposed measures to address economic issues.
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The special mission authorized by Congress for this purpose has fully succeeded in the accomplishment so far of the great objects for which it was appointed.
I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.
I regard the question involved in these proceedings as one of vast magnitude.
Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to avoid the consummation of an act esteemed to be so desirable by both.
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