Special Message
12/28/1841
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It is only after acquiring Texas, that the question of boundary can arise between the United States and Mexico.
The great question is—not as to the manner in which it shall be done, but whether it shall be accomplished or not.
I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general...
I shall be permitted to express my great grief at an occurrence which has thus suddenly stricken from my side two gentle...