John Tyler: “Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to…”

It is only after acquiring Texas, that the question of boundary can arise between the United States and Mexico.

I must be permitted to disclaim entirely and unqualifiedly the right on the part of the Executive to make any real or supposed defects existing in any State constitution or form of government the pretext for a failure to enforce the laws…

I congratulate the country upon so happy a termination of a condition of things which seemed at one time seriously to threaten the public peace.

I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.