Special Message
01/21/1845
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The communication of this treaty is now made to the end that suitable measures may be adopted to give effect to the firs...
The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.
I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.
I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general...