John Tyler actually said...

"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."

"I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general good."

"The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view."