On the recordApril 21, 1844
With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions.
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty of Annexation Concluded Between the United States of America and the Republic of...
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The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the part of the Zollverein, but from a belief that it would not fully comport with its dignity to do so.
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