The treaty has not been communicated to the Government of the United States from any other quarter, in any other manner, or for any other purpose.
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To the Senate: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom I had referred the resolution of the Senate of the 27th December last, showing that the information called for by that resolution can not be…
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.
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I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general good.





