John Tyler said...

Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to av...

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

By adopting that measure the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right.

I must be permitted to disclaim entirely and unqualifiedly the right on the part of the Executive to make any real or su...