01/08/1845
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"Under every view which I have been able to take of the subject, I think that the interests of our common constituents the people of all the States, and a love of the Union, left the Executive no other..."
"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."
"With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions."
"The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view."