What may happen to an individual is of little importance, but the Constitution of the country, or any one of its great and clear principles and provisions, is too sacred to be surrendered under any circumstances whatever by those who are charged with its protection and defense.
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I congratulate the country upon so happy a termination of a condition of things which seemed at one time seriously to threaten the public peace.
With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions.
It is only after acquiring Texas, that the question of boundary can arise between the United States and Mexico.
The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.
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