John Tyler actually said...

But there are circumstances existing in this case which have been thought to justify a departure from the general rule, and the addition of ...

It was thought no more than reasonable to grant this facility to the trade of Texas, under such conditions as seem best calculated to guard ...

The immediate proximity of Texas to the United States and the consequent facility of intercourse, the nature of its principal agricultural p...

The destruction of the steamboat Caroline at Schlosser four or five years ago occasioned no small degree of excitement at the time, and beca...