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 to the number of instances, not large, in which regulations of duties of imports have been made the subject of national compact.
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It is only after acquiring Texas, that the question of boundary can arise between the United States and Mexico.
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.
The great question is—not as to the manner in which it shall be done, but whether it shall be accomplished or not.
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