My convictions are most strong that these benefits would flow from the adoption of this measure; but if the result should be adverse there is this security in connection with it--that the law creating it may be repealed at the pleasure of the Legislature without the slightest implication of its good faith.
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I would suggest the propriety of the passage of such an act without delay.
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.
I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.
I shall carry with me into retirement the gratifying reflection that as my sole object throughout has been to advance the public good.
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