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I can not but think that it becomes the United States, as the oldest of the American Republics, to hold a language to Mexico upon this subject of an unambiguous character.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Tyler believes the U.S. should communicate clearly and firmly with Mexico as a leading republic.

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