Fourth Annual Message
12/02/1844
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In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, requesting information upon the subject o...
Texas had entered into the treaty of annexation upon the invitation of the Executive, and when for that act she was thre...
This subject is now submitted for the consideration of the Senate.
The great question is—not as to the manner in which it shall be done, but whether it shall be accomplished or not.