Special Message
01/17/1843
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Texas had entered into the treaty of annexation upon the invitation of the Executive, and when for that act she was thre...
I submit it to your mature consideration whether, in view of the important benefits arising from the treaty to the trade...
I also with equal strength resist the idea that it falls within the Executive competency to decide in controversies of t...
I have great pleasure in submitting to the Senate, for its ratification and approval, a treaty which has been concluded ...