Letters Upon the Annexation of Texas Addressed to Hon John Quincy Adams As O
Letters Upon the Annexation of Texas Addressed to Hon John Quincy Adams As O
George Edward Ellis
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The only remedy** for the difficulties under which Texas labored, was admission into the Union. That would at once give a value to the scrip and titles, equal to, if noi greater than, the lanJs of these United States. The L^- measure, apparently so tempting to our Government, and so profitable to them, was urged upon the Congress of Texas. As may be sup- posed, when the pocket of every member of that body was interested, the project found but few opponents. The offer was made. No definite actio...n was then taken upon it — and, subsequently, it was w^rithdrawn by Texas. Here let me request the reader to bear in 4 26 mind that, at this period, it was well known that there was not even a respectable minority of the people in favor of the measure ; and that the offer was refused, by an administration avowing to be gov- ^erned by the same general political principles as the party that have elected James K. Polk. ^ Since the withdrawal of the proposition, the people of Texas have become more and more impoverished, and the scrip and securities have been gradually losing value, until this second agitation of the "question.
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