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constituents be satisfied, in the present
attitude Of Mexico, with apathetic iriactias,
tame indifference, stoical neutrality? Each
one must answer that question for himself.


| can but say, that !, is not my judgment q
our psople. have found them neithov
cold nor passionlcss. And they must Be
both, il they demanded not that now, even
Of the threshold Of these atrocities, while
yetihe assassin's sword IS undrawn, their
government should interpose Gas II has in
tcrposed) in the name of outraged huaani,
~, in the name Of violated law, its solemn


protest against them. And should that
protest prove unavailing, and the butchery,
in very deed proceed the spirit Of their
fathers must be dead within them, If they
grudged their treasure or their blnod,
should both be needed, to arrest Mexican
barbarity.


My conctus;ons sre, then. that it il both
wise and lawful to accede4o, The wishes Or
Texas, and incorporate that country into
our Union; and that, till that incorporation
is consummated, il is our duty to profess
and if need be, to protect Texas, against all
violations Of international law, with which
she has been mensced. The custom Of
pations permits this course; our national
honor demands it. Boldness and plain
dealing, chastsaed by prudent foresight.
are nations best resource against foreign
encroachment; her surcst means to avert
the calamities Of war. Boldly, then, and


without reserve let US meet th:s question.


Let us annex Texas at once. The liberal
portion Of the world will approve, tho


rest will acquiesce; and, inten years, the


wonder will be, not that Texas has settled
quietly down into am integral portion Of
our confederacy; but that men should ever
have been found, so blind to the interests
Of their country as to opposed her annexs-
tion. $500 iii ha