An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . G OP THE MEX-ICAN WAR. RESIDENT POLK had been elected by thepolitical party favourable to the annexation ofTexas ; and his first act was to lay before thegovernment and citizens of the newly acquiredterritory the first and second sections of thejoint resolution for their approval and being complied with, the American Con-gress, on the 29th of December, 1845, admitt
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . G OP THE MEX-ICAN WAR. RESIDENT POLK had been elected by thepolitical party favourable to the annexation ofTexas ; and his first act was to lay before thegovernment and citizens of the newly acquiredterritory the first and second sections of thejoint resolution for their approval and being complied with, the American Con-gress, on the 29th of December, 1845, admittedTexas into the confederacy as a sovereign state. During the samesession, the tariff law of 1842 was repealed, and another substituted,which considerably reduced the duties on many articles. Themeasure met with the determined opposition of the minority, andwas carried in the Senate only through the casting vote of the Vice-President, Mr. Dallas. Its opponents claimed that it was insufR-cient both for revenue and protection. Another important measure of the early part of this adminis-tration, was the establishment of an mdependent treasury, such ashad existed under the administration of Mr. Van Buren. A short.
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