A history of the United States . again was in the right; butthe main result of his actions was to earn for him the distrustboth of the Whigs and of the Democrats. His attempt to forma party of his own was a complete failure. TEXAS AND OREGON. 374. The Texas Question. —The congressional election at themiddle of Tylers term, while adverse to the Whigs, did not helphim. The second halfof his administrationwas therefore evenmore wanting in har-mony and effective-ness than the chief questionput forward was theadmission of Texas,which the President,as a Southern manand a sympathizerwith sl
A history of the United States . again was in the right; butthe main result of his actions was to earn for him the distrustboth of the Whigs and of the Democrats. His attempt to forma party of his own was a complete failure. TEXAS AND OREGON. 374. The Texas Question. —The congressional election at themiddle of Tylers term, while adverse to the Whigs, did not helphim. The second halfof his administrationwas therefore evenmore wanting in har-mony and effective-ness than the chief questionput forward was theadmission of Texas,which the President,as a Southern manand a sympathizerwith slavery, natur-ally favored. Al-though Mexico hadnot recognized herindependence, Texashad now been a re-public ever sinceGeneral SamuelHouston ^ had de-feated the Mexicanleader, Santa Anna, at San Jacinto on April 21,1836. The lead-ing Texans were Americans, however, and desired annexation, iBorn, 1793; died, 1863, Fought bravely in the Creek War, 1813-1814;congressman from Tennessee, 1823-1827; governor of Tennessee, 1827-1829;. General Samuel Houston. 294 VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, 1837-1845. [§ 375 but this would mean not only war with Mexico, but also a hugeincrease of territory for slavery. Accordingly Northern menshrank from allowing the annexation of the sparsely populatedregion. Anti-slavery sentiments were growing, and such ablemen as Joshua R. Giddings of Ohio were championing themin Congress. But the Southerners were alert also, especiallyCalhoun, who became Tylers Secretary of State toward theend of his term. Calhoun feared that England was anxiovisto secure Texas ; besides, he felt that slavery must spreador be crushed out. It was not hard to induce Tyler to joinin negotiations with the Texans, and in April, 1844, a treatyof annexation, secretly prepared, was announced. It was de-feated in the Senate by a large vote, but was taken up as thechief issue of the next campaign. 375. The Campaign of 1844. — The Whigs put up Clay, and theDemocrats chose James K. Polk
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