Peace with Mexico

But our Government seems to have considered the refusal, on the part of Mexico, to receive Mr. Slidell as a resident Envoy of the United States, as necessarily leading to war. T...

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Mexico is greatly the weaker power, and requires a boundary, which will give her as much security as is practicable. It is not required, either for the preservation of peace, or...

Our population may at this time be assumed, as amounting to twenty millions. Although the ratio of natural increase has already been lessened, from thirty three to about thirty...