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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
nt of Texas. The Texas convention met July 4th. The treaty with Mexico was unanimously rejected, and annexation to the United States was unanimously accepted. A constitution was speedily adopted and ratified by the people of Texas by a vote of 4,74 to 312. Texas was admitted to the Union by joint resolution of Congress, which was adopted in the House December 16, 1845, by a vote of 141 to 56, and passed the Senate by a vote of 31 to 14, December 22d, and was approved by President Polk December 29th. The act extending jurisdiction over the State was approved the same day. Texas was now a State of the Union. Her contest with Mexico devolved upon the United States. The Mexican war followed inevitably. Much has been said and written to prove that this war was precipitated by the administration. Mr. Benton attributes it to Mr. Calhoun. This was a mere continuation of the old Jackson-Calhoun quarrel, which had been dragged by Mr. Benton and others into every phase of the Texas co