Domingo tried to come, by the free will of the people. I would not fire a gun to annex territory. I consider it too great a privilege to belong to the United States for us to go around gunning for new territories. Then the question of annexa

tion means the question of suffrage, and that becomes more and more serious every day with us.

problems of our future.

That is one of the grave

"When the Mexican War broke out," said the General," my ambition was to become an assistant professor of mathematics

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