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" In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans. "
William H. Wharton
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" I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them. "
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" I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government. "
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