Clay, Slavery, And Annexation!

I iíavi:, óoiyEvkaj no hesitatioi ín satino THAT, ifím FRO.M HAYfHG ANT ERSONA LBrJ,K;?Trr'V'0 TUB AlWBXATION OF TfiXAS, 7 SHOULD DB GLAD TO SEE IT, WITHOUT DISHO.NOft, WITHOUT WAR. WITH THK COMÍ,IO, COi'TSBNT OT THK ÜNION, AND ÜPON JUST-AND TMX TERMS. DO JYOTTHIJYK THAT THE SUBJECT OFSMVERY, OÜGHT TO .1FFECT THE cwfe rfJir o a the OTHETl. WHETflíiR TEXAS BK .'NDBPENOENT OR TNCORPoRATKD TN ' Tllb] UNri'ED OTATES, I DO NOT i L1KYK IT. WILL,PROLOiG OR SHORTEN THB DURATÍON OF TFÍAT INSTITUTlOiN". ít is dcíünedto l)ecüiue extinct, at sotne diéfnnt day, in my opinión, by the opopprgliorj.of the inevitable ltnvs of poptilnlinn ÏT WOUí.I) BE UJVIVJ MITO REFUSE A PERMANENT ACQUKSITION whicl., wlll exist'Sé lontr as tíio íjiobe remoins, ON ACCOUNT QF A TEM PORA R Y 1NSTI rüTíON- H.ClayéLcilèr, Juli, 27.