The New Hampshire Gazette

The present golden moment to obtain Texas must not be lost, or Texas must, from necessity, be thrown into the arms of England, and be forever lost to the United States. I say, again, let not this opportunity slip to regain Texas, or it may elude our grasp forever, or cost us oceans of blood and millions of money to free us from the evils that may be brought upon us. I hope and trust there will be as many patriots in the Senate as will ratify the treaty, which, I have no doubt, will be promptly entered into. — Jackson's letter, Mar. 11, 1844.

I am in favor of the immediate re-annexation of Texas to the territory and government of the United States. I entertain no doubts as to the power or expediency of the re-annexation. Let Texas be re-annexed, and the authority and laws of the United States be established and maintained within her limits, as also in the Oregon Territory, and let the fixed policy of our government be, not to permit Great Britain or any other foreign power to plant a colony or hold dominion over any portion of the people or territory of either. — Polk's letter, 1844.