Democratic (constitutionalist) Representative William F. Giles, of Maryland, speaking on the Mexican-American War advocates the expansion of slavery:
I take it for granted that we will gain territory, and we must gain territory before we shut the gates of the temple of Janus. … We must march from ocean to ocean. … We must march straight from Texas to the Pacific [O]cean. … And be bounded only by its roaring wave. … It is the destiny of the white race; it is the destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race.
[restored 9/13/2026]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 6 [Clause 1]
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References:
Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1980), 153.
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