Excerpt from Speech of Mr. John W. Jones, of Georgia, on the Pending War: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, January 18, 1848That country, you are aware, has been in the possession of both arties. Texas has held in peace Corpus Christi Mexico has held Santiago, (near Point Isabe both part1es have had occasional possession of Loredo, and other places higher up.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.