05-03-2015, 09:59 AM
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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
ABSOLUTLEY NOT PART OF THE CASE. It has not one iota to do with the treaty of hidalgo. It has to do with Texas as part of the confederacy. This happened after Texas had joined the union then rose against the union. After the Civil War.
Again they had legitimately and constitutionally joined the Union with a treaty giving the US sovereign rights over the land.