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 430, desires annexation to the United States, and is finally admitted; not in haste, but after due deliberation. The Mexican minister at Washington declares it "an act of aggression, the most unjust to be found in the annals of history," demands his passports, and leaves the country.

Meanwhile, in Mexico, the wise and liberal Herrera (during whose administration these events occurred) is ejected from power by the rebel General Paredes, who is for war to the knife. Thus ends the year 1845.