Problem: In his dissent against the idea of annexing Texas, Albert Gallatin argues that such an action would be antithetical to the United State's professed role as a "Model Republic." On what grounds does he make this argument? Were Gallatin's fears borne out in the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? If so, how and why?
How did David Wilmot attempt to legislate his own vision of the ideal America republic?