About the only thing upon which Calhoun and Palfrey could agree was that all of Mexico was too much. “We have never dreamed of incorporating into our Union any but the Caucasian race,” Calhoun proclaimed. “More than half of the Mexicans are Indians, and the other is composed chiefly of mixed tribes. . . . Ours, sir, is the government of the white race.” Palfrey also thought that Mexico’s “nameless and mongrel breeds” would fit poorly into the United States.35
