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The American Trad Society having advertised a premium for ihe best history of the existing war with Mexico, which should be divested of party politics, and calculated at the same time to repress a war spirit in the United States, a competitor for the prize hns made hrs apparance in the "Flag of our Union," who has earned the five hundred dollars at the rate of one hundred dollars a line - ihat is, if as he deserves, he should obtain the prize: AN ESSAY uroN The WAR WITH MEXICO, ITS ORIGIN AND ITS RESULT. CarefuHy considered and methodically digesled, BY AN ODD SORTOF A FELLOW. CHATTER 1. On the Origin of the War. 1. Texas. chapter 11. On the Result of the Ww. 1. Taxes. FINIS. Mem : A reward of S500 having been offered for the best Essny on the subject, the antlior confidently reckons and calculates upon receiving the same specdilii: a= he has particular occasion for thnt precise