He rejected the notion that Texas had merely created a compact with the other states; rather, he said it had in fact incorporated itself into an already existing indissoluble political body.
他拒绝了德克萨斯州只是跟其他州订立了一个合同的说法；相反，他说，它（德克萨斯州）实际上是把自己结合进了一个已经存在的不可分割的政治团体。