[Forward the Light Brigade]

The Texas war for independence had little to do with the Mexican American war and seizing California—and all those elections—Russia had election too in Donbas and Crimea too—how honest were they? How honest was the 1959 election in Hawaii?
No, America is no saint—few big nations are. Ask the people of Northern Ireland about “Free Elections”.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

How many Spaniards were living in California at the time of the Mexican War, (which was an outgrowth of Mexico's refusal to acknowledge Texas' independence.)? Only source that turns up from Startpage says 14,000. The territory was in fact all but empty. Not like Russia annexing the Crimea with a population of several million, (which was largely Tatars until Moscow began its' policy of ethnic cleansing in the last century).

The Spaniards in California were quite notorious for using the Indians as slaves, btw. Not that we Anglos treated them a whole lot better, but at least they weren't forced field labor.