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Democrats wanted more land; northern Democrats were attracted by the possibilities in the far northwest Joshua Giddings led a group of dissenters in Washington D.C He called the war with Mexico "an aggressive unholy and unjust war" and voted against supplying soldiers and weapons He said: "In the murder of Mexicans upon their own soil or in robbing them of their country I can take no part either now or hereafter the guilt of these crimes must rest on others I will not participate in them. Washington and Georgetown retained their separate charters for seventy years until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 That Act cancelled the charters of the towns and brought the entire area within the District borders under one district government ending any distinction between "the District of Columbia" and "Washington" making the two terms effectively synonymous. . Tundra swans were the predominant species of swan on the Potomac River when the Algonquian tribes dwelled along its shores and continue to be the most populous variety today!