 | Francis Curtis - 1904 - 568 страници
...the news reached Washington, he immediately sent a message to Congress, declaring that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Congress then declared, May 13, 1846, that war existed by. act of Mexico, and ten million... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 704 страници
...to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil "; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of... | |
 | Enoch Walter Sikes, William Morse Keener - 1905 - 560 страници
...knowledge when on May 11th he sent his urgent message to Congress, in which he declared " Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil," that a state of war existed and the legislative body should place at the disposal of the executive... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 692 страници
...to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil " ; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1905 - 644 страници
...the Mexican attack, and in a special message of May 11, 184G, Polk did not scruple to declare that "War exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself." Two days later Congress passed an act "for the prosecution of the existing war," because "by the act... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1905 - 656 страници
...attack, and in a special message of May 11, 1846, Polk did not scruple to declare that "Waiexists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself." Two days later Congress passed an act " for the prosecution of the existing war," because "by the act... | |
 | Cyrus Townsend Brady - 1905 - 352 страници
...United States, he had the unblushing effrontery to declare that " after reiterated menaces Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil," 2 and further, that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid... | |
 | George Pierce Garrison - 1906 - 394 страници
...declaration of war. Now, in formulating the reasons for the declaration, he asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory and shed American blood upon the American soil," 4 and with the unanimous concur1 House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII., No. 60, p. 140. 'Ibid.,... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Mrs. Blanche Swett Mowry - 1906 - 492 страници
...passed the boundary of the United States and shed the blood of American citizens upon American soil. War exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the ,act of Mexico herself." Forthwith Congress declared war against Mexico. In September General Taylor began his march westward.... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 902 страници
...Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexi-co has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Two days later Con-gress issued a formal declaration of war, and threw the onus of... | |
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The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood... 
