 | Moorfield Storey - 1900 - 492 ページ
...territory led to a slight skirmish; whereupon the President sent a message to Congress saying that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself," and asking for money. An appropriation bill, reciting that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a... | |
 | Moorfield Storey - 1900 - 486 ページ
...territory led to a slight skirmish; whereupon the President sent a message to Congress saying that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself," and asking for money. An appropriation bill, reciting that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a... | |
 | Edwin Erle Sparks - 1900 - 470 ページ
...of the truth of President Folk's message to Congress saying that "after repeated menaces, Mexico had passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil. ' ' 1 The resulting Mexican war is deplorable : Because it furnished to Europe the spectacle... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1900 - 466 ページ
...following, President Polk sent to Congress his message, at once famous and infamous, declaring that " War exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico itself." A war of spoliation had thus been entered upon, — a war the pur1 Von Hoist, iii. 315-318.... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 664 ページ
...have tried every effort at reconciliation. The cup of forbearance has been exhausted. . . . Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." And that, "War exists ... by the act of Mexico herself." "Energetic and prompt measures"... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 554 ページ
...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...territory, and shed American blood upon the American Roil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war.... | |
 | William M. Davidson - 1902 - 620 ページ
...blood upon American soil.". His message recommended an immediate declaration of war since, he said, "war exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself." Congress promptly responded to the president's request, and on the llth of May, 1846, declared war... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 842 ページ
...citizens" — an admission that the boundary question was still unsettled — he asserts that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil."1 1 U. 8. Govt Doc., Cong. 30, Ses. 1, H. Ex. 60, p. 48. Benton, Thirty Years' View.... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1905 - 596 ページ
...knowledge when on May nth 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... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent - 1903 - 520 ページ
...which had culminated in her shedding " American blood upon American soil." "War exists," he declared, "and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself." As Polk was personally of it than would answer their purposes. They wanted a small war, just large... | |
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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... 
