 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1306 pages
...soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to...exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upen by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights,... | |
 | United States - 1845 - 1484 pages
...soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to...duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 968 pages
...soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to...duty and patriotism, to vindicate, with decision, the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like... | |
 | Nahum Capen - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1848 - 348 pages
...United States. In a special message, May 11, 1846, he says, — " As war exists, and, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...duty and patriotism, to vindicate with decision, the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country."* * When the stun of $10,000,000, and an army... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - History - 1850 - 324 pages
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war." " As war exists, and, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...duty and patriotism, to vindicate, with decision, the honor, the rights and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill passed the House of Representatives,... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 312 pages
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war." " As war exists, and, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...duty and patriotism, to vindicate, with decision, the honor, the rights and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill passed the House of Representatives,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 448 pages
...Washington on Saturday, May 9th ; on Monday, Mr. Polk sent a Message to Congress and declared that : — " War exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico"; "the Mexican Government have at last invaded our territory, and shed the blood of our fellowcitizens... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1852 - 98 pages
...the llth of May, the President sent a message to the two houses of Congress, informing them that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself," and invoking " the prompt action of Congress to recognize the existence of the war, and to place at... | |
 | Presidents - 1853 - 514 pages
...soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to...duty and patriotism, to vindicate, with decision, the honor, the rights, and the interests of out country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...: — "As war exists, and, notwithstanding »11 w efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Meiico herself, we are called upon by every consideration...duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country." On the same day a bill was reported in the House... | |
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As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. 
