...position where a conflict was inevitable, he sent his famous war message to Congress. This asserted that " war exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself."' The Democratic majority in Congress prefixed this assertion as a preamble to the bill appropriating...

...Grande, and the capture of Thornton, and announced that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil." As war existed, and existed " by the act of Mexico herself," duty and patriotism required...

...American soil; and in a manner characteristically Mexican. "War exists," said Polk in his message, "and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself. ' ' After the killing of Captain Thornton, Taylor, Jeaving three hundred men in the little fort, went...

...exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." Documents accompanied the message. Mr. Winthrop proposed they should be read. No. In a very short time...

...exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." Documents accompanied the message. Mr. Winthrop proposed they should be read. No. In a very short time...

...exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." Documents accompanied the message. Mr. Winthrop proposed they should be read. No. In a very short time...

...boundary of the United States [the Rio Grande], has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are at war. A war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...

...reconnoitring party. At once President Polk sent to Congress a message in which he declared, " War exists notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it — exists by the act of Mexico herself. Mexico has invaded our territory and shed Amer- congress declares lean blood upon American soil." Congress...

...were attacked there by Mexican soldiers, and President Folk's message to Congress stated: "War exists notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it — exists by the act of Mexico herself. Mexico has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." If this had been true,...

...a message to Congress urging war; said he, war exists "by the act of Mexico herself," for she "has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil." THE "SPOT RESOLUTIONS." — Whereupon rose Abraham Lincoln in the House of Representatives...