 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1306 pages
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, 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
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like that which has arrived, instructions were given in August... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 968 pages
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like that which has arrived, instructions were given in August... | |
 | 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...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country."* * When the stun of $10,000,000, and an army of 50,000 men, were authorized by almost an unanimous vote... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - California - 1849 - 696 pages
...and American armies, and used the following language : — " A war exists ; and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision, the honour, the rights, and the interests of our country." Immediately after, Congress passed an act recognising... | |
 | 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...honor, the rights and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill passed the House of Representatives, 174 to 14, and, on the subsequent one,... | |
 | 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...honor, the rights and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill passed the House of Representatives, 174 to 14, and, on the subsequent one,... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1852 - 98 pages
...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
...hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...decision, the honor, the rights, and the interests of out country. Anticipating the possibility of a crisis like that which has arrived, instructions were... | |
 | 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 te and territory, or in the District of Columbia....confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig parties On the same day a bill was reported in the House of Representatives, responding to th« request of... | |
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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. 
