 | Charles T. Porter - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1849 - 232 pages
...receipt of this intelligence, the executive sends a war message to congress. "Mexico," it declares, " has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood on American soil ;" and it calls upon the nation to punish this outrage, and to prosecute to " an honorable... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 312 pages
...President, in a Message to Congress, dated the llth of that month, used the following language : ^ " But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed...invaded our territory) and shed American blood upon American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 324 pages
...President, in a Message to Congress, dated the llth of that month, used the following language : * " But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 448 pages
...will " ; " we have tried every effort at reconciliation." " The cup of forbearance had been 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 our territory, and shed American blood... | |
 | Theodore Parker - American literature - 1864 - 626 pages
...will ; " " we have tried every effort at reconciliation." " The cup of forbearance had been 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 our territory, and shed American blood... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Theology - 1865 - 324 pages
...forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." f Documents accompanied the message. Mr Winthrop proposed they should be read. No. In a very short... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Presidents - 1867 - 510 pages
...ensued, President Polk announced to the country that war with Mexico existed. " Now, Mexico," he said, " has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood on American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - 1879 - 878 pages
...battle on the llth of May, Congress received from the President a message in which he announced that "After reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, hns invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that... | |
 | James Schouler - United States - 1889 - 588 pages
...American citizens cried out against lier.f All this was enough to exhaust the cup of forbearance ; but now "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." " War exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself."J... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Theology - 1865 - 324 pages
...goodwill;" "we have tried every effort at reconciliation." "The cup of forbearance had been 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 our territory, and shed American blood... | |
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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... 
