...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,...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....

...of our citizens" — an admission that the boundary question was still unsettled — he asserts that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...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....

...executive's 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,...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...

...Polk sent to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil "; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of...

...executive's knowledge when on May 11th he sent his urgent message to Congress, in which he declared " Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...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...

...Polk sent to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil " ; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act...

...course of the United States, he had the unblushing effrontery to declare that " after reiterated menaces Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil," 2 and further, that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid...

...recommending a declaration of war. Now, in formulating the reasons for the declaration, he asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory and shed American blood upon the American soil," 4 and with the unanimous concur1 House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII., No. 60, p. 140. 'Ibid.,...

...ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexi-co has passed the boundary of the United States,...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Two days later Con-gress issued a formal declaration of war, and threw the onus of...

...Taylor soon reached Washington, and on May 11 President Polk sent a message to congress declaring that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil. War exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...